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We offer a range of services to suit every client's needs, from product buying to quality control, design sourcing and development to price negotiations.
We Facilitate meetings and documents all discussed with detailed notes and photographs.
Planning and coordinating trips, factory visits, transport, accommodation and tailored itineraries
Identifying appropriate factories to meet clients’ product needs
Assessing factories in terms of quality, capabilities, pricing, capacity and reliability
Building and nurturing long term relationships between our clients and the factories
Ensure you get the materials required, which your customers needed.
Product Development
We develop our understanding of market trends and the client’s direction, then research competitors’ products.
This is a collaborative in-house process between Designers, Client Managers and the Quality Control team.
Process Timeline
Raw Sample need to check-10 to 14 days along with the finish swatch
Final samples to be review and leave for Buyer
3 week’s time Maximum. It will be documented as well.
By applying our extensive technical experience of manufacturing processes to all product development, we work closely with factories, technologists and consultants on new production techniques, materials and finishes.
Cost Management & Price Negotiation
Price negotiations on behalf of our clients to achieve the best competitive prices.
Value engineering to a price point without compromising the product integrity, and look of the product.
Counter sourcing and reviewing alternative factory prices
Tracking landscape and market conditions such as:
Commodities and material prices.
Indian producer and exporter price index.
Currency exchange rates.
Labour costs and demographics.
Order Management & Delivery
We oversee order management from PO receipt to delivery. An ERP system is in place to monitor\track all the orders – factory wise.
Process Timeline
Pre-Production Meeting - Within 10 days of the receipt of order with initial\prototype signed piece.
Testing and TOP samples - 10 pieces must be ready. Within 30 days of the receipt of order.
1. Call out must be discussed and prepared
2. One sample should be pull out and send it to Global Product Sourcing, which will be further dispatch to buyer.
3. Packaging must be invalidated and should pass the drop test, as per requirement.
4.Testing sample should be dispatched directly from the factory to the testing house in India
Midline inspection
30 days before the given ex factory delivery date - 10% of the merchandise must be packed and ready, with labelling
FINAL Inspection
Factory requests Global Product Sourcing merchandisers for the FINAL inspection.
Stage 1: Pre Production Meeting (PPM)
The PPM is held within 10 days of the receipt of order with initial\prototype signed piece. This will be held at Global Product Sourcing office.
Global Sourcing Merchandiser, QC and Factory Merchandiser and production head - must be present at the meeting.
The product is reviewed carefully to identify any quality and production challenges. Checkpoints are discussed and identified to be taken care of whilst in production.
Testing and packaging are discussed.
All points are documented in this stage. Head QC’s will sign this and then send it to the factory.
Stage 2: Testing and TOP samples
10 pieces must be ready.
These will 100% indicative of production.
Call out must be discussed and prepared
One sample should be pull out and send it to Global Product Sourcing, which will be further dispatch to buyer to review.
Packaging must be finalized and should pass the drop test, as per requirement.
Everything will be documented at this stage, and sent to buyer’s team for review
Call out sheets
The Factory and QC’s will review the TOP pieces and create a document known as a CALL OUT SHEET, which will be sent to the buyer to be reviewed at the same time as the TOP sample goes.
The purpose of this document is to highlight indicative product characteristics
Raw material : Inherent characteristics
Product surface characteristics: textures , wood knots, metal casting and fabrication detail
Finishes: Variations in color, tone, gloss level
Assembly and construction : achievable tolerances
Factory continue finishing the production once buyers approves these call out sheets.
Signed call out will be sent to you after buyer approval.
Stage 4 Midline inspection
Document Required - PPM, signed Call Outs, Testing reports (if needed), Signed TOP sample
Midline inspection takes place 30 days before the given ex factory delivery date.
On this day 10% of the merchandise must be packed and ready and packed in cartons, with labelling. In order to ensure that no issues are carried through to the final stage.
Drop test conducted - randomly picked.
All points are discussed and documented at this stage as well and send to you as well.
Stage 5 FINAL Inspection
Document Required - PPM, signed Call Outs, Testing report (if needed), Signed Gold seal counter and MID inspection report.
Factory requests GPS merchandisers for the FINAL inspection, and then e schedule it to update the factory.
QC’s starts the inspection by counting the cartons against the invoice.
Packaging is checked and a drop test conducted again to double check with master cartons.
QC check all the testing reports, PPM and singed Call Out sheets and mid line inspection report\comments, as required for this particular item.
QC start with 2.5 Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) standard of the merchandise initially, which can be extend further depend on the findings.
Once the inspection is completed – Global Product Sourcing QC's issue a report and send it to buyer for review\approval.
Shipment will be released only after inspection certificate issued by Head QC’s of Global Product Sourcing.
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