Qualification Before Price: Sourcing Castings for European Plants
A conversation about how European buyers qualify foundries, verify material certificates and structure contracts that survive a dispute.
Conversation summary
The conversation covers supplier audits, EN 10204 material certification, dimensional verification, and why contractual jurisdiction decides whether a sourcing programme is genuinely de-risked.
Selected excerpts
European buyers say cost is the driver. In practice, what stops a programme?
The documentation chain. If the certificate and the heat number do not reconcile, the part does not enter the plant.
Audit the metrology capability physically. A declaration of capability is not capability.
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