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Get better RFQ responses!

Charlie Harte — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:40:11 +0000

We at Proficient Sourcing live and die with RFQ traffic, and it seems that the buying population would be interested in better responses. Maybe we can help. Most of what we see is an RFQ to manufacture or fabricate some metal or plastic part. The RFQ wants a price and delivery for a stated quantity,…

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Target Pricing: Good Idea to Share with Prospective Vendors?

Charlie Harte — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 05:01:57 +0000

Recently 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. Typical machine…

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Why Call Proficient Sourcing?

Charlie Harte — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 21:40:14 +0000

Over the past few months we have had several complex projects. These projects involved are why procurement professionals or project managers to call Proficient Sourcing seeking solutions to their problems. A specific supplier was desired. We were able to quickly provide credible candidates. In every case the project is proceeding and on schedule. The reason…

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Simple or Complex Requirements? We’re Here for You!

Charlie Harte — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 15:53:49 +0000

Proficient Sourcing has a large and thorough network of manufacturing companies available for simple and complex requirements or almost any sourcing issue you might have. An especially good example of the variety of things we can handle occurred recently. We allied with a much larger company that does sourcing for (usually) larger companies and projects…

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What Proficient Sourcing Can Do For You!

Charlie Harte — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:45:17 +0000

Proficient Sourcing has had interesting projects lately that illustrate how we can help OEM’s looking for supplier candidates. Over the past year or so we have concentrated on providing great supplier candidates for equipment builders and machinery OEM’s, and below are 2 projects in our wheelhouse. Some time ago we were contacted by a European…

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Low Cost Innovation – The Hidden Benefit!

Charlie Harte — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 15:49:37 +0000

Your suppliers can be a low cost source of ongoing and effective innovation. In fact, in some companies, supplier-initiated innovation happens regularly through such things as suggested design alternatives, different manufacturing approaches, and even ideas on streamlining internal processes. If you are fortunate enough to have such a supplier relationship, you may experience innovation more…

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Memo to Equipment and Machinery OEM’s!

Charlie Harte — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 15:28:38 +0000

We at Proficient Sourcing wish all a Happy New Year, and especially to equipment and machinery OEM’s. Our mission is to provide candidates for your outsourced manufacturing, and we have an especially capable group of metalworking companies very experienced in making machinery and equipment parts of all sorts. If you have a serious interest, we…

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RFQ’s to new suppliers — getting good responses?

Charlie Harte — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:40:24 +0000

We experience new inquiries continuously and believe results for all sides could be improved. People exploring new suppliers with RFQ’s may not get the response desired. Suppliers may no-bid an inquiry, despite the fact that the work would be an excellent fit. Why is this? As the economy improves, it’s a rising tide that raises…

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RFQ Responses – Storm Clouds on the Horizon!

Charlie Harte — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 20:15:25 +0000

As manufacturing improves across the board in the US, procurement professionals are likely to be seeking new, different, and improved suppliers for outsourced manufacturing. We foresee frustration in the days ahead. Why is this? The answer is prosperity exists within the job shop community as well as with OEM’s. This means the importance of NEW…

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Tolerances: Do They Match Your Needs?

Charlie Harte — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 19:48:07 +0000

On rare occasions we see inquiries requiring tolerances that raise questions. Requiring excessively precise work means higher cost and the exclusion of potential suppliers. We recently chose not to bid on a fabrication requiring extreme precision. Perhaps that degree of precision is needed, but it also may be a case of over-engineering. In any case,…

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