Steel Plate Quality agains Price
Steel Plate Quality agains Price
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Hello Guys,
I have been tasked to order steel plates for some tank bottom plate replacement in ASME A283 Gr. C. We were looking at quality issues now. All mill certs are in conformance with our requirement, which makes ETA and price the next determining factor. The Cheapest we are getting are from Tianjin Steel in China but we can not guarantee their quality since this is our first time of getting a quote from China on such material. Please does anyone have some experience in using steels from such steel plants. This is giving us a half price advantage.
Thank you,
Frank
I have been tasked to order steel plates for some tank bottom plate replacement in ASME A283 Gr. C. We were looking at quality issues now. All mill certs are in conformance with our requirement, which makes ETA and price the next determining factor. The Cheapest we are getting are from Tianjin Steel in China but we can not guarantee their quality since this is our first time of getting a quote from China on such material. Please does anyone have some experience in using steels from such steel plants. This is giving us a half price advantage.
Thank you,
Frank





RE: Steel Plate Quality agains Price
RE: Steel Plate Quality agains Price
No experience with Tianjin Steel (China), however I would like to recommend/point-out the following:
1) Is there any restriction by your Client to purchase from China Vendor/Manufacturer?
1a) If yes, I think you do not need to bother considering China Vendors.
1b) If none, I believe you need to still inform Client such shortlisted Vendor; and when you do this, you need to have documents/supporting documents why you chose this Vendor e.g. TBE-conformance with requirements, Experience List of this Vendor, Quality, Commercial, and/or Vendor Survey Report.
2) Why don't you restart your search of Vendor by checking with your Procurement group the Pre-qualified list of plate Vendors. The good thing for this list is that these vendors were already technically, commercially and quality evaluated and your Company has experienced dealing with them (not to mention, your procurement can handle the price negotiation). Or if there is Client's Vendor list, you may refer on it.
Ciao!
RE: Steel Plate Quality agains Price
In our system there is no way to ever justify a new source for a one time buy, the QA overhead is too high even if the material was free.
You might want to also look at the risks, and try to put some costs to them.
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RE: Steel Plate Quality agains Price
Best regards - Al
RE: Steel Plate Quality agains Price
I would hesitate to issue your firm any work orders.
RE: Steel Plate Quality agains Price
RE: Steel Plate Quality agains Price