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Re: "VENDORs", reasonable delays in shipping due to out of stock items, and other err
Let me stir the pot...
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Originally Posted by Definition of VENDOR, 2006 Robot Manual
The business should maintain sufficient stock or production capability to fill teams orders within a
reasonable period during the build season (<1 week). Note that this criterion may not apply to custombuilt
items from a source that is both a VENDOR and a fabricator. For example, a VENDOR may sell
flexible belting that the team wishes to procure to use as treads on their drive system. The VENDOR cuts
the belting to a custom length from standard shelf stock that is typically available, welds it into a loop to
make a tread, and ships it to a team. The fabrication of the tread takes the VENDOR two weeks. This
would be considered a FABRICATED ITEM, and the two weeks ship time is acceptable. Alternately, the
team may decide to fabricate the treads themselves. To satisfy this criterion, the VENDOR would just
have to ship a length of belting from shelf stock (i.e. a COTS item) to the team within five business days
and leave the welding of the cuts to the team.
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Would IFI fail to meet FIRST's vendor requirements? They could not provide enough circuit breaker panels for all FIRST teams during the 2006 season.
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