Factory Sourcing & Quality Control
A buying office in Shanghai without opening one.
Why This Exists
Factory Sourcing & Quality Control In Practice
This is the service the company was founded on: small and medium-sized foreign trade businesses that need someone in China to find the factory, hold it to the specification and check the goods before they ship.
Stage By Stage
What Happens And What It Prevents
Requirement Definition
An enquiry sent as a photograph gets ten different answers.
We turn the request into a written specification before it goes to any factory.
Supplier Screening
Trading companies present themselves as factories.
We visit, confirm who actually makes the product, and quote from the real producer.
Quotation Comparison
Prices are compared that do not cover the same scope.
Offers are normalised to the same specification, packing and terms before you see them.
Sample Approval
The approved sample is not what production looks like.
Samples are sealed and retained so production can be checked against them.
Pre-Shipment Inspection
Problems are discovered by the end customer.
Goods are inspected and photographed at the factory before the container is loaded.
Consolidation
Five suppliers mean five shipments and five sets of charges.
Orders are collected in Shanghai and shipped together on one set of documents.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where does this process start?
With a written specification. Until the requirement is written down, quotations from different factories cannot be compared, because they are not answering the same question.
Do you charge for the sourcing work separately?
Tell us the scope at enquiry and we will be clear about how the commercial arrangement works before any work starts.
What happens if the goods fail inspection?
They do not ship. The problem is raised with the factory in Shanghai, where it costs a fraction of what it costs after the container has sailed.
Can you work with a factory we have already found?
Yes. Inspection, specification control and consolidation can be applied to a supplier you already use.
How long does the process take?
It depends on the product and whether tooling is involved. We confirm a schedule in writing with the quotation rather than quoting a standard lead time.
Start With Factory Sourcing & Quality Control
Describe what you are trying to buy or build. We will tell you what information is missing before anyone can quote it properly.