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 # DFF (Super Lab) Inventory
-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13cw3a9YDh2BIY7_ZjBSAamfUx3LGF4zoPCG7DPd5TAw/edit?usp=sharing
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+https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13cw3a9YDh2BIY7_ZjBSAamfUx3LGF4zoPCG7DPd5TAw/edit?usp=sharing
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+# How to:
+- ### Planning
+    - Export Control: Can this inventory be exported from the US to the target country?  If not what is the "work around"?
+    - How are we going to ship?
+        - Vendor dropship
+            - Can they do it?
+            - Have they shipped to this country before?
+            - What is their planned route?  Air/sea/truck/combination?  
+            - Remember, many times we understand the implications of shipping to a particular place better than they do
+        - Adcom or other logistics company shipping    
+            - Expected lead time?
+            - Cost?
+            - Size and weight restrictions to that country?
+            - Route?  Air/sea/truck/combination?
+    - Duty and Import
+        - What entity is importing?
+        - Do they have or can they figure out a way to get duty-free import (usually $100K in savings)
+    - Utility Considerations
+        - Electrical Specs (110V/220V/440V 50Hz/60Hz Single or Three Phase)
+        - Water Quality and temperature (used to determine the need for a chiller and filtration system with the Waterjet)
+        - Lighting: If there's a lack of natural light will there be enough lighting for safe lab operation?
+        - Ventilation
+            - How will the laser cutters be vented?  Where will those vents exhaust to?
+            - Welding: Do we need a trunk?
+            - Molding and Casting: Can't be an enclosed space
+            - In the case of a biolab: Is a laminar flow hood needed?  What is the "natural ventilation" like in the selected space?
+    - Layout
+        - Work together on a lab layout to help determine space, utility needs, renovation needs
+    - Machines 
+        - Goals of the lab and who will be its primary users?
+        - What will the lab included?  (Balance of budget and wishlist)
+        - Will all purchases be made at once or will it be a multi-phase purchase/deployment?  If multi-phase determine the priorities and purchasing order.
+
+- ### Purchasing
+- ### Deployment
+- ### Installation
+- ### Operation
+    - Gitlab
+        - Documenting users, training, spaces, tools
+        - Repos to document project work
+    - Each Machine should have an owner who is responsible for learning that machine, training others, performing maintenance and overseeing necessary repairs.
+    - Machine Maintenance is absolutely necessary.  Creating a schedule in Gitlab can help to ensure this is being done regularly.  The are high level, precise machines that don't like to sit idle or not be maintained.
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