The
client will need to send us details of the product required. This
information should include details such as: product engineering
drawings and technical details, component material specifications, product quantities
required, quality requirements and/or samples of the product to
basically enable us to explain to the Chinese manufacturers exactly the
product and quality standards required by the customer.
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We will then translate the product information, where required, into
Chinese to enable us to contact a wider range of Chinese companies
where English fluency is either limited or for companies where all the
engineers and technical staff may not be necessarily be fluent in
English. We find this step enables us to obtain quotes relatively
quickly and removes any misunderstandings at an early stage in the
process.
Complete package
We
will then contact suitable manufacturers based on the client’s product
requirements from our established network of manufacturers in China to
get accurate manufacturing costs. .
If required, we will at this
stage also calculate estimates of the associated shipping costs and
customs duties to enable us to provide a complete outsourcing cost
overview for the product delivered to the client’s premises.
Cost evaluation
Once
we have supplied the quotation, our clients can then evaluate the
potential cost savings and decide whether they wish to proceed further. If the client does,
we then
recommend getting the Chinese manufacturer
to produce samples of the client’s product based on the supplied design
and quality
requirements. Depending on the product, this may also
involve making the associated tooling.
The manufactured components /product can then be inspected against the quality
requirements. This also enables any errors to be corrected if
requirements have been interpreted incorrectly before any significant
quantities are manufactured.
Sample approval
Once
the client has approved the samples, they may choose to proceed with
batch production. However, depending on the product, China Merchandise may
recommend an additional more cautious step of an initial small
pre-production batch so that the batch production quality can be
assessed and any packaging or logistic issues can be ironed out before
larger production quantities are ordered.
Our Process works!
By
using this manufacturing outsourcing process, the client minimises risk
and their production is not disturbed if they start by only sourcing a
portion of their product.
