Company
How we handle your data
What we accept, how on-site visits are recorded and stored, NDAs, and the approval step before anything about you is published. Written so you can forward it to legal, quality or contracts.
The short version
We take only what we need to describe what your plant can do, under NDA when you ask, and nothing about you goes public until you approve it. Controlled technical data stays out of our work entirely.
The sections below cover what we accept, how on-site visits are handled, how a fact moves from our notes to a public page, and what IKE, our Industrial Knowledge Engine, keeps.
What we accept
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Public
Your website, brochures, published certifications and anything already in print.
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Internal, under NDA
Equipment lists, quality manual excerpts, past RFQs and capability decks.
On-site visits: recording and storage
The on-site visit is where we see what your website never says. You set the rules before the visit starts, and we record it only with your permission.
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Step 1, OP 10
Before
We agree the route and the photo rules with you. Controlled areas stay off the route.
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Step 2, OP 20
During
Notes, plus audio and photos only where you clear them.
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Step 3, OP 30
After
Access is limited to the people working on your account.
Nothing goes public without your yes
Every fact about your company carries a status. Only the last one can appear on a public page.
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Step 1, OP 10
Inferred
We think it's true, from a public source or a document you sent.
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Step 2, OP 20
Suggested
We ask you to check it.
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Step 3, OP 30
Confirmed
You say it's true.
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Step 4, OP 40
Ratified
You say it can be public.
NDA
We sign yours or send ours before the first document changes hands. Defense suppliers can ask for the NDA first when they book, and nothing controlled is discussed until it's signed.
Questions from legal, quality and contracts
Will you sign our NDA?
Yes. We sign yours or send ours before the first document changes hands.
Can we keep parts of the plant out of the on-site visit?
Yes. We agree the route and the photo rules before the visit, and controlled areas stay off it.
Do you accept CUI or ITAR-controlled drawings?
No. Controlled technical data stays out of our work and never goes into IKE.
Does anything about us go public without approval?
No. A fact reaches a public page only after you ratify it. Customer names, part numbers and pricing stay out unless you approve them.
Does our information help your other clients?
Your record never does. IKE carries trade knowledge from plant to plant, such as how a process is usually specified, never your customers, prices, drawings or part numbers.