What does CFM mean in ENGINEERING

Customer Furnished Material (CFM) is any material required for a project which is supplied by the customer rather than the provider or contractor. This material may include equipment, components, tools and other materials necessary for completing the project within budget and on time.

CFM materials are typically provided by the customer as part of their contractual agreement with the provider or contractor. The customer may need to bear additional costs in order to acquire this material, depending on what they are required to provide.

Yes, there can be certain risks associated with using CFM materials such as cost overruns due to unforeseen difficulties in acquiring the required materials from an external source or delays due to availability issues. Quality assurance must also be ensured in-house when utilizing such materials.

The customers should have appropriate testing procedures and quality controls in place when supplying CFM materials to ensure that they meet specified requirements and standards before being shipped out for assembly/installation into projects.

If defects arise due to inferior quality of CFMs supplied by customers, it's important that they should be held responsible for replacement or repair costs incurred by providers or contractors. The supplier of CFMs must shoulder all responsibility regarding defective parts entering into production processes; not just those which result directly from their negligence but even those arising from third-party vendors supplying them raw material or components for manufacturing purposes.