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Subject: Re: Shipping update/Goodie box/important dates

From: "Chad" <cdhoefler@...>
Date: 2006-09-29

Just a natural question...(sorry).


--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> > Any updates on prospective shipping dates for assembled modules?
>
> Since this 1 question has been the bane of my existence for 8 years, I might as
> well "give the speech" for the newbies :)
>
> a) assembled modules are 5% of my revenue
> b) but they can take as much as 65% of my ∗time∗
> c) so, put yourself in my position: when this is a ∗hobby∗, and you only have so
> much 'free time', what do you work on?
> d) I have a tech that solders all of parts on the pc board. He also has a 9-5
> job (and an 18 month old baby). Right now he is soldering 13 MOTM-485 boards.
> Work ∗is∗ being done all the time (last month he soldered 12 MOTM-480s and 14
> MOTM-440s).
> e) I ∗cannot∗ give ∗ACCURATE∗ ship dates on assembled modules UNTIL next year.
> There are people that waited 2 YEARS for modules. There are people that got them
> in 2 weeks. I am shipping 5 assembled modules today that were ordered 8 months
> ago.
> f) the goal is to have a ZERO assembled backlog on Feb. 1st.
>
> Paul S.
>