Beyond the Audit and Sourcing

We run your sourcing. You keep final approval.

We run sourcing end to end, supplier selection, sampling, quality control, freight, and delivery to your 3PL, so there's a real product at the end of it. Every decision comes to you as a clear recommendation with options, and you make the call.

Ask about Partner → Not ready? Start with Sourcing
How it unfolds

Five phases, from scoping to delivery.

Duration depends on your product's complexity and how far along you already are, so there's no fixed week-by-week schedule here the way there is for Sourcing or the Audit. This is the shape of it.

Phase 1
Onboarding & scoping

We align on the product, budget, target volume, and how you want decisions brought to you.

Phase 2
Supplier & component sourcing

We identify, vet, and select manufacturers and component suppliers. You see the shortlist and our recommendation, and make the final pick.

Phase 3
Sampling & quality control

We manage sample rounds, set tolerances, and run quality checks. You sign off on the sample that ships.

Phase 4
Production & logistics

We own the production timeline, freight forwarder and 3PL selection, customs, and the landed cost as it evolves in real time.

Phase 5
Delivery

Finished inventory lands in your 3PL, ready to sell.

Pricing

Partner.

Fit and scope

When Partner is the right call.

Good fit

  • Product ready to quote or sample, same as Sourcing
  • Ready to fund an ongoing engagement, not just a one-time check
  • Want the sourcing itself executed, not only reviewed
  • Already have Sourcing (ours or equivalent) done, or are ready to start it alongside this

Not a fit

  • Still deciding what to make
  • Electronics
  • Need a one-time second opinion before a deposit, not ongoing execution: that's Sourcing
  • Already producing and want a cost and tariff check → see the Audit
  • Not ready to fund an ongoing engagement yet
Why us

The same experience, just taken further.

Partner is built on the same hands-on production experience behind Sourcing and the Audit: the same supplier vetting method, the same landed-cost discipline, the same lessons paid for the hard way. The only difference is that instead of handing you the findings and a recommendation, we carry the work itself, with you keeping final approval.

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Ready to hand off the sourcing?

Tell us about your product and where you are with suppliers, and we'll confirm within a day or two whether Partner is a fit.

Email hello@theproductionaudit.com →