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// corpus dimension 12 of 17
A shop that dies mid-PO is your problem.
Longevity, ownership, liens, filings. Financial health is delivery risk wearing a suit.
// what the corpus holds
Longevity. Years in business, under which owners.
Ownership changes. Acquisitions and successions change shops, quietly.
Public filings. Liens, UCC filings, judgments where they exist.
Scale signals. Headcount and revenue signals where published.
// why it decides sourcing
The lowest bidder with ninety days of runway is not the lowest bidder. If a shop folds with your tooling inside it, the money you saved on the quote buys you a lawyer instead of parts.
// the corpus, by dimension
COMPANY
- FacilitiesWhere the work actually happens.
- MachinesThe machine list is the shop.
- ProcessesWhat they do, not what they say.
- MaterialsMetal is not a genre.
- CertificationsPaper that gates the work.
- EngineersShops that engineer catch bad drawings.
- CustomersWho they already ship to.
- Government ContractsAward history is a vetting engine.
- Parts ProducedThe closest thing to proof.
- PatentsR&D leaves a paper trail.
- SoftwareThe stack decides the friction.
- CreditA shop that dies mid-PO is your problem.
- CapacityThe best shop at full is no shop.
- GeographyDistance is a spec.
- Lead TimesQuoted is not delivered.
- ShippingParts have to arrive as parts.
- RelationshipsNo shop is an island.
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