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Code: EP53

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This book provides senior executives and managers and contract negotiators involved in electronic purchase and supply decisions with comprehensive and practical guidance in electronics subcontracting. The increasing complexity of system design and assembly needs a more professional approach from both customer and supplier, and the reader is taken from start to finish through each step of the contracting process. The differing viewpoints and standards of both sides are set out and discussed in areas such as costing methods, terms and conditions of sale and purchase, and ‘make or buy’ decision making.

David Boswell’s approach to the subject is highly practical, and checklists of questions to consider and common pitfalls to be avoided are provided throughout. The book concludes with three compound case histories that highlight various possible dangers. Although the principles of subcontracting are illustrated through surface mount technology, the material in this factual book is equally applicable to all electronic equipment assembly techniques.

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About the author

David Boswell is Chairman of the UK Surface Mount Club. He is a consultant and a specialist in surface mount subcontracting. He is the principal co-author, with Martin Wickham, of Surface Mount Guidelines for Process Control, Quality and Reliability.

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