System: Supply Chain — New Product Introduction
From prototype to production.
Without the chaos.
For companies manufacturing in China: fix what’s broken, set up what’s missing. Fifteen years of NPI and global supply chain — one accountable operator, end to end.
| EXPERIENCE | 15+ YEARS |
| SCOPE | GLOBAL SCM + NPI |
| ORIGIN | EUROPE |
| OPERATING | CHINA MANUFACTURING |
| PROVEN AT | LEADING EU MUSIC-TECH BRAND |
| FOCUS | MID-SCALE ELECTROMECHANICAL |
The pipeline
Five stages. Each one controlled.
A product travels the same road every time. The difference is whether someone is watching the instruments.
STAGE 01
Concept
Design for manufacturing, decided before tooling locks it in — cost, tolerances, test strategy.
STAGE 02
Sourcing
Suppliers chosen on capability and stability — then qualified, never assumed.
STAGE 03
Quality control
Inspection at the right checkpoints, built into the process — not bolted on after shipping.
STAGE 04
Logistics
Freight, customs, warehousing — handoffs handled so nothing stalls at a border.
STAGE 05
Launch
First production on time, at cost, at quality — and stable for the next run.
Services
Select your mode.
Three situations. One operator. Click a mode to see what’s included.
Starting from zero?
A working supply chain from the first PO: sourcing, supplier qualification, process design, first production that behaves.
Supplier shortlists and audits · cost breakdowns and negotiation · DFM review · production process setup · sample-to-mass-production path.
Going deeper into China?
Eyes on the ground: a sourcing team and QC presence that report to you — without moving to Shenzhen to trust it.
Sourcing office setup · local team hiring and management · in-factory QC and inspection · daily reporting that tells you what matters.
Bleeding with suppliers?
A diagnosis of what’s actually going wrong — quality, delivery, communication — and a fix that sticks.
Supply-chain and process audit · root-cause on recurring failures · supplier renegotiation · process and control fixes · retraining your team.
Compatibility
Built for your category.
Verified compatible
- Music & audio hardware
- Game controllers and peripherals
- Server & PC cooling systems
- Niche camera and optics hardware
- IoT & smart-home devices
- Robotics & automation components
- Battery management & power electronics
- Products with real engineering content, at mid-scale volumes
Out of scope
- Commodity accessories and cables
- Mass-consumer electronics at phone or PC scale
- Price-per-unit-only projects
FAQ
Known issues. Documented answers.
IP is managed by design: NDA and contract discipline, controlled documentation to suppliers, tooling and component ownership held by you, and a deliberate policy of never handing the full picture to a single factory.
Quality failures are almost always process failures. I find where the process breaks — incoming inspection, in-line controls, final test — and fix it there, so it stays fixed instead of recurring shipment after shipment.
You get one accountable point of contact. I speak the factory’s language — process, tolerances, timelines — and translate it into decisions you can actually make.
MOQs and pricing are negotiable when you know what drives them. I renegotiate from the cost structure — materials, labor, yield, overhead — not from the first quote.
Slipping lead times are a planning failure with symptoms in production. I fix the planning and scheduling first, so dates become commitments you can build a business on.
If it's an electromechanical product with engineering content and mid-scale volumes — controllers, cooling, cameras, audio — it’s my home ground. If it's commodity scale, I’ll tell you straight.
15+ years of NPI at a leading European music-technology manufacturer. The failures are already paid for.
Global supply chain and new product introduction for hardware that ships worldwide — launched repeatedly at quality and at cost. A process that catches problems while they're cheap to fix, and a supplier network proven under real production pressure. You don’t pay me to learn; you pay me to have already learned.
status: operational · available for new engagements
Tell me where it hurts.
Thirty minutes, no obligation. Bring your supplier list — or just your frustration.
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