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// corpus dimension 03 of 17
What they do, not what they say.
Milling, turning, casting, stamping, welding, coating. The process chain decides the shortlist.
// what the corpus holds
Process families. Machining, molding, casting, forming, joining, finishing.
Secondary operations. What is done in house and what leaves the building.
Tolerance practice. The precision a process is actually run at, where evidenced.
Process depth. One EDM machine is a feature. An EDM department is a capability.
// why it decides sourcing
Every part is a sequence of processes. The shortlist is the set of shops whose chain covers the sequence without handing your part around a subcontractor daisy chain you never agreed to.
// 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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