points by seddona 1 day ago | 0 comments
Understandable concerns. We don't call out competitors specifically but you can probably guess who we are benchmarking against. I did the one we describe in the blog post myself with our toughest competitor in Shenzhen, it's real I assure you.
I've run hundreds of low volume orders on conventional lines, it's death by a thousand cuts, tough to describe exactly why until you do it.
[–] contingencies 1 day ago
In Guangdong standard turnarounds 2020-2022 were 1-2 days (unpopulated) and 3-4 days (fully populated) outside of holiday periods or special cases (>4 layers; exotic substrates; oddball components; custom through-hole soldering). Faster was available for extra money. I'm sure it's accelerated since then. About 9 calendar days international delivery from China is often achieved these days as noted by others and myself.
[–] seddona 21 hours ago
Yes we have benchmarked this extensively it's 8 to 14 days, median about 10 with long tail being weeks due to customs issues. The unpredictability is a huge problem for critical projects.
You should. You’re the underdog.