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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: re:hand jive

Posted by Anne Ogborn
on 2000-11-05 11:05:11 UTC
Jon Anderson wrote:
>
> Darrell wrote:
>
> > On the other hand, for them, a manual machine would take up
> > needed floor space and set idle most of the time. Much more cost
> > effective to farm out.
>
> Depends upon more that this simple formula. What if you need to farm
> this part out and everyone is booked up solid for 8 weeks.
> For a shop turning out fairly low volume, high value parts on tight lead
> times, it could be worth it to have a manual machine around for such odd
> jobs to insure that the customer gets a full delivery and on time.
>
> If you have to farm something out, you lose control. You have to trust
> that they will get it back on time, and they won't screw it up
> themselves. For some, this risk is intolerable.
>
> Jon


One more factor in the equation - labor costs.
Might be cheaper to farm a simple job out to a guy with a mill in
the garage than to have your tool and die maker standing there
doing the "too complex to have the guy from state unemployment do it,
but not by much" job.

Shop I worked in did, I suspect, a lot of this kind of stuff.

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