PCB Sourcing
improve all of these factors by utilising our annual expenditure on PCBs - something that individual companies buying direct can’t do.
At the same time, the PCB supplier has to operate their own highly
exacting quality standards in order to satisfy customer demands. ALR has recently achieved accreditation for AS 9120 aerospace approval, which demonstrates the company’s determination to constantly improve and deliver better services and products.
Another factor that we check is the level of corporate social
responsibility at the point ofmanufacture. As an OEM, you should ensure that your PCB suppliermakes regular vendor assessments of their own partners, covering not only employment issues, but environmentalmatters as well.
Crosscheck designs
The nextmost important issue in design terms is ensuring that the blueprint the prospective buyer produces is viable.We provide a basic design rule check at the point of quotation and amore advanced one at the point ofmanufacture.
The basic design check would assess the fundamentals, like the
size of the PCB,minimumhole sizes, track and gap width, solder resist clearances and component ident positions. This allows us as the PCB broker to ensure that themost suitedmanufacturer for that requirement is selected.
Developing a good understanding of the client’s design
requirements is a natural consequence of our customer relationshipmanagement process.We invest time in looking at their business, theirmanufacturing set up and their products. This allows us to offer advice on everything fromPCB layout to different stockholdingmodels.
Understanding the product helps us work with the buyer as if we
were a part of their PCB purchasing team. Thismeans we should know facts such as the product value, themanufacturing requirements, what kind of environmental exposure it will have and what the usage level will be.
We also utilise our appreciation of things like the influence of
materials and their availability and how design parameters can affect performance andmanufacturability. The combination of our own knowledge, and the client’s understanding, produces the right formula.
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