Consigned Assembly – Detailed Overview

To make modern Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is an art form with involvement of special skill and knowledge. The entire process requires extreme effort from auditing a consigned kit to make the ultimate final quality inspection. By use of the Consigned assembly you can bring your product to market on time.

Required Materials for Consigned Assembly:

Among the available Electronic assembly services, Consigned assembly is considered as an important one. The components that are needed are supplied by the customer. There are number of reasons that are considered for consignment of the materials – the product can be much expensive or it can also be proprietary product or the customer can also have a large inventory.

Kitting of Consigned Assembly:

An absolutely through audit is made for consigned kits as they reaches our dock. The Bill-of-Materials (BOM) can be compared to the components that are supplied and also verify the accuracy in values, part numbers, package types and sizes and also tolerances. The report of an audit is normally generated within forty eight hours.

There are a certain number of considerations that are to be taken into account:

·         Component Shortages – Mainly shortage of components is considered to be the most important reason for any delay of delivery. In most of the cases, the building of the circuit is not started unless every shortage issues are solved.

·         Special Handling— Requirement of any special handling, especially if solder reflow profiles are required or if there is any restrictions in the process of washing like washing in an aqueous cleaner is strictly restricted. Thus any such special handling if required then it must be informed.

Kits Supply

The components in your kit must be supplied either as continuous strips of tape or by proper packaging or with clearly labeled parts. Before the final release, the Kit Audit department must review carefully all the parts of your kit to ensure proper quantity and quality of the components.

Considering all the above information, Consigned assembly is treated as one of the finest program for PCB’s among the huge variations of Electronic assembly services that are available in the modern market.