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ReferenceReference material you can take and use
Nothing here is gated, and none of it needs an email address. Copy the tables into your own documents, paste the template into your own supplier emails and use the questionnaire with shops we have never met. A link back is welcome and not required.
Machining glossary for buyers
The vocabulary a shop will use in a quote, defined in one sentence each, without the machinist assumptions.
12 rowsTolerance reference
What each process holds routinely, what it holds with care and what that costs you in inspection.
3 bandsMaterial availability in Vietnam
Stocked locally, available with notice or imported to order. The table that decides your lead time.
Copy and pasteRFQ template
A request a shop can price in one pass, with every line explained. Take it and use it with any supplier.
8 questionsSupplier questionnaire
The questions we ask a shop before it sees a brief, and what each answer is really testing.
InteractiveRFQ readiness check
Score your request before you send it, see what is missing and get the text written for you.
Why this is free
A buyer who writes a better request gets better quotes, from us or from anyone. We are paid by shops for the briefs they take, so a well prepared request is worth more to us than a captured email address. The full reasoning is in our editorial standards.