Strategic Sourcing

Are you at the initial stages of considering the viability of a new supplier or manufacturer for an existing product or one to be produced? Knows Sourcing will help you through this confusing stage with strategic sourcing analysis by researching the feasibility of sourcing and providing you with general cost estimates to accomplish your requirements.

Identifying the right suppliers can make or break your business. With in-depth knowledge of the regional and industry-specific requirements, the Knows Sourcing Team can ensure that you pick out the most suitable supplier from even the most fragmented niche segments. We will work with your procurement team and assist them in optimizing your supply chain, bring efficiencies to your processes thereby resulting in overall reduction in spend.

Quality Inspection

During our On-Site Inspections (OSI) The inspection of products operates at different stages of the production line, focusing on and not limited to the following:

• Checking the sample for any defects / deviation from approved quality parameters
• Defect root cause identification (if any)
• Implement effective ways in which any found production line faults can be rectified
• Inspect and detect any quality linkages at different stages of the production line
• Carry out component quality inspections before assembly (Where assembly is required)
• Provide Quality Inspection Reports (QIR) with digital pictures during inspection stages.
• Implement Quality Rectification Reports (QRR) with digital pictures (if applicable)
• Verify the execution of Quality Rectification Reports (QRR) prior to accepting production completion.

Supplier Management

Currently dealing with a Chinese company but things seem to always get lost in translation? Experienced the frustration or constantly talking to different people, repeatedly explaining your position to be met with painfully slow response times or non-related answers? How about constant price increases or delays in delivery? You are not be the first!

Knows Sourcing can take over the management of your current supplier(s). Now it becomes our challenge, freeing you up to focus on business. When this happens, suppliers are usually just as relieved as you are, freeing you up to focus on growing and managing your business.

Design Branding and Custom Manufacturing

Need a product that doesn’t exist in China yet?  You will need to get it specially manufactured. All we need are detailed specifications, and we’ll research and locate a suitable manufacturer so you can bring that product idea to life.

We use confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other measures to help protect your valuable intellectual property rights. Your success, is our success and we strive to work with our clients from the infancy stages of their business to the time they are market leaders in their chosen industries.

Knows Sourcing will manage the entire manufacturing project for you, including arranging samples to be manufactured, negotiations, quality control and logistics. During this, we also carry out a complimentary Feasibility Check to ensure your product and the quantity requested is feasible to source direct from China.

Shipping and Delivery

By air or by sea, FCL or LCL, Knows Sourcing will help you ship products from China all the way to your address in almost any country. We ship directly for you to Amazon warehouses, Walmart, FedEx Fulfilment and other third-Party Fulfilment services. We handle all the import & export processes, so you don’t have to. Given our extensive logistics network, you will always receive competitive shipping quotations from us regardless of your chosen method. Express Courier services for emergency stock replacement, Standard Air Freight or Sea Freight, we have it all covered.

Photography & Graphic Design Service

A great product photo and package can make your product stand out from your competitors. Exquisite photos let customers feel the quality of your products and make them have more desire to buy from you.

For the job of making pictures, people tend to find freelancers on Fiverr & Upwork. But freelancers are often inefficient, expensive and difficult to communicate, you need someone who understands your vision, shares your desire and common goals, that is Knows Sourcing.

Our team provides a streamline process by giving you the option of using our inhouse design team. They can coordinate with you and the suppliers to maintain efficiency. We take all the Product photos you need here, so you don’t need to pay additional costs for shipping out of China just for the purchase of photos