What can we do for you?

Are you looking at expanding your operational footprint in South East Asia? Is your current purchasing spending in line with your annual budget? Do you need to improve your procurement strategies? Do you need to optimise your entire supply chain by tapping into an established and reliable network?

 Our Services

 

Scouting, screening & pre-qualification of world-class vendors and suppliers across multiple industries and product categories. We provide tailored sourcing strategies to reach and improve on the purchasing budget you set for your company.

Contract Manufacturing & EMS. We offer manufacturing and assembly solutions to help you focus on your core functions.

Factory survey & audits through a detailed assessment of a vendor's capability and flexibility are crucial to managing risk and ensure repeatability of results. Processes evaluation, monitoring, validation & reporting according to the Client's compliance requirements. 

          Vietnam- China- ASEAN-specific business solutions and advice. Company incorporation & management. We design and deploy the processes and procedures for the local entity and manage the administrative, logistical and financial functions on behalf of our Partners. Our HK Permanent Resident status allows for fast-tracking company incorporation and bank accounts opening.

                                        Our  Methodology

Scout and Screen

 

The approach to a comprehensive, accountable and reliable procurement process is a fundamental step in any procurement strategy. It starts with the selection of potentially suitable and reliable vendor partners. It is a very important step as your vendor partners may be your source for many years to come.

A transfer of some degree of technology, product experience and knowledge of its manufacturing process may be a necessary step in your business relationship with your Chinese supplier. Fixtures, gigs, moulds and of course drawings and specifications will have to be shared. At times, this may be a complex process hindered by language barriers and cultural and business practices. Our own QC team is based in Shanghai within easy and fast reach of all major production districts in China to support you in the supervision and monitoring of all operations.

The first step in screening new, short-listed suppliers is to evaluate general factors in terms of the prospective vendor’s financial stability and production capabilities. How do we do that?

  • Supplier/Factory/Company general profile and organisation, location, access to transportation hubs, management, relationship with local authorities, etc.
  • Factory organization and team leaders.
  • Production lines, monthly capacity and plans for speedy ramp-up; technological capabilities; general lay-out of productions lines (samples, prototypes, small series, mass production); production area size; repeatability and consistency of processes; inspection and quality control reporting systems.
  • Factory facilities, workshop for tools and maintenance; type of machines, general conditions, name, brand, country of origin; measuring tools, calibration date, frequency of calibration, etc.
  • Quality Assurance & Quality Control Systems; management of NC (Non Conformity) and RMA (Return Material). Corrective action protocol and timelines.
  • Organisation and management of raw material and parts (in-coming warehouse) and finished goods (out-going warehouse). Storage procedure for temperature/humidity sensitive components. Evaluation of internal ERP Enterprise Resource Planning and level of integration with production and warehousing.
  • HSE Health, Social and Environment protocols. Ability to train, retain, motivate and incentivise skilled personnel.

The preliminary selection of the supplier, RFI (Request for Information) and RFQ (Request for Quotation) have been completed and you are ready to release the first Purchase Order.

 

From P.O. to Product

 

AT THE P.O. STAGE:

  • Verification and confirmation of Client’s documentation (drawings, DWG, specifications, tolerances, special production requirements, Bill of Materials, photos, golden samples if available, etc).
  • Confirm with factory team leaders that Purchase Order and Client’s documentation have been fully ackowledged, understood and are being processed. Any queries or questions from the team leaders will be relayed to the Client. Replies are collected and relayed back to the production line managers.
  • Obtain producion plan (raw material, work in progress, finished goods); delivery time and logistics arrangements for delivery.

 

AT THE COMPONENTS & PARTS INCOMING STAGE:

  • Verification of factory in-coming quality control against specifications and drawings. Provide Client with approval of factory QC results and test reports.
  • Verification of storage methods, tracking and tracing procedures (components serial number, date code, etc).
  • Release and management of Non Confornity reports and follow up on re-ordering for NC components and parts.

 

ASSEMBLING AND/OR PRODUCTION:

  • On-site monitoring of assembly lines, cell lines and in-process QC procedures.
  • Monitoring the strict adherence to production manual and product specification procedure provide by Client.
  • Review and result-monitoring of processes, procedures and output. Release Production and QC report with recommended corrective actions, if required.

 

FINISHED PARTS AND PRE-DELIVERY:

  • Review of dimensional measurement and visual inspaction reports.
  • Confirmation of product conformity to specifications and DWG.
  • Analysis of output quantity vs PO; marking, branding and serial numbering requirements.
  • Verify packaging and labelling instructions and procedures are followed vs Client’s specification and requirements.
  • Assess final test reports for ready-to-ship products.
  • Create and maintain photo and document archives for future reference.
  • Release NCs if needed. Follow up with Client and vendor to satisfactory and timely solution.
  • Compile and distribute vendor rating report and recommended improvement actions.

 

“Since engaging Fifty2Laps to improve our procurement processes and increase our supplier network, we have made changes in our out-sourcing policies that have reduced our lead times and return material percentages!”

— A Client in Industrial Automation and Robotics.