Scope
The boundaries, stated before you ask.
Most sourcing disappointments are scope disagreements that surfaced too late. So here is the line, in writing, before anyone signs anything.
- Writing the specification a factory can quote against
- Identifying and assessing candidate suppliers
- Golden sample development and sign-off
- Pre-shipment inspection to an agreed checklist
- Packaging and carton specification
- Consolidating a single product across multiple suppliers
- Warehousing, storage, and order fulfilmentWe are not a logistics provider. Once goods ship, they go to whoever you have appointed for that.
- Freight forwarding and customs clearanceThese need a licensed forwarder and broker. We work alongside yours; we do not replace them.
- Certifying that a product is compliantWe can specify the marks a market expects and coordinate testing at an accredited lab. The certificate comes from the lab, not from us.
- Owning your tooling or your supplier relationshipTooling you paid for is yours, and supplier contacts are handed over on request. An agency that hides the factory is protecting itself, not you.
Why the right-hand column is longer than you might expect
Because each of those things needs either a licence we do not hold, an accreditation we cannot grant, or a completely different operation to the one we run. Naming them is cheaper for everyone than discovering the gap after a container has sailed. Where you need those services we will work alongside whoever you appoint, and we will say so at quoting rather than after.
What happens at the boundary
Our involvement ends at pre-shipment inspection. We hand over the inspection report, the packing details, and the supplier’s shipping documents to your forwarder. From that point the goods are between you and the parties you have appointed to move and clear them.
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