[labnetwork] Question about tool charges

[Fouad Karouta]

Dear Sandrine,

Here at ACT Node we do charge the effective usage time whether it is longer or shorter.  Cancellations are accepted for equipment not heavily used (10-15 h/week). For heavy used systems like FIB or e-beam lithography:

-          We still charge effective usage time (if not used time is reasonable as compared to booking) and for after hours bookings.

-          In case of a booking cancellation, we do not charge if the cancellation is made prior to the booking start, otherwise we charge the elapsed time e.g. if booking is made from 1:00 to 5:00pm and we get the cancellation notification at 3 pm we charge 2 hours.
Upon booking cancellation of heavily used systems we send an email to our users informing them of the tool availability.

Hope this helps,
Regards, Fouad

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From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Sandrine Martin
Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2014 4:57 AM
To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
Subject: [labnetwork] Question about tool charges

Hello,

As we continue our analysis of costs and charges at the University of Michigan LNF, we would like to know a couple of things at other facilities that also charge for tool time:
- do you charge for reserved time or time actually used?
- what is your policy for tool reservations that are not used?

Thanks
Sandrine

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University of Michigan LNF/NNIN

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