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Inside Proficient Sourcing’s Supplier Vetting Process

Charlie Harte — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 22:26:40 +0000

When choosing a manufacturing supplier, the real challenge isn’t just finding someone who can do the job—it’s ensuring they’ll do it well, every time. That’s why the supplier selection process should be more than just comparing quotes. It should be a strategic effort to mitigate risk, ensure quality, and create long-term reliability. At Proficient Sourcing, we’ve developed a…

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7 Cost Reduction Tips for Manufacturing Procurement

Charlie Harte — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:22:48 +0000

In today’s competitive manufacturing landscape, procurement professionals face increasing pressure to reduce costs without sacrificing quality or reliability. Whether you’re managing supply chains for a large OEM or sourcing parts for a small business, cutting procurement expenses can significantly impact profitability. Here are seven actionable procurement cost saving tips to help you lower manufacturing costs…

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Discover Proficient Sourcing LLC! See Why….

Charlie Harte — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:25:34 +0000

Tell us what you need manufactured. Then--- We give you recommendations for manufacturing suppliers. Here’s how you benefit:1) To satisfy your requirements we access a very diverse network of suppliers of most kinds of manufacturing. All these companies have a long history of on-time delivery of built-to-spec parts.You get our recommendations FAST; usually within a day…

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Large Metal Fabrications and Weldments

Charlie Harte — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 19:44:27 +0000

Our supplier network contains several specialists in fabricating very large metal projects. Examples: Click here if you need very large machining, too! And if that’s too big, here’s another large machining opportunity for you. These large metal fabrication services, including large weldments, serve industry customers such as: These large metal fabrications are produced with substantially…

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Sheet Metal Fabrication

Charlie Harte — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 19:37:02 +0000

10 companies in our supplier candidate network are experts in sheet metal fabrication. Some of these also do plate fabrication, which is featured in our Large Metal Fabrications and Weldments article. Both sheet metal and plate involve transforming flat sheets of metal into different shapes and structures, such as panels, enclosures, and machine components. The process…

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Manufacturing Suppliers for Small Metal Parts

Charlie Harte — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:57:51 +0000

Proficient Sourcing has a network of companies specializing in the manufacture of small METAL parts. In many cases we have multiple candidates just waiting to satisfy your requirements. Several of these companies have ITAR certification and some have ISO AS 9100 as well. All are long standing companies with a history of happy customers. Perhaps…

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China: Is the End Coming Soon?

Charlie Harte — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 15:08:43 +0000

Proficient Sourcing is interested in helping OEM’s reshore, especially from China. On 8/4 we wrote an article about Peter Zeihan’s emphatic comments that China was nearing an end as a manufacturing superpower. Several factors were cited, and now there’s more from this same source. And speaking of reshoring, here’s some good news from the Reshoring…

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We’re from the Government and we’re here to help (jobs)!

Charlie Harte — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 17:59:55 +0000

A great deal any administration’s focus seems to be directed to increasing jobs in America. Whether green energy or infrastructure, what’s made the news usually includes some reference to new job creation. Is this credible? Can the federal government make a meaningful contribution to the country’s employment, and if so, where and how? One…

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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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China: Is the End Coming Soon?

Charlie Harte — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 03:07:55 +0000

China has been the major thorn in American manufacturing for some time. Now a well-known expert says this is coming to a dramatic end in the next 10 years. Proficient Sourcing has a network of domestic manufacturers eager for reshoring interest or just a desire for better suppliers. Maybe at last we have some…

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