I.            Management Services

·         Setting up representative office

o   Registration

o   Locating site office

o   Setting up bank and tax accounts

o   Recruitment of key personnel

·         Setting up manufacturing facility

o   Site survey and selection

o   Registration

o   Setting up bank, customs and tax accounts

o   Engagement of professional team to design and construct

o   Project management to monitor and supervise construction work

o   Procurement of equipment, machinery, office furniture & supplies, etc

o   Recruitment of key personnel

o   Logistics management to import equipment, materials and tooling from home country

II.            Sourcing

·         Source appropriate suppliers that

o   provide competitive prices

o   meet engineering, performance and quality expectations and specifications

o   meet production capacity

o   meet delivery schedule

·         Conduct supplier assessment and plant audits

·         Coordinate tripartite conference calls

·         Coordinate travel arrangement and itineraries

·         Drafting and translation of agreements/contracts

III.            Quality /Engineering Assistance  

·         Provide consultations and monitoring of suppliers to ensure consistent quality, Total Quality Management, process & yield improvement, etc

·         To prevent misunderstanding/misinterpretation on specifications, quality and performance requirements

·         Coordinate and lead product test approval and acceptance process

·         Monitoring corrective actions and timely response from suppliers

·         Assist in RTV, invoices & delivery discrepancies, payment issues, etc

·         Packaging test and acceptance

·         Coordinate engineering issues, ECO and implementation date and status

·         Arrange pre-shipment inspection audits

·         Provide weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual supplier audit and quality reports

·         Conduct quarterly/annual supplier performance & quality review and assessment

·         To prevent sub-standard or defective products arriving at your factory/store

IV.            Order Fulfillment 

·         Expedite delivery orders – monitor suppliers’ materials delivery, production status, yields, inventory and logistics arrangement

·         Continuous price negotiations to ensure price stays competitive

·         Implement/advise cost saving and yield improvement plans

·         Provide training to suppliers to ensure they understand MRP delivery schedule or delivery reports from customers

·         Provide pre-alert to customers on shipments

V.            Integrated Logistics 

·         Identify cost competitive and efficient logistics service providers

·         Coordinate/manage freight, customs declarations and 3rd Party Logistics

·         Assist/manage 3rd Party Logistics inventory and replenishment plan

VI.            Other Business Assistance 

·         Identify suitable partners for joint-venture or joint-development

·         Identify competent tool makers for injection molds, dies and tooling

o   Price negotiation

o   Engineering, specification and quality issues

o   Work-in-progress monitoring

o   Commissioning

o   Delivery

·         Assistance in distribution of products in China domestic market

The final supplier selection is decided by our clients; while the quality audits are conducted through ISO and QS standards or by engaging certified audit firms.

VII.            Service Fees

Purchase orders (PO) are placed directly to the suppliers from the clients with a copy to vIPO Asia. We will expedite the delivery and conduct quality check and also coordinate/manage other processes as required by the client. Our service is paid in terms of percentage of the PO value or retaining fees depending on manpower requirement and project scale.