Sourcing posture: EOL stock drives the quote
The Siemens 1FK7044-4CH71-1CG0 is flagged at lifecycle stage EOL — meaning factory-new allocation through the OEM channel has wound down and remaining inventory moves through independent distribution, where lot size, date code, and condition vary per quote.
What an integrator should pin down before quoting
Because the part is EOL, the order-code suffix matters more than usual: the 1FK7 option codes (brake, encoder type, shaft, holding brake, connector orientation) all live in the suffix string, and a mismatched suffix on a surplus lot is the most common reason a "compatible" 1FK7044 fails to drop into the panel. Specifying engineers should pin shaft geometry, encoder resolution, and whether a holding brake is fitted against the original Siemens configurator record before issuing the RFQ — independent stock on an EOL code is rarely multiple variants at once, so the exact suffix narrows what can actually be quoted.