Management Archives - Proficient Sourcing

Supplier Evaluations? How About BUYER evaluations, too?

Charlie Harte — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:36:33 +0000

Supplier evaluation is a frequent LinkedIn group discussion. Since Proficient Sourcing’s business is to help identify appropriate and excellent manufacturing suppliers, these discussions are of particular interest. Our work typically involves generating candidates for new supplier situations. Evaluation criteria are focused on price and delivery, with excellent quality. The shops we deal with all…

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Procurement Problems We Address

Charlie Harte — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:33:55 +0000

Research revealed several common problems OEMs face when seeking new suppliers. Proficient Sourcing exists to address most of them with success. The first item, naturally, is the time-consuming task of determining capabilities, capacity, and quality standards needed for the project. Sorting through the various website options may not be sufficient. We can do this…

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Outsourcing Your Manufacturing: Pros and Cons

Charlie Harte — Fri, 19 May 2023 21:27:52 +0000

Proficient Sourcing LLC exists to help you find excellent suppliers so your outsourcing will be successful. There are many factors involved with outsourcing, and it’s always educational to check the internet to see the pros and cons. Fortunately, we found no new revelations. But depending on your business there are certainly many things to…

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OEM Standards: Should We Worry?

Charlie Harte — Fri, 05 May 2023 17:40:57 +0000

What’s going on with large corporations these days? Some may be your customers or suppliers, so their motivations should be significant in your business plans. And to the extent this population includes OEM’s we are concerned. It’s probable outside forces have tried to influence corporate behavior forever. But now, in a time of social…

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Manufacturing Outlook: Problems Remain

Charlie Harte — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 23:52:54 +0000

What is the near term outlook for US manufacturing? Not particularly encouraging. There are nearly an infinite number of internet answers to this, and we found 2 good ones at the National Association of Manufacturers 4Q 22 survey and Deloitte’s 2023 Manufacturing Industry Outlook. Here’s a segment of NAM’s Summary of Findings: “While manufacturing…

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The 4 Day Work Week

Charlie Harte — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:53:26 +0000

Recently we heard a radio report that the government was considering 4 Day work week legislation. No further details were reported, so we can only speculate that this is a move that might happen sometime in the future. To whom, how and when unreported. The US economy consists of a wide variety of types…

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TARGET PRICE: Good idea or not?

Charlie Harte — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 04:21:37 +0000

Last year we introduced a potential supplier to an equipment OEM. The OEM has several fairly large machine parts they want to source to new machining sources. The desired vendor will be capable of handling thousand pound steel parts, which require complex machining operations. Not quite 5-axis, but their parts have very intricate details.…

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Need Improvements to Your Supply Chain?

Charlie Harte — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 23:47:10 +0000

We’re all about improving your supply chain. Whether reshoring something or any of a myriad of possibilities, if you want excellent candidates for your outsourced manufacturing, we can probably help. Key areas of success have been large metal parts, such as machine bases, fabricated and molded plastics, domesticating ferrous (and large!) castings, tanks, pressure vessels, and…

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ESG Scoring: Useful or… Horsepucky?

Charlie Harte — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:20:06 +0000

Over the past several years many major funding organizations have become more interested in ESG scoring criteria for their decisions. We became interested in this because of 2 recent factors. One was the apparent increasing difficulty that fossil fuel producers are finding in obtaining new funding for their needs. And since this industry is capital…

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What is a Good Supplier?

Charlie Harte — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:09:16 +0000

Several procurement consultants’ websites and discussion groups list factors that define a good supplier. This is particularly relevant to Proficient Sourcing; we provide manufacturing supplier candidates to OEM buyers and are acutely aware of the need for excellent performance. On time delivery is always among the most valued factors. With new suppliers, the buyer has…

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