1) Quote request –
Select a part or part family and send to ChinaParts™;
All related drawings, specifications,
and work instructions
Annual usage by part number
Desired purchase lot size and frequency
Quality requirements – unless supplied, standard quality plan
to be followed
Packaging and marking requirements
Customer to provide samples of existing parts to minimize intangibles
such as appearance attributes not specified on drawings and other specifications
2)quotation –
Depending on part complexity, a quotation will be sent within 1-2 weeks.
The quote will include;
Lowest price based on usage
and purchase lot sizes, quoted FOB: inland US port
Tooling cost and description, always separate from piece price
Optional delivered price
Optional piece price for JIT shipments from our Western Pennsylvania
warehouse
Leadtimes for first approval part and production deliveries
Technical issues to be discussed or further information to be supplied
by customer prior to order acceptance
3) Development order –
Pending successful review;
Customer purchase order for
any required tooling and no-charge validation samples
50% tooling cost to be due upon receipt of order
Customer to supply any required inspection gauges for first order. All
subsequent standard gauges to be supplied by ChinaPartsTM
4) Pre-production release
to produce tooling
per quotation
No-charge validation samples with first article inspection reports to
be supplied
No production to begin until all customer requirements have been met
and the customer verifies that the parts are fit for production, any
further required samples to attain full customer satisfaction to be
supplied at no-charge
Development and agreement of standard part leadtimes
Tooling balance to be paid upon acceptance of validation samples
Establish production quality plan
5) Production release
Production purchase orders
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Customer managed releases
Annual blanket agreements with scheduled releases
Frequent JIT releases from ChinaPartsTM warehouse
Production parts delivered on time, to agreed quality plans, and at
agreed pricing