Foundry Fit™

• Supply Chain Managers
• Purchasing Managers
• Supplier Quality Engineers
• Sourcing Directors
• Commodity Managers

• HPDC facilities preparing for customer visits

• Shops with rising scrap or inconsistent processes

• Teams seeking a competitive edge during RFQs

• Owners wanting to modernize quality and operations

For supply chain managers, buyers, sourcing teams, and OEM procurement.

When you’re evaluating a new die caster, you need more than a tour guide and a conference room PowerPoint.

You need someone who knows what actually matters inside a high-pressure aluminum die casting plant.

Foundry Fit™ gives you:

A Real Capability Evaluation

• Machine tonnage, automation, melt systems
• Tooling management practices
• Scrap % drivers & corrective action culture
• Die-set changeover flow & staffing
• Secondary operations and machining depth
• Quality lab capabilities & PPAP readiness

Quality & ISO 9001:2015 Alignment

• Documentation structure
• Control of nonconforming product
• Traceability
• Calibration
• Training records
• Preventive maintenance & tooling PM

Operational Truth—Not the Tour Version

You get an unbiased evaluation of:

• What they do well
• What they’re hiding
• What risks you’re walking into
• Their true capacity and bandwidth
• Culture indicators that affect long-term performance

A Simple Deliverable That Makes the Decision Easy

You receive a clear & digestible report:

✔ “Fit / No Fit” rating

✔ Supplier ranking across all visited candidates

✔ Key risks & recommendations

✔ Long-term viability score

✔ A real-world summary written for supply chain—not engineers

Think of it as your technical insurance policy.

It prevents bad supplier picks, misrepresented capabilities, and those year-three disasters that cost millions.

For die casters preparing for a buyer audit, big RFQ, quality visit, or customer tour.

A lot of die casters underestimate the small details that fail audits, delay programs, or quietly kill new business.

Foundry Fit™ turns your facility and team into a buyer-ready operation, not just a busy shop.

Audit & Visit Preparation Includes:

• Plant walk-through & red-flag identification
• Quality-system alignment to ISO 9001:2015
• Process flow map cleanup & creation
• SOP + documentation review
• Maintenance / calibration / scrap tracking tune-up
• Operator & supervisor preparedness
• Buyer-tour scripting & route design
• “Mock audit” Q&A practice

The Outcome:

✔ You look polished

✔ You look capable

✔ You look trustworthy

✔ You increase your shot at winning the business

And unlike generic consultants, this is specific to die casting—your flow, your machines, your tooling, your pains.

• Expert-backed supplier evaluation
• Hands-on support during plant visits
• Detailed capability & risk report
• Unbiased supplier ranking
• Confidence in the sourcing decision

• Audit readiness
• Plant-tour & flow optimization
• Documentation tune-up
• Mock audits
• A polished, buyer-ready presentation
• A competitive edge during RFQs

Every engagement includes:

• Pre-visit prep call
• On-site walkthrough or virtual assessment
• Process & quality scoring
• Supplier capability map
• SWOT / risk matrix
• Full Foundry Fit™ evaluation report
• Action plan
• Post-review support

(We can also structure multi-plant evaluations or annual programs.)