Your product. Our manufacturing operation.
From prototype review to final delivery, we run every stage of your manufacturing in China and Vietnam: factory selection, tooling, quality control, assembly and shipping. One partner for all of it.
- Site
- Partner factory
- Stage
- Packing for export
- 01Products shipped
- 1M+
- 02Years in Asia
- 20
- 03Offices
- 3
- 04Countries sourced
- 6
Get it right. Get it shipped.
Your customers count on you. We keep manufacturing from letting you down, from the first design review to the container leaving the port.
What we can make with you
The processes we run, and the services wrapped around them.
Built by specialists in China. Shipped to you.
148 components72 suppliersOne point of contact
Four stages, in the same order every time
The same four stages on every engagement, whether it is one component or a full production contract.
Engineering review
A full review of your design files so samples come back right the first time, not the third.
Sourcing
One product often means parts from a dozen suppliers. We search, evaluate and qualify each of them.
Quoting
Component quotes consolidated into one number that includes assembly, packaging and shipping.
Tooling and samples
Tooling, custom sample production and standard components — all reviewed before final sign-off.
Engineering and quality staff next to the factories
Our engineering and quality staff are in Ningbo, within driving distance of the plants. That turns a supplier audit into a day instead of a trip.
148 components. One point of contact.
Every part in a product carries its own supplier, tooling cost and lead time. This is what managing that looks like.
Heating cartridge
- Material
- Copper, PTFE
- Suppliers
- 6
- Make or buy
- Custom made
- Tooling
- 30 days
- Lead time
- 45 days
- MOQ
- 1,000 pcs
- Origin
- Guangdong, CN
100+ components. 14 suppliers. 1,000+ reformers shipped.
A fitness equipment brand had a validated pilates reformer design and was hand-building units locally, with no manufacturing partner to reach production volume.
We sourced frames, machined rails, springs, wheels and upholstery across vetted suppliers, set up jig-based assembly with in-process quality control, and managed packaging and freight.
The part that's hard to buy
“One of the great things about Sourcing Allies is that their team of experts and local personnel in Asia is totally in tune with our business needs. Communication is seamless, I can just pick up the phone and speak to somebody who is on my page culturally and in alignment with our quality expectations and assumptions which in the end all helps to reduce our lead times and costs. SA has proven to be honest and trustworthy in our business dealings. This is crucial to us from an overseas partner. As a result we are able to comfortably hand over the Asia side of production and quality control to them without worry.”
“Sourcing Allies has been a great partner for years. They have helped manage and extend our supply chains in Asia, providing transparency and oversight. Very responsive and well-informed, we trust them to always work for our best interests.”
Three offices and one complete manufacturing base
So you get real control over sourcing, manufacturing and assembly in China and Vietnam, not a weekly status call.
Common questions
Yes. Fast-Track exists for crowdfunded and investor-backed hardware teams who need a first production batch inside a fixed window. It compresses supplier selection and tooling by running them in parallel rather than in sequence.
Djursholm in Sweden, Bellevue in Washington State, and Ningbo in China. Engineering and quality staff are in Ningbo, within driving distance of the factories, which is what makes an on-site audit a day rather than a trip.
You do. Tooling ownership is written into the supply agreement before any tool is cut, so moving production later is a commercial decision rather than a rebuild.
Usually. Bring CAD or a product idea and we will give you a manufacturability read and a plan — including where the design will fight the process and what it would cost to change.
Usually not long when the product is within our areas of expertise, because a suitable manufacturer is often already in our network. When one is not, finding and evaluating a new supplier can take 30 days.
It depends on the tooling that has to be made. A common schedule is 60 days for tooling and 30 days for sample production, and it moves with the complexity of the product and the manufacturing method.
Everything we handle: finding suitable suppliers, managing tooling, organising samples, setting up production, quality control and shipping are all in our quoted price. On top of that you pay for the products you order and the tooling you own.
Ideally 3D files, material specifications and estimated quantities. The more we know about the product, such as critical dimensions and special requirements, the more accurate the quote will be.
Schedule a meeting
Whether you have a full set of CAD drawings or are already in production, we can help.
Thirty minutes is usually enough to say whether Asia is the right answer.