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#1 - Preliminary Consulting. You will provide us with the preliminary details of the products that you are interested in sourcing from China. We will in turn provide you with a free consultation and explain to you how Butler Sourcing can help meet your objectives.
#2 - Proposal. Upon receiving your free consultation, if you decide to proceed further, we will send your information on to our China office, and your project will be assigned to one of our American sourcing managers. Our American sourcing manager will then conduct preliminary research on your project, and present you with a document that outlines how we will approach your project.
#3 - Entering Agreement. At this point Butler Sourcing along with you the client will decide whether we should enter a consulting arrangement where we charge an hourly fee or whether we should enter a relationship where Butler Sourcing sources the product from the factory and marks the product up to you at a profit.
#4 - Locating Qualified Factories. Once we have come to an agreement and the customer has agreed on our proposal we will begin soliciting factories to produce your product. Generally we will choose between 3 to 10 different factories, depending on the project.
#5 - Inspecting Factories. We will have meetings with the factory managers and explain to them your needs, we will inspect their facilities, and inspect products that they have produced for previous clients.
#6 - Narrowing Down Factories. Next we will narrow down the 3 to 10 factories, to 1 to 3 factories, and ask that each factory produce a sample of your product. The samples will then be shipped to you for your inspection.
#7 - Choosing One Factory. Upon receiving your samples, we will have a discussion and decide which factory should be approached to produce your final order. We will judge each factory on the following criteria, the results of their sample, their ability to meet your turnaround times, their production capacity, their adherence to labor laws, our perception of their willingness to cooperate, and the quality of their management.
#8 - Negotiating Price. Once we decide on a factory, one of our American managers will perform the important task of going to the factory and negotiating the price.
#9 - Confirming the Order. Once the price has been negotiated we will confirm everything with you, and place the order with the factory.
#10 - Shipping & Duty Fees. We will locate a company to ship your products from China to the US. We have a good relationship with several logistics companies, so we can guarantee that we can provide you with a competitive shipping price. In addition we will prepare all of the documents for your items to successfully clear customs.
#11 - Always There For You. If you ever run into any problems related to your product, you can always contact your American sourcing manager at Butler Sourcing, and they will be happy to assist you in any future needs.
#12 - Need Computer Solutions? Another amazing aspect of our service is the fact that Butler Sourcing has extensive contacts with design and IT firms in Mumbai, India. If your project requires a website, blister packaging designs, or an entire IT platform we can match your project with an Indian firm that can save your company between 35% to 75% of what it would costs to have done in the US. |
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