Specification lock
Write carrier, pigment or additive chemistry, load, form, melt flow, viscosity, color target and let-down. If two values are still competing, list them as alternatives instead of averaging them.
Decision worksheet, not an ESG page
Masterbatch suppliers RFQ planner
Use this planner to settle specification, document and approval questions before you contact masterbatch suppliers. The layout is a stacked worksheet, not a sustainability statement, carbon claim or circular-economy score.
The planner does not rank factories, promise a savings percentage or treat a public shade card as the quoted lot. Leave any undecided field blank rather than filling it from another manufacturer’s brochure.
Planner goals before the inquiry is sent
Each card is a decision the buyer still owns. Masterbatch Sourcing will restate open items to proposed plants; we will not close a laboratory, EHS or commercial approval for you.
Document pack
Mark whether SDS, TDS, CoA, TSCA, REACH, ISO or transport papers are required for the receiving site. A related-grade file is not evidence for the quoted concentrate.
Sample gate
Define what a sample must confirm: identity, shade, moisture, melt flow, dispersion or packaging. Record the method and reviewer. This desk does not run the press.
Budget and preference
Optional target budget needs currency and a per-unit or whole-order basis. High-end, mid-range, budget or undecided is a buyer preference, not a verified supplier rating.
Progress checks that stay on the worksheet
Have grade and form been restated by the plant?
A quotation that only repeats the buyer’s wording is incomplete. Ask the supplier to write carrier, load and pellet or powder again.
Are package and destination on the same line?
Bag, drum or carton net content, pallet pattern and US city change freight and residual heel. Keep those answers next to the product basis.
Which approvals are still missing?
Quality, EHS, formulation and purchasing each need a named reviewer. An unanswered reviewer is an open item, not a reason to invent a lead time.
Return to inquiry configurations or manufacturer matching after the worksheet is filled.
Send the planner as a factory inquiry
Move locked carrier and load fields, remaining CoA questions, kilogram quantity and destination into the form. Proposed masterbatch suppliers are then asked for comparable written answers.