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EXW vs FCA: who controls freight
Both terms start at the supplier, but one leaves loading and export clearance with the buyer. That difference changes cost, risk and the documents you can obtain.
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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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Sourcing10 min read
Incoterms and risk transfer: where the goods stop being the seller's problem
Cost and risk do not always move together. A term that looks cheap can leave you carrying the loss before the goods are on the ship.
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How to compare quotes with different payment terms
A lower piece price can lose once deposits, credit periods and bank charges are put on the same timeline. A practical method for normalising cash, risk and financing before you choose.
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Sourcing9 min read
Certificate of origin: types, issuance and preference
A certificate of origin is a statement about where goods come from. The type you need, who can issue it and the evidence behind it decide whether customs accepts it.
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Sourcing10 min read
FOB vs CIF vs DAP vs DDP: choosing an Incoterm
Four terms decide who books freight, who carries risk and who clears customs. Here is how they differ and how to pick one without hiding cost.
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Sourcing9 min read
India EU trade agreement: what buyers should watch
The talks have concluded, but the agreement is not yet in force. Here is what changes for engineered parts, what does not, and the evidence buyers should collect now.
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Sourcing9 min read
Total cost of ownership vs piece price
Why the cheapest quote is rarely the cheapest part, and how to build a total cost model that a board will accept.
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Quality9 min read
Drawing revision review before production
A release gate for drawing revisions, so a changed note, tolerance or finish is checked against the tool, the gauge and the test before the next order runs.
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Quality9 min read
Clearance, transition and interference fits: a selection guide
How to read a fit, choose a basis and avoid the temperature, coating and geometry effects that turn a drawing into a press or a rattle.
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Quality8 min read
Mill certificates and material traceability: what the paper proves
How to read a certificate, what the heat number connects and where the evidence stops.
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Quality8 min read
Millivolt drop testing for electrical joints: setup, current and acceptance
A four-wire measurement is only as good as the current, the probe placement and the joint preparation behind it. Here is how to make the number repeatable.
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Quality10 min read
Tensile testing for small parts: fixtures, specimens and results
A standard tensile test assumes a standard specimen. Small stamped, formed and turned parts need a different setup before the curve means anything.
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