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- Plan enough time between design-finish and start of built.
- Try to identify critical items early. Start the ordering-process for everything you are sure that you are going to need, even if your design-process is not done yet!
- Align with your supervisor on the ordering.
- After placing the order, do not assume that everything will be handled without your attention. Align with the supplier whether the order was received (in case of very special components and expensive ones, the receipt of the order may by itself take a couple of weeks) and for small components align every one or two weeks with your supervisor. They have access to lists, where they can see the orders issued by the institute!
- In the attached RAR ZIP there are some templates that may help!
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