Opening a metal processing enquiry
Identify the feedstock and intended output in the opening message. Explain which project decision your team needs to discuss before preparing a full equipment request.
Use metal project contact brief to describe the decision your project team needs to make and the material or output it wants reviewed. Separate the requested outcome from the observations your own reviewers will assess. Ask the bidder to identify unanswered questions in that target description and to relate its response to the same project objective before commercial scope is discussed. Identify the review question associated with the requested output so that the proposed scope can be assessed against the purpose of the enquiry.
Initial process information
Describe the processing stages under consideration and identify questions requiring clarification. Attach a project diagram if your team has approved it for disclosure.
Use initial process diagram to name the proposed stages in sequence and show where the requested project scope starts and ends. Ask the supplier to explain unfamiliar stage labels against that sequence. Identify the material entering and leaving the proposed scope, then compare the explanation with the equipment schedule so that your engineering team can assess the same proposed arrangement across all project documents. Ask for the stage names in the diagram and the equipment schedule to be cross referenced where different labels are used for the same proposed scope.
Contact attachment preparation
List the site or product documents attached to the enquiry and their project references. Connect each document to the question it is intended to support.
For contact document register, identify the product or equipment item addressed by each requested document. Ask for a document title and the reference needed to connect it with the current proposal. Refer unfamiliar document terminology to the responsible project reviewer, and request clarification where a returned document concerns a different item or configuration from the one described in the purchasing enquiry. Ask the document reviewer to identify which unresolved questions concern missing information and which concern a document referring to the wrong proposed item.
Project contact responsibilities
Name the project roles responsible for material and site questions. Identify which reviewer should receive additional document requests relating to each part of the project.
Use project contact map to separate the questions assigned to each project reviewer and the documents needed to answer them. Connect each open question with the proposed item or stage it affects. Ask for a response addressing those questions individually, and have the responsible reviewer record the agreed description that the purchasing team should use when it prepares the request for commercial terms. Ask the assigned reviewer to distinguish a request for more information from approval of the proposed item, so that open questions remain clear.
Contact Beijing Holland: inquiry documents
| Ask about | Request with your inquiry |
|---|---|
| Which details should the metal project contact brief identify for opening a metal processing enquiry? | Metal project contact brief |
| Which details should the initial process diagram identify for initial process information? | Initial process diagram |
| Which details should the contact document register identify for contact attachment preparation? | Contact document register |
| Which details should the project contact map identify for project contact responsibilities? | Project contact map |