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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by hef19898 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:16PM (#18141232)
That largely depends on the size of your board and the total number you want to ship. As soon as you reach full truck loads or full container loads that additional shipping cost is marginal on a board level.
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by baybal2 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:31PM (#18141376)
But still, that complicates the whole operation immensely in comparison to "just go next city block"
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by hef19898 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:10PM (#18141706)
You are right in a certain way. What increases with distance is lead time and as result inventory. Both of which are off set by volume. Cross-border adds customs issues. Complexity is not that much of a problem nowadays, maybe it never was. You are right that all of this oblyakes sense with large numbers, small scale production is better done locally as a rule of thumb.
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