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c/vendorvetting·posted 6 months ago by u/laila_almeida

how much of what we believe about reship actually comes from Janoshik threads

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how much of what we believe about reship actually comes from Janoshik threads. I would rather ask a basic question now than get this wrong quietly for two months.

Asked ERP for the batch record on a Tuesday and had the full document, batch and method line, before the end of the day. That is the bar now.

Sent the same compound from HJ and KP to VendorInvestigate in the same month. Both came back above the claim on the certificate — mine was 98.4% on a stated 97.5%.

The order I actually check things in, for anyone building a process rather than asking about one supplier.

First, the record: source page, verification log, and how many separate lots have been tested rather than how many tests exist. Second, the paperwork: ask for a batch-specific certificate and see what comes back and how fast. Third, the logistics: quoted lead time, minimum quantity, which lines are held in regional stock. Fourth, buy small and test it yourself.

Nothing in that list is exotic and all of it is answerable before you spend real money. Most of the disappointment posts on this board skipped step two.

Corrections welcome, especially the pedantic ones. Pedantry is how this board earns its reputation.

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u/chidi_roos432 points·6 months ago

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.

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u/titration_marshalmod · c/semaglutide107 points·6 months ago

Regional stock made more difference to my planning than anything else — ordering from a warehouse in Denmark took the customs question off the table entirely.

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u/rohan_krastev325 points·6 months ago

Yes, and the reason the wider-market table has no scores is that a score built on two reports would be a lie with a decimal point.

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u/gustav_lindholm238 points·6 months ago

Careful. "Nobody has tested Hangzhou Meite Bio" is a statement about this board, not about the supplier. Say the first thing, not the second.

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u/adnan_sandvik254 points·6 months ago

Kept a spreadsheet of quoted versus actual lead time across 22 orders. The quoted number held.

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u/swirl_dont_shakereconstitution291 points·6 months ago

a claim with no batch number is a marketing document

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u/cormac_pereira178 points·6 months ago

Did you ask for the batch-specific certificate, or the generic one?

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u/greta_lokken168 points·6 months ago

I would separate documentation from logistics. A supplier can be excellent at one and ordinary at the other, and averaging them hides it.

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u/amara_haddad45 points·6 months ago

This. Ask for the batch record. The ones who send it inside a day have told you more than any review could.

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u/teodor_lokken115 points·6 months ago

Not convinced by the ranking-by-vibe approach here. The community number is derived from reports; your feeling is derived from four posts you remember.

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u/teodor_lokken92 points·6 months ago

Fixing my own comment above: I said 11 orders and it is 32. The pattern is the same, the count was wrong.

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u/throwaway_titration60 points·6 months ago

Swiss Chems shows up in threads constantly and has almost nothing on file

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u/zaid_eriksen0 points·6 months ago

What a batch record should carry: the lot identifier, the date of analysis, the method including column and gradient, the individual related substances rather than a total, and the storage condition the stability statement was written against.

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u/valeria_cardoso1 point·6 months ago

the interesting column is spread, not maximum

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u/titration_marshalmod · c/semaglutide1 point·6 months ago

What did they say when you asked for the method line?

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u/janoshik_junkieindependent tester1 point·6 months ago

ask for the batch record before you ask for a discount

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u/kasper_cabrera1 point·6 months ago

lead time quoted at checkout is the number to hold them to

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u/liv_kuipers28 points·6 months ago

three independent results beat thirty forum posts

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u/denied_again_d7 points·6 months ago

Mild pushback: a supplier with fewer entries is not worse, it is less sampled. Those are different claims and the table says so.

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u/sig_figs_sammod · analytical2 points·6 months ago

buy small first, test it, then decide

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u/tl_dr_tina4 points·6 months ago

a directory entry is a record, not a recommendation

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u/laila_almeidaOP3 points·6 months ago

Which service did the testing, and did you pay for it yourself?

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u/arne_nyberg19 points·6 months ago

consistency across lots beats one spectacular result

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u/zofia_lindholm8 points·6 months ago

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.

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