Sourcing & quality control

Finding supply that matches the spec on paper, and proving it before the container leaves.

The problem

Most sourcing failures are not price failures. They are specification failures: a sample that does not match the lot, a chemical panel that drifts between harvests, a producer who cannot repeat last year's profile at volume.

How I work

• Write the specification before the negotiation, in the buyer's own quality language.
• Qualify producers on repeatability at volume, not on a single flattering sample.
• Third-party panels and retained counter-samples on every lot, referenced in the contract.
• One document trail from sample to bill of lading, so a claim can be settled with evidence.

What changes

Buyers reorder because the second container looks exactly like the first. That is the whole business.