How to choose the best supplier? Lowest cost may not be correct

Quite often an engineer has to shop for supplies. There are myriads of suppliers fighting for market space. Some are long established vendors with old, rather rickety or manual equipment, while others may have state-of-art machines with high productivity. The prices quoted reflect these differences. Selecting a proper vendor in such circumstances is not as simple as choosing the cheapest.
This article gives details of how to select the best:
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