RFC Blog Why don't we assign our own part numbers?

We very much enjoy earning the business of new customers. We strive to do this each and every day. One of the very first questions we are commonly asked is: "Okay, we are ready to switch existing P/N XXXX over to Reilly Foam. What will your part number be for this item?" Answer: It's going to be whatever you want it to be. Truth be told, in most cases we don't assign new part numbers for our customers' products. But why? Our reasoning for this is surprisingly simple. Every single order that