There are more companies in China then there are trees in a forest. If you, for example, were in a city called Wenzhou, China and were looking for a producer that makes stainless steel valves and fittings, you would find more than 1400 registered suppliers! All of them will tell you they are the best and have the lowest pricing. Where do you start?
And when you finally have found the right one, how would you communicate with their management team? How will you keep the quality at the level you want? Will the product be packed and shipped the way you want it and on time?
Mostly it takes many years to talk about a solid and healthy cooperation between companies. Nowadays, those years are lost years. Your competitors already found a company like GTS and are profiting from the lower pricing and are already able to take a part of your market.
Sometimes you find that producer and after a few deliveries things change. Pricing goes up, quality goes down. So you have to start over once again.
Global Trade Solutions has recognized all the above mentioned possible problems and has tackled them by building up a huge network of producers and suppliers for many different products. For every product there is always a minimum backup of five other suppliers with the same quality. Because we are buying in large quantities for more customers at one time, we are able to hold the pricing stable for a longer period of time. Surrounded by experts, we have visited many production facilities and screened them. Only after the screening and approval process are they placed on our producers list. But it doesn’t stop there, they are frequently screened by our Quality Control Department to insure we can provide the same high quality and know exactly who we are doing business with.
Environmental aspects and issues such as child labor are being screened by us. It is not only the price that counts. We like to do business with a clean conscience.
Our producers and suppliers know that during the production they will be monitored by our Quality Control Department. Only after approval by our department, the goods will be packed and shipped to their ultimate destination.
In the country of destination, we are able to use the right companies to take care that all efforts to get your products from the harbor to your warehouse is completed as quickly and in the right manner.
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There are companies that prefer to keep the decision making in their own hands, GTS has nothing against that and respects those thoughts.
On the other side, those same companies would like to have the profits and the possibilities of importing products from the Far East.
Mostly because of the lack of time and expertise, it can be dangerous for them to make these steps on their own. We heard many times from people who tried to import themselves that they were disappointed with the end result. Culture differences and language barriers can cause many problems and can certainly stand in the way. Plus the investments companies have to make before they can start this whole process.
We are the solution for all the above mentioned situations. You can keep buying the products yourself and just use our expertise, knowledge and capacity for quality control.
We have no secrets regarding our producers and suppliers. You are always welcome to visit them and if needed, we also will take care that there will be a translator for you.
GTS is cooperating with many companies in Europe. They continue to buy for their self, but are using GTS for the parts that they don’t know or don’t have. In this manner, they save unnecessary investments and time.
You want to develop a new product? Or improve an already existing product?
A product can be good, but it is the production costs that makes it sellable. Global Trade Solutions can help you during the whole process. From the beginning phase of conception till the end results are produced. We are there to support you in every aspect. To explain your idea to someone in China is not easy. We have seen in the past that the development of new products takes too long because of unnecessary problems between the customer and his producer.
We have successfully supported many projects already and we are proud to say that we finished most projects within the timeframe expected or even earlier than the stated deadline. Additional testing and certification can be done directly through our third party resources.