In machining and hardware part supply chains, many people share the same feeling: There seem to be more and more documents—yet customers usually care about only one or two each time. The real point isn’t whether you have every  document. It’s whether you can identify which stage of risk the customer is focusing on right now. --- 1. What Are the 6 Most Common Compliance Documents for Hardware Parts? In practice, the documents that appear most often—and cause the most confusio

Many machining suppliers have experienced this: A customer emails for a quote, and the first question isn’t price or lead time. Instead, they ask:“Is it RoHS compliant? Do you have REACH? Is it PFAS Free?” A common reaction is confusion—or even a bit of panic:“We only do machining. Why are they asking us this?”“Isn’t this only for electronics?”“Do we have to send everything to a third-party lab?” In reality, customers aren’t trying to make things difficult. They’re doing some