How To Find A Reliable Supplier When Everyone Leaves You Hanging?

One supplier delays.

Second is too expensive.

Third disappeared.

And you still need that part.

I Know That Feeling

In mechanical engineering, we had one subcontractor for everything.

He was good. Precise. Everything great.

Until he started delaying. Because he had too many orders.

And then? The problem was his, but we knew everything in our production would stand.

This Happens Every Day

Good suppliers are busy. Bad ones are available.

And how do you find a new one - a good one - without getting burned?

You search online. Call. Ask. “Do you know anyone?”

And you get recommendations. That might be good. Might not.

And then you try. And hope.

What Most People Do (Wrong)

They stay with one supplier.

Because it’s easier. Because they know the process. Because they don’t feel like searching.

And when that one supplier fails - when they delay, when they’re too expensive, when they break they’re without.

Without alternative.

Without plan B. Without anything.

And then panic.

There’s A Better Way

What if you had: