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Product Test: content intake

What we need before your machine or material comes into the lab.

Everything we need to receive your machine or material and produce the review. Only a few fields are required, so fill in what you can now and leave the rest to your account holder.

It takes about 10 minutes. Your answers are saved in this browser as you go, so you can stop and come back. Nothing reaches us until you press send.

Deadline

We need the unit in our lab about two months before the review goes live. The publication date is ours to set, and your account holder will confirm it. Send this form as soon as the order is signed, because we plan the shipping from it.

Your company

So we can attach everything you send to the right order.

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The product

So we know exactly what we are reviewing.

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Model, variant, firmware and any fitted options. We review exactly what arrives, so tell us if it differs from the standard product.

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Three to five, one per line, most important first. This is what we make sure the review covers.

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A link to a Drive, Dropbox or WeTransfer folder. Check it does not expire and does not need a login.

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We publish it. If it is quote-only, give us a realistic bracket.

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Getting it to the lab

You arrange and pay for shipping, customs and insurance, both ways.

Your best estimate is fine, we will confirm it with you. We need the unit about two months before the review goes live, so the earlier it arrives, the better.

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Rough weight and box size. Tell us if it needs a pallet, a forklift or two people to move.

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Declared value, and whether it is a temporary import. Customs delays are the most common reason a test is late, so tell us early if anything is unusual.

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Add it here once you have it, or send it to your account holder.

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The test itself

Claims, numbers or use cases you would like us to check. A number we can measure is more useful than an adjective.

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Name, role, email, phone, and when they are reachable. Someone who can answer a technical question within one working day, across the whole two to four weeks.

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Tell us the slicer or software it runs on, what licences or accounts we need, and how you will give us access. Do not put passwords in this form.

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Better you tell us now than we discover it in week two.

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Who we talk to

Only if it is somebody other than the person who signed the order.

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Saved

That is everything we need.

Thank you. Your brief is with your account holder, who will confirm the schedule and come back to you if anything needs clarifying.

Keep the copy below. If something needs changing, reply to your account holder with the correction and your reference.

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