RESTART
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month closes the Spring Festival period. Before the line runs at full rate, we work through a checklist every year.
What restart means on the floor
Not the first day back, which is mostly counting and cleaning, and not the second, which is first-article inspection. Restart means the day the line holds its normal rate for a full shift without a stop for a missing part. In most years that is the third working day.
The checklist
◆ Count material back in against the pre-holiday stock list, item by item for panels and boards.
◆ Check fixtures and test jigs for drift before the first unit, not after the tenth.
◆ Run a first-article inspection on the model with the tightest tolerance.
◆ Confirm panel and board lead times again, because for an industrial mini pc manufacturer the panel, not the labour, sets the date.
◆ Re-book forwarder space, since the space held in January has usually lapsed.
What a buyer should confirm in writing
| Question |
Why it matters |
| Is the panel in stock or on order? |
Decides whether the date is days or weeks |
| What is the first ship date after the restart? |
Forwarder space is limited in the first week |
| Has the test jig been re-checked? |
A drifted jig passes units that fail in the field |
The festival itself
We mark the fifteenth day with the team, which is a good reason to say plainly that the people who build the units are the reason a date can be given at all. The wish that goes out with it is simple: a year where the dates we quote are the dates that hold.
Check the range
The models discussed here are listed in our collections, from industrial panel PCs and kiosk hardware to retail pos hardware, with port maps and panel sizes on each product page.
◆ industrial panel PCs
◆ embedded box PCs
◆ POS terminals
If you need a drawing or a port list for a specific model, send the requirement and we will reply with the document rather than a brochure.
