Common questions from manufacturers
Do we give up ownership of anything?
No. Your originals stay in your systems and remain yours.
What about supplier names?
Supplier, customer and staff names are all replaced with placeholders.
Do drawings need to be included?
No. Quality, routing and supplier records are often enough on their own, and drawings can stay out.
Building to a customer's drawings
If you build to customer drawings under NDA, your contracts decide whether those can be included. Ask your own counsel. Customer owned material can be left out completely.
Processes you consider core
You license a de-identified copy, not your know-how. Hold back any process, product line or period you want to protect.
The same rules apply
It all starts under NDA. There is no cost to you, and nothing goes out until you sign off on a sample.
Records worth a look
Where the useful history sits
You do not need every one. A single system kept in good order may be enough to start.
Quality and corrective action records
How defects are traced back to a root cause and fixed for good.
Work instructions and routings
How each job gets set up, run and checked.
Supplier quotes and RFQs
How parts get sourced and negotiated.
Records from production
How output, scrap and lead times shift over time.
Why it counts
Why labs want this
How a shop turns a quote into a shipped part, including the defects and fixes along the way, is hard won knowledge. Production support models learn from these records, and they almost never appear in public.
How it runs
Your next steps
Answer four questions to get an estimate. A specialist from License Your Data phones within minutes to book a 15-minute call. If you continue, License Your Data prepares a de-identified copy, you approve a sample, and buyers license the copy.