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<div>Hi friends,</div>
<div>my (chinese) son is an owner of an company in Shanghai. I am personaly in the OEM PC business since 1986.</div>
<div>We are thinking to talk with chinese OEMs to produce MinnowBoards to our demands.</div>
<div>Its always better to talk to OEMs directly and not with dstributers.</div>
<div>But of cause, only in chinese not in english</div>
<div>TC</div>
<div>Mach</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 07, 2014 at 6:07 PM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "David Rolfe" <David@montala.co.uk><br/>
<b>To:</b> elinux-minnowboard@lists.elinux.org<br/>
<b>Subject:</b> [MinnowBoard] Deliveries from Mouser of MinnowBoard Max</div>
<div name="quoted-content">Hi,<br/>
<br/>
About four weeks ago Dave Anders from CitcuitCo told us that:-<br/>
<br/>
" The last 300 unit build went extremely well and the green light has been<br/>
given to ramp up to the 1000 unit builds for the next 3 to 5 weeks.<br/>
<br/>
The amount of pre-orders that were placed was completely unexpected and<br/>
circuitco is pushing the schedule forward to meet the demand."<br/>
<br/>
Assuming that has indeed happened I find it hard to understand why Mouser<br/>
are telling customers that their next despatch date for MinnowBoard Max<br/>
orders will be not be until 17th October, which is indeed the estimated<br/>
despatch date I am currently being quoted for my order.<br/>
<br/>
So far as I understand it, they (Mouser) are one of the major distributors<br/>
for this particular product, and would therefore (I would assume) be<br/>
receiving the majority of the current factory output.<br/>
<br/>
If the production schedule was indeed pushed forward and is now up to 1000<br/>
units per week, (which still doesn't sound that high) why are we all having<br/>
to wait so long to receive our boards?<br/>
<br/>
Thanks,<br/>
<br/>
David (Rolfe)<br/>
<br/>
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-----Original Message-----<br/>
Message: 1<br/>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 16:26:05 +0100<br/>
From: "Melvyn" <melvyn@mbitms.co.uk><br/>
To: "MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion"<br/>
<elinux-minnowboard@lists.elinux.org><br/>
Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] Mouser Germany shippings<br/>
Message-ID: <001530A4C0C14193977205EB07AFA961@melvynvaio><br/>
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Mouser have 1141 on back order, I hope this covers all back orders they have<br/>
taken<br/>
<br/>
To quote the Mouser web site for the MINNOWBOARD-MAX-DUAL<br/>
<br/>
Mouser Product Availability<br/>
No Stock<br/>
1,141 On Order<br/>
Quantity 641 Estimated Dispatch Date 17/10/2014<br/>
Quantity 500 Estimated Dispatch Date 20/11/2014<br/>
Factory Lead Time 20 Weeks<br/>
<br/>
So two questions,<br/>
<br/>
1... how many do CircuitCo have on back order ?<br/>
2... how many are being made per week?<br/>
<br/>
Seems like Intel totally under estimated demand...<br/>
<br/>
And to read how CircuitCo is more than happy to sell over the counter<br/>
to those living locally makes<br/>
our wait even more frustrating.<br/>
<br/>
For those who like to make comparisons with the Raspberry Pi...<br/>
<br/>
Last year 38,000 Pis were being made every week by the "Sony" factory in<br/>
Pencoed Wales.<br/>
Production ramp up was<br/>
June 204 units per week,<br/>
July 10,000 units per week<br/>
August 38,000 units per week<br/>
<br/>
Target > 1,000,000 per year<br/>
<br/>
My back order was placed with "TIGAL KG"<br/>
23 June 2014... Minnowboard MAX E3825 (dual-core, 1,33 GHz) (Item not<br/>
in stock, estimated lead time min. 6 weeks)<br/>
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<br/>
Good luck all those waiting<br/>
<br/>
Melvyn<br/>
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