Map the U.S. supply path for your motors.
A source map and a localization path for the motors in your bill of materials, without a blanket origin claim standing in for the answer.
- Is this the problem I have?
- Lead time, MOQ, origin, tariff, quality, or single-source exposure is forcing a sourcing change.
- What evidence can I give?
- Part list, quantities, supplier, lead time, MOQ, drawing revision, quality terms, destination, and trigger.
- What does Micro Motion return?
- A source-risk worksheet, U.S. options, localization candidates, tooling, qualification impact, and phased path.
- When, and how?
- Acknowledged in one business day. The sourcing and quality-ready worksheet follows within five business days.
What the worksheet contains
Seven sections. Each one names what is known, what is estimated, and what would have to be confirmed with a supplier or a test.
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Current-state source map
For each part: where it is made, where it is assembled, where it is stocked, and how many suppliers deep the chain runs before it forks.
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Lead-time and MOQ risk
Quoted against actual, order quantity against build rate, and the exposure that sits in the gap between them.
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U.S. stocking and configuration options
What can be held here, and which operations, shaft machining, lead and connector assembly, gearhead and encoder configuration, inspection, can move here without changing the part.
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Localization candidates
Which components could realistically be made domestically, and which cannot at your volume. Stated honestly, including when the answer is no.
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Required tooling
What a localized version would need in molds, fixtures, winding setup, gauges and test equipment, and roughly when that pays back at your volume.
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Qualification implications
Each change mapped to what it invalidates: a first article, a life test, a noise measurement, a customer notification, or nothing at all.
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Phased commercial path
What happens first, what it costs, and what the decision point is for the phase after it.
What to send
A spreadsheet is fine. A CSV of the part list is better than a description of it.
- Part numbers and annual quantities
- By part, not in total. The exposure usually sits in one or two lines, and volume decides which options are real.
- Current supplier and quoted lead time
- And the lead time you actually get, if it differs. The gap between the two is the risk.
- MOQ and last order date
- A minimum order that covers three years of builds is a cash and obsolescence problem wearing a delivery costume.
- The drawing revision you buy to
- Origin and qualification claims attach to a revision. Without it, nothing that follows can be stated precisely.
- Quality and documentation requirements
- First article, PPAP level, certificates of conformance, change notification terms. These set what a source change actually costs you.
- The plant it ships to
- Destination decides duty treatment, freight, stocking location and which options are worth modeling.
- The trigger
- Tariff, allocation, obsolescence, a customer requirement, a contract clause, a second-source mandate. Each one changes which section of the worksheet matters.
From supply review to production program
Start by identifying exposure. Move to tooling, qualification, and supply planning when the direction is clear.
Send the part list
Attach the spreadsheet as a CSV, a PDF or a ZIP. Six answers open the project.