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US 7,249,028 B2Granted
Manufacturing labor cost estimator
AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorsJuan J. Ibarra, Edgar G. Hernandez, Anderson Dela Torre
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and code product for estimating labor costs associated with producing a printed circuit board assembly.
Claims8
A method for estimating labor costs associated with producing a printed circuit board assembly comprising the steps of:
- projecting volume for a predetermined period of time for the printed circuit board assembly;
- calculating a cost of conversion at a predetermined percentage of surface mount technology components of the printed circuit board assembly as a function of the volume;
- and
- generating a cost of conversion for the printed circuit board assembly based on actual percentage of surface mount technology components of the printed circuit board assembly from the cost of conversion at the predetermined percentage to determine the labor costs.
1 more element
A method for building a printed circuit board assembly comprising the steps of:
- estimating labor costs associated with producing the printed circuit board assembly with a computer as a function of volume of the printed circuit board assembly produced per unit time and percentage of surface mount technology components of the printed circuit board;
- and
- producing the printed circuit board assembly.
An apparatus for estimating labor costs associated with producing a printed circuit board assembly comprising:
- a computer having means for estimating costs associated with a labor portion of manufacturing the printed circuit board assembly;
- and
- an input device for inputting information for estimating the costs into the computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.