The things you should include in the cut quote request, part 5

Your final application

In theory, the RFQ is simply a set of facts that a supplier can use to produce the part you need, regardless of the end use of that part. Sometimes, however, not knowing the end use can have serious implications. For example, if you need stainless steel parts for medical implants, your RFQ must specify end-use so that your supplier knows to use medical-grade materials. Moreover, if you use tubes to distribute drugs to the exact part of the brain, 18 inches away or into a microplate, "straight" means different things.

Knowing your application and intentions can also help your vendor recommend the process that best fits your end use and budget. One buyer, for example, returned to metal cutting three times with an ever-changing set of requirements: First, he asked us to quote cutoff times for some pipes to reach a specified length. The next thing you know, buyers come to us and they ask for glossy finishes and they ask for parts to roll over as well -- that's the extra cost. Finally, he came back and asked for ID chamfering at both ends of each tube, for reasons that were not explained. This required bringing the cutting rollers into the workshop and adding chamfering to each end of the tube, one at a time.

If the buyer had provided all these requests in the initial inquiry and told us why they were needed, we could have suggested a more cost effective way to produce the parts. For example, if chamfering is added to facilitate subsequent assembly, we ask whether the lower cost radius is sufficient for that purpose.

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