WANT A MORE robust and cost-effective supply chain? Shrink it. Remove the expensive middleman. You don't need to pay a PCB broker a 20 to 40% markup to, basically, relay information from you to overseas vendors. The truth is the PCB broker business model -where companies buy printed circuit boards from an overseas manufacturer and then resell them to a customer - is outdated. And it's adding unnecessary costs to your supply chain. Years ago, brokers were small operations, with perhaps three to five people. And at one time, they did provide a valuable service to their customers, offering lower prices on boards made overseas, while handling all the details of procurement from foreign vendors in what was often a challenging PCB buying cycle.
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