Milestones tracking (for production anywhere in Asia)

Our booking department can track the status of your development and production in Asian factories. This is a purely administrative job.

They confirm each milestone completion with the supplier, and call when necessary.

The buyer receives regular reporting, and has a dashboard for follow up in real time.

Pricing

Tracking of a production project in 1 factory:

  • Tracking of milestones: 95 USD per order
  • Tracking of a series of orders: on demand.

(Note: 1 order = 1 type of product made at 1 time in 1 factory, excluding sub-suppliers production.)

Tracking of a production project in 1 assembly factory and its sub-suppliers:

Pricing on demand.

Conditions:

  • Invoices are sent at the end of the month for regular clients.
  • Payment by bank wire or Paypal for international clients (payment by cheque is also accepted for Hong Kong companies).
  • All bank fees, including those from an intermediary bank, are to be paid by the client.

List of common milestones:

Here is a list of the most common milestones that we can track, for your reference:

Beginning of development
PO issuance
1st sample(s) sent by supplier
2nd sample(s) sent by supplier
3rd sample(s) sent by supplier
Pre-production sample(s) sent
2nd pre-production sample(s) sent
Perfect sample is approved
Deposit is wired
Letter of credit is opened
Production launch is approved
Receipt of materials / components (best timing for a pre-production inspection)
Launch of bulk production
1st finished products get out of lines
Production sample(s) sent
2nd production sample(s) sent
20% of order quantity is finished (best timing for an inspection during production)
50% of order quantity is finished
Receipt of packaging materials
100% of order quantity is finished
100% is finished & 80% is packed (best timing for a final random inspection)
100% of order quantity is packed
Shipment order is released
Products are sent ex-factory (best timing for a container loading inspection)
Closing date
Shipment date (ETD)
Documents are sent by supplier
Arrival date (ETA)
Door-to-door delivery