The buyer wants two weeks. The material is 17-4 in a size we do not stock, and the mill says three weeks. The machining itself is four days. How do you quote the date without eating the delay?
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Quote the date from material acknowledgement plus machining plus a day you believe for incoming check. Two weeks that starts before the bar exists is a late job you already signed.
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Offer a split if they can accept a stocked substitute in writing, with the substitute named. Do not swap 17-4 for 304 in the quote's fine print.
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Put the material lead time in the quote as its own line so purchasing can see it. A single 'ship date' hides the thing that will slip.
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