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What Tangibles Should A Company Provide To A Contract Manufacturer

06/11/2014 1:08 AM

What tangibles should a company provide to a contract manufacturer to receive the best quote for your fist manufacturing run?

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Re: What tangibles should a company provide to a contract manufacturer

06/11/2014 1:32 AM

Everything that the manufacturer requires to judge what is needed to manufacture the first run.

Now if we just knew what was to manufactur we could narrow it down a bit. Up to you to provide this information.

Me thinks that if you provide your information in such detail as you did here you will fail to receive a quote.

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06/11/2014 6:00 AM

Please don't shout.

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06/11/2014 8:13 AM

IdeaSmith pretty much sums it up........ but with more detail, I do not know if you have a project/engineering manager, how you would go about it.

1.) Identify you scope on what you require.

  • Cost
  • Schedule
  • Quality

2.) Look at the requirements to achieve these

3.) Communicate with your Contract Manufacture prior to awarding the contract and see if there are any other needs/information that he/she may require.

Proactive Communicating is the key.

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06/11/2014 11:10 PM

include warranty too

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06/12/2014 6:56 AM

That as well as performance can fall under quality.

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06/11/2014 3:35 PM

Quantity breaks will be a very important detail you should include. That and full details, drawings, bills of materials, etc on what you want made.

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06/12/2014 8:22 AM

A tangible communication would be an identifier of some sort. Otherwise one gets put into the category of "drone".

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06/12/2014 1:26 PM

Why would a manufacturer be involved in making fists?

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