The provenance pack that ships with your parts

Gatewell USA quotes to order from Los Angeles and ships every lot with the distributor's packing slip and a certificate of conformance. Both travel in the provenance pack. The pack is the record of where the parts came from. You can read it, file it, and hand it to your own customer.

Every lot ships with:

• the distributor's packing slip
• manufacturer or distributor certificate of conformance
• country of origin, stated per line on the commercial invoice
• moisture barrier bags shipped sealed as received, or resealed with fresh desiccant and a humidity indicator card inside floor life

Sent on request:

• distributor invoice copy with prices redacted
• date code photographs
• label scans

The distributor's packing slip. This is the slip the authorized US distributor packed with your parts. It names the distributor, the part numbers and the quantities. It is the document that ties the parts in your hand to the source they were bought from.

Manufacturer or distributor certificate of conformance. A certificate of conformance is the seller's signed statement that the parts supplied are the parts the part number describes. It travels with the lot and goes into your file. If your incoming inspection asks for a CoC by name, this is that document.

Country of origin. The commercial invoice states the country of origin of every line.

Moisture barrier bags shipped sealed as received, or resealed with fresh desiccant and a humidity indicator card inside floor life. Moisture sensitive parts ship in the sealed bag they arrived in. Floor life is the clock that runs while such a part sits outside a sealed bag. Where a bag has to be opened, it is resealed inside that window with fresh desiccant and a humidity indicator card, so you can read the condition of the bag at the moment you open it.

Ask when you order, before the lot ships.

Distributor invoice copy with prices redacted. This is the invoice for the actual purchase of your parts, with our cost taken out. It names the authorized US distributor that sold the lot, the part numbers and the quantities.

Date code photographs. A date code tells you how old the lot is. The codes are photographed close enough to read.

Label scans. A label carries the identifiers the seller put on the lot, including the part number, the quantity and the codes. The labels on the reel, bag or box are scanned.

Every lot is checked on arrival in Los Angeles. Counts are compared against the packing slip and moisture barrier bags are checked.

The pack records who sold the lot and how the parts were sealed when they left Los Angeles. Parts are bought from authorized US distributors. The packing slip names the one that sold yours.

It is not a laboratory report. What it gives you is the source of the lot.