Expertise

EXPERTISE IN PRODUCT SOURCING

This is the practice of developing and buying your products from either domestic or international producers. You will be investing your money in advance for finished products to be delivered on time to your specifications, working with an entity with which you may have no experience.

Unless you’re prepared to produce your new products in-house, we will be the access point to a manufacturing facility capable of producing your product or goods:

At a desired quality level
To your specifications/on time
Packaged and packed to your specifications
Meeting legal, safety and industry quality standards
We are able and willing to communicate daily
Willing to manage the process should they not live up to the terms of a contract
Competitively priced

"Our skill set includes extensive experience in almost all facets of supply chain management, including product development, production and importing certain necessary important components."

The steps outlined below are our unique experience and are meticulously supervised and coordinated.

1. Develop a time and action calendar

that must be rigorously followed and enforced.

2. Find a factory

that meets quality and required legal and safety standards and also has a record of on-time delivery, accepts responsibility for their mistakes and is easy to communicate with. Be sure to check references thoroughly.

3. Source the components

including materials, fabrics, packaging, hang tags and labels. The ideal scenario is to have the factory handle all these tasks, even if you pay a premium. Proprietary interest should be negotiated with the factory for all components. (If they’re sourced separately, you will have the additional responsibility for supervising and approving the production for all the components, as well as for the logistics of shipping them to the factory.)

4. Develop a quality assurance process and schedule

where you must sign off on all components for quality, color and any other features.

5. Develop a sampling process and schedule

where you approve proto-samples, pre-production and production samples.

6. Once production is completed, contract a professional testing facility to make sure goods are to standard performance

Then, schedule transportation to a designated warehouse. (These post-production steps may call for another set of import-export skills.)

The importance of attention to detail and due diligence in handling these various processes is underscored by our experience gained over the last 10 years.