Supplier sourcing & vetting
We identify, qualify and audit manufacturers in India and other low-cost countries matched to your technical specification, capacity and compliance needs.
Most of our customers simply buy finished parts from us. This service is for the ones who would rather own the supplier relationship themselves. We find and audit the manufacturer, run the RFQ, control the quality and manage the freight, then hand you a supply chain that works.
We identify, qualify and audit manufacturers in India and other low-cost countries matched to your technical specification, capacity and compliance needs.
We translate your drawings, tolerances and material specifications into clear RFQs, run competitive bids and manage sampling and first-article approval.
Factory audits, in-process checks and inspection to an agreed plan, with reports and material certificates. On larger runs such as hardware we inspect by lot.
Export documentation, customs, consolidation and door-to-door freight by sea or air, landed and delivered to your facility.
Ongoing vendor management, forecasting, inventory buffering and reorder handling for recurring components and bills of material.
Spend analysis, should-cost modelling and low-cost-country sourcing strategy to structurally reduce your total cost of ownership.
Choose transactional, project-based or a fully managed retainer, or blend them to suit.
5 to 15% of order value
Best for one-off or occasional orders. You pay only on successful supply.
Landed price + margin
We buy, inspect, ship and invoice you one landed price. Single point of accountability.
From AUD $2k/month
For ongoing programs and recurring BOMs that need continuous vendor management.
Factory audits, third-party inspection and freight can also be quoted as standalone services. Custom project and success-fee (share-of-savings) arrangements are available.
We look at the parts you want to move, current pricing and annual volumes, and tell you which ones are worth pursuing and which are not.
We shortlist manufacturers against your technical spec, then audit the serious candidates on site.
Competitive bids on your drawings, with pricing broken down so you can see material, process and margin.
First-article samples, material certificates and dimensional reports, approved by you before any bulk run.
In-process checks and pre-dispatch inspection to an agreed plan, with photographic reports.
Either we hand you the qualified supplier and step out, or we stay on under a retainer to manage reorders and quality.
When you buy parts from us, we own the supplier relationship and invoice you one landed price. Under the consultancy you own it. Buyers choose the consultancy when the volume is large enough that they want the margin themselves.
You do. The supplier contracts directly with you, and we are transparent about factory pricing so you can see exactly what you pay and what our fee is.
Typically eight to sixteen weeks from drawings to an approved first article, longer where casting patterns or forging dies are needed. We give you a realistic programme before you commit.
Inspection happens before dispatch rather than after arrival, which is the point of the service. Where a defect still gets through, we manage the claim with the manufacturer, including rework, replacement or credit.
India is where our audited network is deepest and where ECTA gives an Australian buyer a duty advantage. We can look at other manufacturing regions where the part suits them better.