Confirm the minimum order quantity in your inquiry
Please confirm the minimum order quantity in your inquiry. A buyer who needs to know whether a requirement meets a minimum should ask that question directly, stating the families and quantities involved, so that the company can answer for the specific requirement rather than for a general case.
The reason for that brevity is that minimum order quantity for heavy machinery depends on the equipment, the scope and the order, and a single published figure would mislead more buyers than it helped. A complete machine inquiry, a parts inquiry and a multi-family project inquiry may all have different ordering considerations, and only an answer tied to the specific inquiry can be relied on. The inquiry form is therefore the right place to settle this question, and the message should ask it explicitly.
Confirm the lead time before placing an order
Please confirm the lead time before placing an order. A buyer who needs a date for planning should ask for it in the inquiry, stating the families involved and the planning need, so that the company can answer for the specific requirement.
A buyer who plans around a lead time figure taken from a website, a listing or a general article risks planning around a term that was never offered for that order. A lead time confirmed in writing for a specific requirement, after the company has seen the families and the scope, is a term both sides can plan around. The inquiry form is the place where that confirmation should be requested, and the message should ask for it explicitly rather than assuming it.
Confirm the trade and payment terms before confirming an order
Please confirm the acceptable trade terms and payment terms before confirming an order. That sentence covers the remaining ordering terms on this site, and it carries no figures for the same reason: trade and payment terms for heavy machinery depend on the order, and a single published term would mislead more buyers than it helped. A buyer should state in the inquiry what terms are needed for the buyer's own planning and contracting, so that the company can confirm what is acceptable for the specific order.
The inquiry should also describe the requirement itself, including the families involved, the application field and the site conditions that matter, because ordering terms cannot be confirmed in isolation from the scope. A message that asks only about terms, without describing the requirement, will need a second round of questions before terms can be answered. A message that describes the requirement and asks about terms together will receive a more useful answer, and the buying guide explains how to assemble such a message.
Describe the requirement so that ordering terms can be confirmed
Please describe the equipment type, the application field and the site conditions in your inquiry, so that the company can confirm whether the requirement can be accepted. That sentence is the practical link between the requirement pages and the ordering pages on this site: the family pages and guides help a buyer describe a requirement, and this page explains that the description is also what makes ordering terms confirmable. Without a described requirement, ordering terms are abstract, and with one, they become specific.
A buyer who follows that link will produce an inquiry that the company can answer as a whole, covering families, duties, services, documents and ordering terms together. A buyer who asks about ordering terms alone will receive a general answer that may not apply to the actual requirement. The inquiry form on this site is designed for the whole inquiry, and the message should use it that way, stating the requirement and asking about terms in the same message.
Confirm ordering terms with CITICTLC
Use the inquiry form to ask about minimum order quantity, lead time and trade terms for your specific requirement, so the company can confirm them for that order.