Making the Global Sourcing Gamble Work for You

For most consumers, that many products are sourced abroad from Asia is a generally accepted reality of life in the 21st century.

• We hear negative reports about the quality of goods.
• Question the ethics behind the sourcing.
• Fear the pitfalls of the shipping process.
• Speculate about the implications for North American industry.

Less than half a million Canadians per year visit China, meaning that most of our assumptions, beliefs and behaviours related to our purchases of Asian products are not based on first-hand experience.

Rather, anecdotes, misinterpreted or even false information.

Or, some of us have had bad experiences in the past direct sourcing from Asia.

So, we have delicately embraced the idea of sourcing abroad – not knowing how to fully capture the potential value for our businesses.

Whether you’re developing a community or a building, working on a construction project, tenant improvements or reselling products to a consumer, you can find yourself hopeful but without a reliable roadmap to capitalize on the opportunity for cost savings.

CHINA LEADING THE WAY IN INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE

But these concerns and curiosities are changing based on a growing body of evidence out of Asia –  and China specifically, one of our major sourcing partners – that points towards an increasingly modern business environment that is pushing the world towards innovation.

China is leading the world in innovation with one of the highest number of patents filed in 2018.

12,000 startups are founded every day.

Researchers, startups and industry leaders are driving hard towards solving some of the world’s most pressing issues and ideas like greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable urban development, automobile dependence, alternative biofuel sources and even improving everyday convenience for consumers like you and me.

All of this activity is having a profound influence on the quality of goods supplied to global customers, the inventiveness of the products themselves, and the modern customer service abilities of the manufacturing teams developing the products.

WHY COMBINA GLOBAL IS DIFFERENT

Our team, made up of Cantonese and Mandarin-speaking, Canadian business professionals, have spent years honing close relationships with reputable, energetic and leading-edge suppliers.  

We’ve visited the factories.

We know which manufacturers excel in each product.

We understand how to negotiate in a multi-cultural business environment.

AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR YOU, WE’VE REFINED THE PROCESS INTO A POLISHED, ONE-STOP-SHOP THAT MINIMIZES COMPLEXITY, RISK AND FRUSTRATION AND SAVES YOU MONEY.

It’s an opportunity to work together to save you money while exceeding expectations for your Canadian consumers.

Contact us today for a free consultation.