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Sourcing Advisory
A structured engagement to help brands understand where and how to source for their specific product type, volume, and cost requirements. We assess your current sourcing approach, identify gaps, and develop a clear strategy for manufacturing in Vietnam, China, or the broader Southeast Asia region.
Market Assessment
Strategy Development
Risk Review
02
Factory Identification
We identify factories that match your product category, production volume, quality requirements, and timeline. Our process goes past sourcing platforms — we verify that candidates are genuine manufacturers, not trading companies, and that their capacity claims hold up to scrutiny.
Manufacturer Search
Capacity Verification
Category Match
03
Supplier Vetting
A rigorous evaluation of potential manufacturing partners. We verify business registration and legal status, assess production floor capability, review export history and compliance standards, evaluate risk signals, and provide a clear recommendation on whether a supplier is suited for your production requirements.
Business License Review
Floor Assessment
Compliance Check
Risk Report
04
Manufacturing Strategy
For brands reassessing their supply chain or entering overseas production for the first time, we develop a manufacturing strategy that accounts for your product roadmap, MOQ realities, lead time requirements, and the compliance standards of your target markets. We help you make decisions that hold up across multiple production cycles — not just the first order.
Production Planning
MOQ Strategy
Market Compliance
05
Production Placement Support
We guide you through the critical early stages of a new factory relationship: sampling setup, sample review, agreement terms, deposit structure, and production onboarding. This is the stage where most problems are either created or prevented. We make sure you enter production with clarity on what was agreed and what to expect.
Sample Management
Terms Review
Production Onboarding
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Quality Control Coordination
We help brands establish quality standards, communicate those standards clearly to factories, and coordinate inspection processes — whether pre-production, inline, or final. We can advise on third-party QC structures or work directly with your team to build a QC process suited to your product and volume.
QC Standards
Factory Communication
Inspection Coordination
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Cross-Border Coordination
Communication between brands and overseas factories breaks down constantly — on specifications, on timelines, on expectations that were never explicit. We bridge those gaps. We manage ongoing factory communication, resolve production disputes, translate between business cultures, and keep relationships functional when they're under pressure.
Factory Communication
Dispute Resolution
Timeline Management
08
Supply Chain Advisory
A broader engagement for brands reviewing their full supply chain picture across sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and risk. We assess vulnerabilities, identify improvement opportunities, and help you build a supply chain that is more resilient, more transparent, and better aligned to your growth trajectory.
Risk Assessment
Supply Chain Review
Resilience Planning
09
Consulting Calls
Not every sourcing challenge requires a full engagement. For brands with specific questions — about a factory they're evaluating, a market they're entering, a situation they're navigating — we offer focused consulting calls that get directly to the question you need answered. Clear, practical guidance from someone who knows the territory.
Focused Advisory
Flexible Format
One-Off or Recurring
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Ongoing Advisory Support
For brands that want a consistent, experienced voice in their sourcing and production decisions, we offer retainer-based ongoing advisory. This provides regular access to manufacturing guidance, factory relationship support, and strategic input as your supply chain evolves — without the overhead of a full-time hire.
Retainer Format
Ongoing Access
Strategic & Operational