How we work
The engagement is built so you never wonder what you paid for. Every step is written down, every finding is traceable, and we never take a side except yours.
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Understand Your Need
Tell us what you are buying and why: a spec sheet, a reference unit, or just the problem. We start by understanding, not by selling.
We pin down the three things that decide everything: what you are buying, at what volume, and what "good" looks like to you. If you send a reference device, we reverse-engineer its key parameters so we screen against your real requirement, not a brochure. The clearer the need, the sharper the screen.
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Find Candidates
We reverse-engineer the specs, pre-screen name and IP ownership, and shortlist the manufacturers that genuinely meet them.
This is where most agents stop at "who makes this." We go further: we pre-screen the candidate’s model naming against registered marks in your target market, and we filter out factories whose business-licence scope or social-insurance headcount says "trader" not "manufacturer."
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Screen & Quote
A written quote in 24 hours: availability, lead time, landed cost, and the documents we'll check.
You get a flat, fixed quote: the same number on this site and on the invoice. No "call for pricing", no sliding scale. Travel, when needed, is booked by your side or pre-paid, never bundled into the fee.
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Execute
We screen, vet, negotiate, and where needed witness on your behalf.
Remote work returns a standardised report within 48 hours. On-site work means we travel as your authorized representative: we witness FAT, check sample-unit consistency, and record independently. We don't announce pass/fail on the factory floor.
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Lock the Contract
Performance promises written into the contract terms: test-tied parameters, stepped LDs, and delivery-payment milestones.
We rebuild the OEM contract so the factory's promises are verifiable, not just believed. Stepped LDs tied to test parameters. Delivery-payment milestones tied to inspection results.
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Deliver & Support
Trade compliance handled. Post-delivery support on a per-project or hourly basis.
A walk-verdict report doesn't end the story. If we flag a bad factory, the same document attaches three vetted alternatives, with a written statement that we have no financial tie to any of them. Post-delivery, we stay available for follow-up checks, litigation or certification-status changes, per project or by the hour.
Four lines we don't cross
Independent, by Design
We take no commission and no referral fee from any factory. When we name an alternative supplier, we state in writing that we have no financial relationship with them. Our only incentive is that your deal closes.
No Banquets, No Private Channels
On site we decline factory dinners and keep all technical files in a group chat in front of your engineer. We don't add factory staff on private WeChat. What's witnessed is witnessed in the open.
We Don't Sign Their Paper
As your authorized representative we never sign factory acceptance, release, or meeting minutes. Every conclusion lands in our own formal written report, not theirs.
Documents That Audit
Reports carry timestamps, meter readings, and plate photos. A year later, anyone can re-read exactly what was seen and when. That's the point. A file you can defend.
What every deliverable carries
A one-page risk scorecard (go / hold / walk plus three to five lines of reasoning) sits on top of every report. It's the same colour system we use across all clients, so a result is never "a feeling".
Red: don't buy, or only after major remediation
Yellow: proceed, but lock the key terms and warranty in contract
Green: proceed on standard commercial terms