Practical sourcing guides.

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• Factories Factory Vetting Guide A staged framework for vetting a factory — screen, qualify, verify, validate, monitor — with the evidence that settles each test and what a failure means.
  • The vetting funnel
  • Factory or trading company
  • Capability, capacity and commercial fit
  • Reading certificates and audit reports
  • Reference checks that mean something
  • Comparing candidates on the same terms
  • Ongoing performance monitoring
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• Cost Landed Cost Guide for Ecommerce Brands How to build a landed cost per unit that holds up: allocating shared freight, the components brands forget, Incoterms, duty and two worked examples.
  • The landed cost formula
  • Allocating shared freight
  • Components brands forget
  • Incoterms and comparability
  • Duty, classification and origin
  • Two worked examples
  • A copyable worksheet
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• Quality Manufacturing Quality Control Guide How quality is actually controlled in manufacturing — specification, approved sample, materials, pre-production, inspection — and what AQL really means.
  • Specification control
  • Approved reference samples
  • Pre-production and in-line checks
  • Pre-shipment inspection and AQL
  • Defect classification
  • Corrective action
  • Supplier performance data
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• Regions Sourcing from Vietnam: A Practical Guide What Vietnam is genuinely strong at by category, how its materials base shapes lead times and MOQs, what EVFTA origin rules require, and how its ports perform.
  • Category fit and strengths
  • The materials and upstream gap
  • MOQs and lead times
  • EVFTA rules of origin
  • Ports and logistics
  • Supplier validation
  • Landed cost
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• Apparel The Complete Guide to Apparel Sourcing How apparel sourcing works in practice: tech packs, fabric and trims, mill and factory choice, MOQs, sampling, grading, garment costing and AQL inspection.
  • Tech packs and BOMs
  • Fabric and trim selection
  • Fabric MOQ versus garment MOQ
  • Sampling, fit and grading
  • Garment costing from consumption
  • AQL inspection
  • The production calendar
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• Sourcing The Complete Guide to Product Sourcing How product sourcing works stage by stage, from brief to delivery, what decision each stage owns, and how each one constrains the next.
  • The eight sourcing stages
  • Briefs and specifications
  • Material and factory decisions
  • Sampling and approval
  • Quality and inspection
  • Freight, duty and landed cost
  • The cost of deciding late
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