Separate the required changes from optional requests
List the base product or function and identify what needs to change: dimensions, connections, materials, output, marking, packaging or a new assembly. Mark each item as required or optional.
Provide drawings with revision numbers and explain which requirements are already fixed. If the design is not complete, state the development work you expect the supplier to undertake.
Define the supply and approval stages
State the intended sample quantity, initial order quantity and expected repeat demand as separate items. Include the required delivery window and any dependency on your own design approval.
Ask the quotation to distinguish engineering, tooling, samples, testing, production and packaging where applicable. Request a proposed approval sequence instead of assuming that a sample automatically authorizes mass production.
Agree what counts as acceptance
List the dimensions, functions, documents and inspection criteria that must be approved. Clarify drawing ownership, tooling arrangements, confidentiality requirements and change control in the agreed project scope.
Use the OEM & ODM project brief in the download center to prepare the inquiry. Final feasibility, cost, quantities and timing require review of the specific project.