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Hey all,

My understanding is that Cisco has about 32 factories making their
equipment, 2 of which they own and the rest are factories they
outsource to.

A couple of questions:
1) Does anyone know where all these factories are?

2) Does anyone know what factories are in the US and how big they
are....as in does a lot of Cisco equipment get made in the US?

I am aware of Mexico and a couple of others, and was hoping to find
the full list, or failing that an estimate of whether much Cisco
equipment is made in the US.

Thanks

In article <>,
Me <> wrote:
:My understanding is that Cisco has about 32 factories making their
:equipment, 2 of which they own and the rest are factories they
utsource to.

:A couple of questions:
:1) Does anyone know where all these factories are?

I'm wondering if you are asking the right question?

If Cisco contracts for DB9 cable shells from a factory in Timbukto, and
RJ45 connectors from a factory in Wawa, and Cat5 cable from a factory
in Flin Flon, and has all these parts shipped to a factory in
Wala Wala for assembly into console serial cables, then that is 4
factories outsourced to.

If Cisco buys one chip from one factory, a second chip from a
different one, memory from a third, capacitors from a fourth,
power supplies from a fifth... the factories outsourced to add up
pretty quickly.


:I am aware of Mexico and a couple of others, and was hoping to find
:the full list, or failing that an estimate of whether much Cisco
:equipment is made in the US.

But in these days of international trade in electronic parts, what
does it mean for equipment to be "made" in a particular place?


Cisco often uses serial-number prefixes to indicate the manufacturering
location. Prefixes I have been able to find include:

CAT - common prefix for Catalyst switches.
CHK - alternative prefix for Catalyst switches. Speculation: Hong Kong?
FAA - Flextronics, San Jose CA USA
FAB - speculation: second flextronics location?
JAB
JAC
JEU - speculation: europe?
JMX - speculation: mexico?
SAG
SMA
VDF

One of the manufacturering locations is in the Czech Republic
http://www.cisco.com/commarch/html/s...-facility.html

Distribution (but not manufactuering) sites are listed at
http://www.cisco.com/commarch/html/src-tool/qa.html
--
Oh, to be a Blobel!

Very interesting info...thanks.

My "manufactured in" I mean in which company does the device gain its
biggest value - this will often be the place of the main and final
assembly of the device. . For example all the chips might be from all
over the place but they are assembled into a router chassis and tested
etc ready for shipping in San Jose, so San Jose would be considered
the place where it is "manufactured".

I am particularly interested in cards, routers, switches.

The serial number prefix is very useful...thanks!



On 16 Feb 2005 00:41:27 GMT, (Walter
Roberson) wrote:

>In article <>,
>Me <> wrote:
>:My understanding is that Cisco has about 32 factories making their
>:equipment, 2 of which they own and the rest are factories they
>utsource to.
>
>:A couple of questions:
>:1) Does anyone know where all these factories are?
>
>I'm wondering if you are asking the right question?
>
>If Cisco contracts for DB9 cable shells from a factory in Timbukto, and
>RJ45 connectors from a factory in Wawa, and Cat5 cable from a factory
>in Flin Flon, and has all these parts shipped to a factory in
>Wala Wala for assembly into console serial cables, then that is 4
>factories outsourced to.
>
>If Cisco buys one chip from one factory, a second chip from a
>different one, memory from a third, capacitors from a fourth,
>power supplies from a fifth... the factories outsourced to add up
>pretty quickly.
>
>
>:I am aware of Mexico and a couple of others, and was hoping to find
>:the full list, or failing that an estimate of whether much Cisco
>:equipment is made in the US.
>
>But in these days of international trade in electronic parts, what
>does it mean for equipment to be "made" in a particular place?
>
>
>Cisco often uses serial-number prefixes to indicate the manufacturering
>location. Prefixes I have been able to find include:
>
>CAT - common prefix for Catalyst switches.
>CHK - alternative prefix for Catalyst switches. Speculation: Hong Kong?
>FAA - Flextronics, San Jose CA USA
>FAB - speculation: second flextronics location?
>JAB
>JAC
>JEU - speculation: europe?
>JMX - speculation: mexico?
>SAG
>SMA
>VDF
>
>One of the manufacturering locations is in the Czech Republic
>http://www.cisco.com/commarch/html/s...-facility.html
>
>Distribution (but not manufactuering) sites are listed at
>http://www.cisco.com/commarch/html/src-tool/qa.html

You may wish to investigate Cisco Authorized Distributors Worldwide:

http://www.bradreese.com/cisco-distr...m#DISTRIBUTORS

as well as the John Chambers Q & A about Cisco's Global Virtual
Manufacturing:

http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/...systems1.jhtml

Sincerely,

Brad Reese
BradReese.Com Cisco Repair Worldwide
United Kingdom: 44-20-70784294
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