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Transceiver List Price Is Fiction. Everyone Knows It. Procurement Still Quotes It.

I have signed quotes in my procurement file from the same module vendor, for the same SKU, dated the same quarter, that are 38 percent apart. Different buyers. Different volume

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-06-02 / ~4 min read min read
msa transceivers procurement

MSA-Compliance Is Not Vendor-Compatibility — Procurement Keeps Confusing the Two

The MSA — Multi-Source Agreement — is a document. It is a good document. It defines the mechanical envelope, the pinout, the power envelope, and the management interface for a class of

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-05-18 / ~3 min read min read