Each one of our
Suppliers is
Handpicked
Our combined purchase volume makes us a large customer with several of our suppliers. Hence, we always get full attention from these factories and they can usually accept all kinds of orders – special orders, small orders, large orders and urgent orders.
Collaborating
In our sourcing job we pay high attention to the fact that customer and supplier must fit together regarding company size, quality, working way, etc.
When we get requests that do not fit well with our existing suppliers, we conduct new supplier scouting. We have strict rules and a well thought-out and structured way of working for each new scouting mission to make sure we never miss the target.
Once we have entered into a relationship with a supplier we also start an active supplier development process. We have well thought-out and structured “Supplier Guidelines” which describe how the suppliers ought to work to make their work and our cooperation as effective as possible, to make our customers as satisfied as possible, and to make sure that we can grow together and develop a fruitful and prosperous relationship
We never start cooperation with a new supplier unless we have visited them and made what we call Initial Supplier Evaluation. Before accepting orders with any new supplier, someone from our scouting team has always paid a personal visit to the supplier in order to make a so called Initial Supplier Evaluation but also to establish a personal relationship. If they don´t pass our scrutiny, we continue to look for another potential supplier to recommend to our customer.
In our selection of new suppliers, we pay high attention to:
- that the supplier communicates in a swift, straightforward and effective way,
- that the supplier has a well-functioning and thought-out quality system,
- that it is clean and tidy in and around the premises,
- that the supplier has a good administrative system,
- that there is an R&D department with ability to make construction drawings,
- that there is a high level of service,
- that the supplier can accept low quantity orders,
- that supply conditions have been established,
- that the supplier is willing to accept Find Me Factory ´s codes of conduct, and that there is an awareness for and interest in environmental questions.
For each new request and for each new product from our customers, we:
- make a thorough supplier scouting and supplier audit,
- make sure that the quality control works satisfactory,
- assist with advice and communication regarding technical questions such as production of drawings, finding new and intelligent production solutions, designing and production of moulds, tools and jigs, etc.