MOVING A MACHINED BILL OF MATERIALS ONSHORE
By Joe Egbert, VP / General Manager, Libra Industries — Dayton, Ohio
Before we price a part, we read the drawing looking for a specific short list of things. It takes about 20 minutes, and it is the most useful 20 minutes in the whole quoting process, so it seems worth describing what is on the list.
We do a print review before quoting rather than after we have the work, because the same question costs almost nothing in a quote and a great deal after a purchase order is issued. At that point it is a change order, and everyone involved has to treat it like one.
