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English and technical communication with Indian suppliers
Most supply problems start as a sentence that both sides read differently. How to write drawings, emails and escalations so the instruction survives the distance.
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Sourcing notes for custom parts
Drawings, tooling, quality and landed cost, from the team that runs the programmes.
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India9 min read
EV and battery applications: busbars, interconnects and thermal parts
A battery pack is a joining problem wrapped around a thermal problem. The parts that carry current and heat decide whether the pack lasts.
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India9 min read
Hyderabad manufacturing: pharma, electronics and precision engineering
Three regulated industries share a city and a supplier base. What each asks of a part, and how to qualify a plant that serves them.
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India8 min read
Pune auto component cluster: forging, machining and stamping
How the Pune belt is organised, what each tier supplies, and the evidence a buyer should ask for before committing to a programme.
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India9 min read
Remote supplier audits in India: video, records and sample pulls
How to run an audit that produces evidence rather than a tour, and the limits you must cover with a site visit or a third-party check.
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India9 min read
Automotive industry applications: programmes, PPAP and volume
An automotive part is bought through a programme, not a single purchase order. What that changes in the drawing, the tooling plan and the evidence pack.
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India8 min read
Coimbatore engineering cluster: what it makes
A practical map of Coimbatore's pump, foundry, wire and precision engineering base, and what a buyer should check before placing work.
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India9 min read
GST and export documentation in India: zero rating, LUT and the paper trail
How zero-rated exports work, when a letter of undertaking is the better route, and which documents have to agree before a refund or a shipment can clear.
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India9 min read
Industrial automation applications: the parts behind sensors, drives and enclosures
An automation build is a stack of small mechanical decisions. A map of the four part zones, the calls that decide each one and what to put in a request.
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Sourcing9 min read
Customs clearance documents
The pack a broker needs, the fields that cause holds, and the order to check them before the container leaves the supplier.
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Sourcing9 min read
Landed cost calculator: how to use it and what it misses
A worked comparison of three sourcing options, the inputs that change the answer, and the costs a calculator cannot see.
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Sourcing10 min read
Rules of origin and preferential tariffs
A preferential rate depends on where the goods are from, not where they were shipped. The test is the product specific rule, and the evidence has to survive a verification.
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The guides are built around the same questions as the free tools. Size a busbar, check an ISO 2768 callout, build a first article report or compare landed cost.
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