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PCB outsourcing SMT processing or PCBA foundry material, which is more economical?

Many electronic product manufacturers look for professional PCB factories to make circuit boards, SMT manufacturers to make patches, and then come back to assemble, test, and sell by themselves. This is almost a normal operation mode in the past. But is this operation really the best solution? Have you carefully compared the cost of PCBA foundry materials based on the company's own situation? In the future, the competition of enterprises tends to be infinitely enlarged at a certain point, rather than the entire process control of the entire value chain, which has almost become an irreversible trend.

In view of this, it is absolutely necessary for companies to carefully calculate the raw material procurement costs, inventory costs, the costs of purchasing warehouse management personnel, the cost of errors, etc., and then compare the quotations with PCBA foundry materials. You will be surprised to find that the company’s The overall cost of PCBA manufacturing has been reduced, and the risk has been reduced. By entrusting professional work to professional people, it seems that the price has risen on the surface, but the actual cost has dropped sharply.

The method of PCB outbound SMT processing is less and less adopted by electronic product R&D companies. They are all starting to find a suitable PCBA overall manufacturing solution provider, and they only need to be referees and arrange a few personnel for production tracking management. . Many people will question the issue of capital flow, claiming that PCBA foundry processing generally requires about 70% of the advance payment. In fact, this is not much different from PCB outsourcing SMT processing, because many upstream materials such as IC are also purchased in cash. Yes, there are not many suppliers that can make monthly payments.

Today is not in the past. The electronics manufacturing industry has developed extremely mature, the average profit rate of the processing industry is saturated, there is no huge profit, and companies are beginning to fight for service capabilities. The PCBA foundry method can effectively replace the PCB outbound SMT processing mode, reduce the comprehensive cost of personnel, warehousing, logistics, and after-sales. It has gradually become the favor of electronic product manufacturers focusing on core R&D and sales, and has begun to consciously transform to the PCBA method. .

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