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What's the usual sourcing process for large amounts of components? word of mouth? suppliers cold calling potential customers? how does company x that manufactur
by corndoge 9y ago
What's the usual sourcing process for large amounts of components? word of mouth? suppliers cold calling potential customers? how does company x that manufactures product y get in touch with part supplier z?
- varjag 9y agoIf you subcontract production, the service provider typically has supply chain specialists that source things on your BOM. Procurement people might do direct purchasing/negotiation (typically on special&pricier bits), or go to wholesalers for mass consumption items.
- Robelius 9y agoIn the organizations that I’ve worked at (around 100 people), sourcing is done by the purchasing department. After some quality engineers give the green light on a few shipments to make sure the parts are good, the vendor is trusted and more of their parts can be purchased. Manufacturers usually try and stay with the vendors they have for parts because the vendors are trusted to give quality parts, have relationships, and lines of credit already established. Basically reduces risk of getting junk and investing more time and money to find something that works.