[labnetwork] Fab invoice payment terms & repercussions of non-payment

[Vito Logiudice]

Dear Colleagues,

I would appreciate hearing about the policy in place at your respective facilities regarding your fab invoice payment terms. We're working on a formal policy here and I would value our community's input.

Specifically, I'd like to hear from you on the following points. Any other relevant insights are of course welcome.

  1.  At what frequency do you issue your invoices?
  2.  How long after an invoice has been issued must it be paid?
  3.  What course of action do you take if the invoice is not paid?
  4.  Are you ever faced with having to suspend a PI's facility access?
  5.  If the answer to 4 is yes, what level of authority within your organization is required to enforce this suspension: Facility Manager or Director? Facility Faculty Director? Dean? Other?
  6.  If you've been through a PI suspension, what was the impact on the students in the PI's research group?

Thank you much.

Regards,
Vito
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Vito Logiudice  MASc, PEng
Director of Operations, Quantum NanoFab
University of Waterloo
Lazaridis QNC 1207
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON           Canada N2L 3G1
Tel.: (519) 888-4567  ext. 38703
Email: vito.logiudice at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:vito.logiudice at uwaterloo.ca>
Website: https://fab.qnc.uwaterloo.ca

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