As competition increases and margins get tighter, an increasing number of UK companies are looking to source their PCBs offshore. While this ever-more popular approach can help organisations to realise significant short-term cost savings, such activity can also lead to serious problems, when delivery and sometimes product quality becomes an issue. Here, Wendy Heyes discusses the problems facing companies face when sourcing offshore and suggests how they can insure against any time related delivery problems.
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