[Discussion] vendor is doing more work than we give it credit for
vendor is doing more work than we give it credit for. Change my mind, genuinely — I have no stake in being right about this. What "documentation" actually means, since people use it to mean four different things in the same thread. A certificate of analysis is one document about one lot. A batch record is the…
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.
Lead time and minimum quantity are the two facts people forget to ask for and then argue about later.
Agreed — and the corollary is that "no data" and "bad data" have to be written differently. The table separates them for exactly that reason.
Lead time and minimum quantity are the two facts people forget to ask for and then argue about later.
chidi_roos is describing the batch record test and it is the fastest signal available before you spend anything.
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.
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.