Blog — Mawson Global

Global sourcing offers companies a wealth of cost and time saving benefits that strengthen their businesses, improve revenue, and drive growth. However, to fully take advantage of these benefits, you need a reliable partner that can help you navigate the global sourcing process and ensure you’re getting the best value and highest quality products.

As a leading authority on global sourcing, Mawson Global offers a comprehensive array of services that allow you to better source your products, and provide peace of mind that you’re working with trustworthy and affordable suppliers.

Utilising our services for your global sourcing needs is a simple, easy, four-step process that provides you with all the information, feedback, and recommendations you need to successfully source your company’s products.

Step 1 - QuickLook Analysis

A QuickLook Analysis provides an overview of the potential savings your company can experience for a specific product by working with Mawson Global. This free report provides general product specifications, approximate annual volume, cost of ownership information, total annual savings, and more. To get your free quick look analysis, simply take our 10 Product Challenge online, and you’ll receive your report within 10 days.

Step 2 – Research Project
Mawson Global’s research project provides a comprehensive analysis of a specific product to be sourced. Just fill out our sourcing request document, which includes project specifications, such as volume and prices. We then perform detailed research on sourcing the product by reviewing 30 to 40 potential suppliers and narrow them down to the top three based on your specific criteria and our proven selection process. We then compile all the information you need to choose a supplier, including estimates, ratings, and next steps. We also collect samples from each supplier so you can compare the quality of each company’s product. Within three weeks, you’ll receive a complete report for one low flat fee.

Step 3 – Supplier Visits

With our local sourcing professionals as your guides, Mawson Global accompanies you to supplier visits so you can speak directly with potential partners, identify opportunities, and conduct in-house audit procedures. These visits offer you a chance to see potential suppliers, and their operations, first-hand before selecting one that best meets your organisation’s needs. Our supplier visit assistance is available for an affordable daily rate. We can also have one of our local directors visit suppliers on your behalf if you’re unable to make the trip.

Step 4 – Sourcing Project
Once you’ve selected the right supplier, you need to make sourcing your product a reality. When you choose Mawson Global for your sourcing project, we streamline the entire process by managing every aspect – from product design to delivery – for one flat fee. We assist you in finding and working with trusted experts on important facets of the sourcing process, including contract negotiations, compliance and local laws, quality control, labelling, supply chain logistics and shipping, and setting up procedures. We are with you for every step in the process and act as your organisation’s global sourcing team.

Mawson Global has been in the global commerce business for more than 70 years, so we understand the complexities of the sourcing process, how to navigate them, and ultimately make your company a global player. Our goal is always to ensure you save money by globally sourcing your products, and find a reliable, cost-effective, overseas supplier that can be a long-term asset to your company.

For more information on our global sourcing services, please contact us via our website or call 1300 723 246.

The China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, is the oldest and most comprehensive trade event of its kind. It’s a showcase of more than 24,000 of China’s corporations. And it’s something your company may want to attend if it’s interested in partnerships with Chinese suppliers.

The Canton Fair is held each spring and fall in Guangzhou, China and includes a broad array of foreign trade companies, manufacturers, research institutes, private organizations, as well as foreign-invested and wholly foreign-owned companies. Since its inception in 1957, the fair has become a platform for the movers and shakers of China’s import and export industry.

“Canton Fair is an important window of China's opening up, a vital platform of foreign trade, and also a starting point for the transformation of foreign trade development mode and the adjustment of structure,” said Liu Jianjun, spokesman for the Canton Fair and director general of China Foreign Trade Centre during the November 2012’s opening event.

The fair is an excellent way to get an appreciation of just how many products you can source from China. If sourcing products direct from Chinese suppliers is on your radar for this year, or the near future, you should seriously consider making the trek for this biannual event.

While the fair is a great showcase we do not recommend it as the place to source long term supply partners as most of the exhibitors at the fair will be commission agents and distributors. So visit the fair to get ideas and contacts then make sure you do your homework on the suppliers you intend to trust your business success with.

Navigating the Canton Fair and travels through China can be a challenge, especially for those who’ve never been to the country. Mawson Global can provide support before, during, and after travels to the country to companies in need of assistance. We can also act as a liaison during the fair and ensure your organization finds a long-term supplier, rather than a short term agent.

For more information on Mawson Global’s travel support services, as well as sourcing assistances, please visit our website or call 1300 723 246.