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Low Cost Country Sourcing
Comprehensive low-cost sourcing with supply chain security
Overview
K Consulting’s low-cost sourcing expertise aims at identifying areas of high localised labour costs and putting in place alternative low-cost supply chains that are flexible and secure. Our relationship with ASIA, the low cost-sourcing specialists, with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong-Kong, Ho
Chi Minh City and Delhi enables us to offer clients a UK based interface to a worldwide network. This relationship, now established for over seven years, enables us to assure quality at source certifying that all products and components comply with our client’s specifications before they are shipped.
Our Sustainable Development experience helps us ensure that the benefits of low-cost sourcing are not offset by negative economic, social or ecological impacts. We offer a flexible approach either by establishing sourcing solutions that are managed by you or by acting as a purchasing service, managing the relationships with suppliers on your behalf. Finally, we can also act as a full trading partner, accepting orders from you which we then source - delivering the simplicity of dealing with a UK-based supplier at low-cost country prices.
Key Steps
Identify areas of opportunity in existing portfolio
Establish detailed product specifications and business needs
Quantify potential Sustainable Development impacts
Agree outline procurement strategy
Perform market analysis of available sources of supply and perform quality audit
Verify onward supply chain reliability and sustainability
Select supply sources

Award contracts and agree service levels
Establish local logistics infrastructure
Implement QA and QC processes
Roll-out training programme and ongoing process management
Benefits
- Secure Supply Chain - dependable and reliable source of supply with in-built quality assurance
- Savings - significant savings on sourced products
- Increased Competitive Advantage - maintain or enhance market position
- Control - detailed management information delivered regularly
- Return on Investment - aim to deliver ROI on procurement project in 1 year or less
- Quality of Service - a flexible approach to delivering the sourcing service that best fits business need


