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 :outsource 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
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