Planning and contract security for international sourcing projects

The aim is to clarify prices, delivery terms, payment terms, specifications and dates transparently and early on. This creates a solid basis for production and for the further handling of your sourcing project.

Creating binding framework conditions for your sourcing

In the quotation phase, packconsult checks which partner factory is suited to your product, your quantity, your quality requirements and your delivery window. We then support the alignment of the key commercial and organisational framework conditions. These include, among other things:

• prices and payment terms
• delivery terms and delivery dates
• product specifications and packaging units
• quality requirements
• documents and approvals
• processes for production, inspection and shipment

The negotiated contract is concluded directly between you and the respective partner factory. You know the supplier, the agreed terms and the basis of the cooperation. packconsult supports the alignment and makes sure the relevant agreements are recorded in a traceable way. Quality requirements should not only be agreed but also inspected and documented on site.

Clear agreements for international sourcing projects

Planning and contract security is particularly relevant when larger quantities are sourced, when fixed delivery dates have to be met or when product requirements have to be clearly defined.

For new production partners, recurring orders, long-term demand or more complex supply chains, too, clear alignment of the contract and order details creates more security for everyone involved.

Digital order management with packsites

During order handling, packconsult supports compliance with the agreed conditions. Among other things, we use packsites, the order management system used by packconsult for the structured management of international sourcing projects.

Via packsites, relevant information on orders, production statuses, documents and other project data can be brought together. This gives everyone involved a better overview of the status of handling and the next steps.

Together with customers, we develop digital interfaces where needed, in order to process business operations more system-to-system in future. The aim is more efficient processes, up-to-date information on ongoing orders and better integration into existing purchasing and inventory management systems. For more on how packconsult sets up sourcing projects in a structured way from the outset, see Consulting and project support.

More certainty for your international sourcing

You receive clear agreements, transparent processes and structured support for order handling. This makes international sourcing more predictable and the cooperation with the production partners more traceable.

In this, packconsult takes on the coordinating role between you and the partner factory, without replacing the direct contractual relationship between you and the supplier.