Four fronts, one programme

Sourcing and Supplier Vetting

You buy from the factory, not from a middleman’s margin.

We identify manufacturers against your written specification and verify the counterparty is a factory rather than a trading company in disguise. The vetting is documented and it stays with you.

• Business licence and registered scope verification
• Manufacturing capability audit with production-line evidence
• Price benchmarking across at least three independent quotes
• Negotiation of unit price, MOQ, tooling cost and lead time
• Intellectual property, mould title and exclusivity clauses
• Sample rounds against an approved golden sample

The silent risk is buying from a trading company while believing it is a factory: traceability disappears, the price carries invisible margin, and there is nobody to hold accountable for a defect.

Quality and Inspection

The report arrives before the container does.

A written specification, an approved golden sample and inspection at three points in production. A defect caught at the factory is a renegotiation; a defect caught at your DC is a loss.

• Technical specification and golden-sample approval
• Pre-production inspection of raw materials and components
• During-production inspection at first article and mid-run
• Pre-shipment inspection with AQL sampling
• Container loading supervision
• Defect classification, disposition and rework negotiation
• Third-party laboratory testing coordination — PLACEHOLDER: labs and standards

The buyer’s real fear is not overpaying. It is a full container of unsellable goods that is already paid for and already landed.

International Logistics

Predictable landed cost, defensible lead time.

Origin consolidation, mode selection and routing to your destination. Each Incoterm moves a specific risk at a specific moment — and we state which one, in writing.

• Ocean FCL and LCL, air and express courier
• Multi-supplier consolidation at origin
• Incoterm selection with the risk each one transfers, made explicit
• Cargo insurance placement
• Demurrage and detention control
• Container-level tracking and exception reporting
• Standard routings into Paraguay — PLACEHOLDER: confirm routes

A supply-chain director is measured on landed cost and lead-time predictability. Both are decided here.

Customs, Tariffs and Compliance

Classification is the biggest lever — and the biggest liability.

Tariff classification on a documentary basis, customs valuation and the complete document pack. Done right it is the largest saving in landed cost; done wrong it is an assessment.

• HS/NCM classification with a documented basis
• Customs valuation
• Mercosur Common External Tariff treatment
• Certificates of origin
• Anti-dumping exposure screening
• US-origin tariff exposure, including Section 301
• Sanitary and technical certification — PLACEHOLDER: applicable authorities
• Document pack: commercial invoice, packing list, BL or AWB, certificate of origin, insurance certificate

Classification is simultaneously the largest landed-cost lever and the largest audit liability. A buyer who understands that will hire on this front alone.