[Meta] proposal — a flair for VendorInvestigate posts
proposal — a flair for VendorInvestigate posts — posting the reasoning in public because a policy you cannot inspect is just a preference. Started buying small deliberately, tested every lot for the first four, then stopped testing every lot because there was nothing to find. Kept a spreadsheet of quoted versus…
Lead time and minimum quantity are the two facts people forget to ask for and then argue about later. Both are answerable in one email before you commit.
buy small first, test it, then decide
What did they say when you asked for the method line?
What did they say when you asked for the method line?
This is the whole method in one sentence. Everything else in the thread is elaboration.
the lot on the vial has to match the lot on the certificate, every time
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a supplier that answers method questions in writing has already told you a lot
The thing that decided it for me was that QST answered a column-and-gradient question in writing without asking why I wanted to know.
a supplier that answers method questions in writing has already told you a lot
Adding the practical version: ask for lead time, minimum quantity and the batch record in the same message. Three answers, one email.
Yes, and the reason the wider-market table has no scores is that a score built on two reports would be a lie with a decimal point.