<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Rick:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I&#39;m going to format the subject line like this for business-specific things outside of my design efforts going forward.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">What&#39;s the ETA on your surface-mount line being up and running?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">In the meantime, I will try to get assembly quotes, very low priority, from the USA, mainland China, and Taiwan.  I&#39;ll try to target getting quotes for 100, 500, and 1000 pieces.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For the GPS module, I currently have a no-bid from mainland China, they can&#39;t sell us the GPS module we&#39;ve chosen.  I&#39;m negotiating pricing with Taiwan.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">These efforts are to start to lay down a pre-production model, not to be confused with prototypes.  A prototype is intended to solve a problem or test an idea.  A pre-production model is to prove we&#39;re ready to go to production, to make sure everything is in order.  A pre-production run of 1-10 units is always prudent.  It is also good to build 1-10% of the production quantity needed, because it might go to a different contract manufacting house, and their strengths and weaknesses want to be something you understand.<br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Regards,</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Thomas Pownall</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">CADX Services, Inc.</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Tel: 585-624-1491 X101</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Fax: 585-582-1101</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:tpownall@cadxservices.com" target="_blank">tpownall@cadxservices.com</a></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Web: <a href="http://www.cadxservices.com" target="_blank">http://www.cadxservices.com</a></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">***********************************************************</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">**************** Confidentiality Statement ****************</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">***********************************************************</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">(or responsible for delivery of the message to such person),</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">case, you should destroy this message, and notify us</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">immediately. If you or your employer does not consent to</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Internet email messages of this kind, please advise us</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">immediately. Opinions, conclusions and other information</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">expressed in this message are not given or endorsed by my firm</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">or employer unless otherwise indicated by an authorized</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">representative independent of this message.</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>