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Article: Purchasing manufacturing process equipment: lessons learned over 28 years of buying and selling machinery.(Equipment Sourcing)
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- Circuits Assembly
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- December 1, 2005
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Over the past 28 years I have worked on the supplier and user side, currently at Speedline Technologies, and previously at Motorola. One of my interests is how organizations select and purchase capital equipment for automated electronics manufacturing. I have evaluated, selected and purchased a good deal of process equipment and have seen countless others do the same. I have also "lived with" and observed the results of equipment selection.
Having worked both sides, I have developed my own primary considerations when evaluating and purchasing process equipment suppliers. ...