buyers RFQ quantities and warehousing

Tom Barszczowski, of Packaging Concepts and Design http://www.pcdpackaging.com -
emailed me with a great question regarding quantities and how to quote them.

When buyers create an RFQ, they are asked three questions that are indicators of how a manufacturer should price:
1. Warehousing Required
2. Quantity to be Quoted
3. Frequency ordered

If you look at the attached screen shot, the buyer requires warehousing, the quantity is 12,000 pieces and the frequency of the order is bi-monthly.

Simple right? Quote 12K pieces. Run 12K deliver 6k, warehouse 6k. Only if the buyer hits the warehousing button, and most may not. And this is the foundation of Tom's question and an oversight on our part.

We will rewrite these lines so that buyers can indicate the entire quantity of the production run and the shipment quantity on a monthly basis.

Until then, all RFQ's have a quantity, and if the frequency ordered is more than once a month, its safe to say, warehousing is required.

Marc