someone explain testing to me like I have not read a paper in years
Slightly embarrassed to be asking this, but: someone explain testing to me like I have not read a paper in years. Regional stock made more difference to my planning than anything else — ordering from a warehouse in New Zealand took the customs question off the table entirely. Why the directory has two tiers, since…
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.
Where a supplier holds regional stock, ask which lines are actually held there rather than drop-shipped. It changes the lead time and it changes the customs question.
the interesting column is spread, not maximum
Started buying small deliberately, tested every lot for the first four, then stopped testing every lot because there was nothing to find.
a supplier that answers method questions in writing has already told you a lot
Where a supplier holds regional stock, ask which lines are actually held there rather than drop-shipped.
This is the whole method in one sentence. Everything else in the thread is elaboration.
This is the whole method in one sentence.
Agreed — and the corollary is that "no data" and "bad data" have to be written differently. The table separates them for exactly that reason.