Reducing
your PCB spend?
There are a considerable number of ways that you can reduce the cost of Printed Circuit Boards beyond the obvious economy of scale that determines that the more you buy, the cheaper they become.
Other factors that can make a considerable difference to the cost of your boards are:
Global manufacture with lower labour cost base
Manufacturing batch size
Longer lead times for non-critical applications will achieve a saving
Consolidated shipping
Elimination or reduction of wastage
Selecting panel sizes with optimum usage from laminate materials
Selection of board finish (i.e. gold or lead-free HASL)
Laminate material choice
Standardisation and rationalisation of hole sizes
Eliminating lengthy mechanical processes if possible (i.e. routing Vs punching)
Review of specification and focussed cost engineering relative to application.
Many of the above considerations will release some
cost from the product, but a combination of several
cost reducing measures could result in a considerable
cumulative reduction in the cost of your boards.
Our Cam Engineers are ready to help you specify a
board that will represent the very best value for
money without detrimentally affecting the quality
of your product or product's performance.
To find out how we could potentially reduce your
PCB spend please contact
our Sales Support Engineers on:
Reducing
your PCB spend?
