Strategic Sourcing
In today’s ever-evolving business landscape, reliable partners are the cornerstone of success. There are many factories out there competing for your business but how do you identify the right partner who can align with your corporate goals and culture? With our experience, we can support you with strategically sourcing these suppliers/manufacturers to build successful long-term collaborations.
We can partner with you in whatever capacity you need to support the end goal. Whether it be factory selection, production oversight, post-production support, or all of it, we can flex with your priorities.
Factory Assessment
A comprehensive factory profile supports identifying a manufacturer’s capacity and capability to produce a quality product and ship it on time to your specifications. Verifying the reliability of your factory partner and their supply chain reduces quality risks and added costs that can impact your brand and your bottom line.
The Factory assessment includes not only the factory profile to support production capability but also evaluates the factory’s quality management system and manufacturing standards.
Quality Management
Knowledge is power. Understanding a factory’s quality management system helps to identify where the opportunities might be to enhance standards and develop SOPs that support your quality requirements. These checks and balances empower factory teams with the knowledge and tools they need to drive continuous improvement in production through a systematic approach.
Clearly defined product and process controls safeguard your brand’s reputation and customer satisfaction. Ensuring best practices are in place and monitored at every stage of production helps establish accountability to avoid defects, maintain consistency, and deliver products that meet your customer’s expectations.
Testing
Testing is a key component in validating the integrity of the raw materials and the final product to ensure that quality and safety are never compromised. Not all testing is regulatory. Building a testing program that includes some non-regulatory quality testing is essential to meet all of your performance requirements. A comprehensive in-house and 3rd party testing program can reduce the risk of costly recalls, and protect your brand’s reputation and customer trust.
With 15 years of experience working with outdoor furniture shipping to US and EU, we can partner with you to identify a suitable partner to run all of the regulatory testing and help build a quality testing program to meet your performance expectations.
Supply Chain Traceability
The sustainability and legality of a supply chain have increasingly become a focal point for consumers. Diligence in validating sustainability claims, legal purchasing, and compliance with government regulations becomes an integral part of the vetting process.
Social Responsibility
Equally important is social responsibility. Compliance with industry standards and labor laws not only helps you fulfill your corporate social responsibility commitments but also safeguards your brand’s integrity in today’s socially conscious marketplace. This is not a service we provide, but we can connect you with a reliable CSR partner if you need one