From first parts to recurring production
Whether you're launching a new product or growing faster than your purchasing team, Chapman Smith takes on the sourcing work behind your metal parts: choosing suppliers and processes, coordinating every operation, and keeping parts arriving on schedule. We judge fit by the part and where it's going, not by order size, so we're glad to start where you are.
The earlier we see a part, the more we can do for its cost. But there's no wrong time to call: we pick up wherever your product is today.
We talk through material and process options while the design can still change. Our sales team works with your engineers to keep manufacturability and function at the forefront.
We review prints before dies and fixtures are made, and choose the supplier who will make the part in production, not just the first batch.
We source early quantities from suppliers chosen with production in mind, and run first article and our own PPAP before parts reach you.
We set up stocking and releases from our warehouse, add alternate sources for critical parts, and review cost as volume grows.
Early decisions on material, process and supplier set your part cost for years. Our sales team works with your engineers to keep manufacturability and function at the forefront before tooling is cut, and we choose suppliers with production in mind from the first order, so you don't have to re-source when volume grows.
Small early quantities are fine. We take on smaller orders when a part has a path to production, and we place them with suppliers who can carry the part into production runs.
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Tell Us About Your ProductWhen orders grow faster than your purchasing team, buyers spend their days chasing parts instead of planning. We take on that work: finding and qualifying suppliers, setting up alternate sources for critical parts, and keeping parts arriving on schedule, without you adding headcount.
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Add Capacity to Your Purchasing TeamWe coordinate cutting, forming, welding, drilling and coating into one finished part, ready for your line.
See how we coordinate manufacturing →Because we buy for several OEMs, our combined volume gives you leverage with mills and manufacturers that a growing company rarely has on its own.
Our sales team works with your engineers to keep manufacturability and function at the forefront.
We run our own first-article and PPAP checks first, so your PPAP sees an already-screened part.
We stock parts at our own warehouse and ship on a release schedule that matches your production.
Four steps, with no fee for the review or the quote.
A print, a model, a sample part or just a concept.
We recommend material, process and supplier options and quote them at no charge.
You pay for the parts and material you order, at the quoted price.
We handle first article, stocking and releases, and add new sources as volume grows.
Straight answers for teams launching or scaling a product.
Send Us Something to QuoteYes. We look at the part and where it's going, not order size, and we're glad to start with early orders that have a path to production.
Yes. Our sales team works with your engineers to keep manufacturability and function at the forefront, ideally before tooling is cut.
Yes. We stock parts at our own warehouse and ship on a release schedule that matches your production.
No. There's no fee for reviewing your parts or quoting them. You pay for the parts and material you order, at the quoted price.
A print or drawing, the quantities you expect and when you need them. If you only have a concept, send what you have and we'll talk through it.
We find and qualify additional or replacement sources and manage the transition so production keeps running.
Send us a part, a drawing or a problem. We'll review it and recommend a sourcing approach.
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