Expedite fees? Well we used to do that on the earlier boards. But there is zero buffer on these boards. The idea of loosing say $700,000 is not something that makes a lot of sense. Having deals and POs in place with distributors and then telling them, Oh sorry, you have to pay more is tough.
I am thinking of maybe taking the price to say $75 in the future. Gerald On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Appreciate the figures of 700/day on supply and 140,000 on back orders > (200 days of supply.. phew!). > > This is an awesome product. What you saw until October was just people > trying it out. They've concluded it is a good product and are ordering it > in greater quantities. That is where we are and I hear similar stories > from others. An order build up of 140,000 in two months, even with supply > of 700/day suggests an incoming demand of *3500+ per day.* I believe you > will see this kind of demand continue. None of these buyers want to get > into manufacturing--Circuitco is good at it. It would be a shame to see a > great product go sideways due to supply issues. > > Given that the main constraint is lead time for some components: if > sweeteners such as expedite fees can help, I think the community won't mind > a higher price.. say $48 or $50, to ensure a demand-supply balance. > > > > On Friday, February 21, 2014 9:01:54 AM UTC+5:30, Gerald wrote: > >> We did this. A year ago when we launched the product. Things were fine >> until roughly October. Demand has risen due to people >> using boards in products They never told anyone about >> their pending demand. They thought the boards just magically appear in the >> cabbage patch. >> >> We build to distributor orders and schedules. We are close to getting out >> of this. >> >> I appreciate your offer of help. But this is not just a analytic problem. >> It is a data problem. We have plugged the data into the formula and >> are adjusting to that new data and working to fill the pipeline and to get >> orders shipped. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Anil Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dave, >>> Gerald, >>> >>> From my experience with product fulfillment: a good plan would establish >>> a target date when the product would be broadly available in the market >>> with only occasional shortages. A key to this is to show back orders as a >>> % of weekly production, and whether back orders are reducing or increasing >>> as we fulfill back orders and receive new orders each week. There would be >>> a weekly review of whether the target date is likely to be met, production >>> plan and any changes, and a new date, if needed. Sudden orders and other >>> unexpected situations are common in all kinds of fulfillment situations and >>> there are lots of good systems to deal with this. >>> >>> I am happy to volunteer to do weekly analytics. >>> >>> elinux.org only shows monthly shipments, with little clue around demand >>> and back order situation. It is nice to know that "circuitco is in full >>> production" but we need to provide lots more facts. >>> >>> Dr. Anil Gupta >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:35 AM, David Anders <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> as gerald stated, circuitco is in full production of the beaglebone >>>> black and continues to ship daily to a wide range of distributors. these >>>> distributors fill back-orders first before showing stock. >>>> >>>> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Board_Shipments >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:46:30 AM UTC-6, [email protected]: >>>>> >>>>> I have been looking for 3+ weeks and unable to find any stock anywhere. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to see the order backlog with Circuitco and current >>>>> supply capability? Is the issue getting better or worse? (My anecdotal >>>>> experience suggests it may be getting worse.) The current situation is >>>>> frustrating. If the news is bad, let us know it early and deal with it. >>>>> Right now, there is no data at all. >>>>> >>>>> Gerald: thanks for your timely and open updates. >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 1:25:00 AM UTC+5:30, Gerald wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> We are focused on the community. Feel free to build it yourself >>>>>> however. All the materials to build it are provided for free and you >>>>>> don't >>>>>> have to pay any development costs. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Gerald >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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