Sourcing, Procurement, Supplier Audit & Shipment Inspections

Sourcing and Procurement Operations Management

Glowings Commerce specializes in procurement management, leveraging expertise in data-driven technology integration, project coordination, reliability scorecard development, market intelligence, risk management, and global contract management solutions for efficient sourcing solutions and supplier selection activities. We deliver services encompassing:

- Negotiate contracts and agreements with suppliers, ensuring competitive pricing, delivery timelines, and favorable terms.

- Establish supplier relationships to guarantee a reliable supply of materials, components, and services.

- Monitor supplier performance to ensure compliance with quality, delivery, and sustainability standards by establishing performance metrics to ensure contract obligations are met.

We utilize digital platform-enabled procurement software and tools to streamline sourcing, buying, and supplier management processes. Our reliability scorecard development spans a range of products in the BOM. We enable data-driven decision-making through analytics and performance metrics to continuously enhance sourcing strategies and implement digital platforms for improved collaboration with suppliers and internal teams.

Sourcing and Procurement Legal Services

We provide comprehensive legal services in procurement management, including the drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and enforcement of contracts and global procurement agreements with suppliers. This ensures competitive pricing, delivery timelines, and favorable terms, along with product liability risk advisory and indemnity & liability risk structuring. Our offerings also include:

- Brand licensing, private labeling, channel partner facilitation agreements, and distribution contracts.

- OEM/ODM manufacturing contracts.

- Agency and commission agreements.

- Vendor compliance and audit structure design.

- Ethics and anti-corruption policies.

IP & Brand Protection

We assist in trademark registration in target markets, patent filing coordination, design protection, counterfeit enforcement, and border IP protection. Our services also cover IP licensing and technology transfer agreements, brand usage control across distributors, and confidentiality & trade secret protection.

Supplier Assessment and Product Quality Audit

As a One Stop Project Management Office, Glowings Commerce facilitates merchant exporters, importers, wholesale distributors, and value-added resellers with a 360-degree supplier assessment and product quality audit. Our expertise in corroborating supplier trustworthiness, reliability, and manufacturing good practices is complemented by our reliability scorecard that evaluates compliance with supply chain protocols and regulatory, market, labor, and environmental requirements.

Glowings Commerce expertise in corroborating the supplier's trustworthiness, reliability, manufacturing good practices, QMS, production capabilities, ability to comply with supply chain protocols, adherence to online marketplace requirements and compliance with regulatory, market, labour and environmental requirements through a Reliability Scorecard.

We ensure the quality of procured materials exceeds industry standards and project specifications by implementing quality assurance processes to inspect and test materials, with quality assurance teams to address any issues related to defective or substandard products.

- Compliance to Product Safety, Performance, Market and Regulatory requirements through DOC, EOC and COC methods, with activities involving Audits, Test Reports, Declaration, Certification, Licensing, Consenting, Authorization, Approval and Product Registration, as per ISO, IEC, ANSI, CISPR, R&TTE, IEEE standards and national / geography specific compliances encompassing CE, FCC, EN, BIS/CRS, KCC, NRTL, CB, ANZ and other company specific standards.

- QMS Audit certificate verification

- Good Manufacturing Practices, Packaging and Labelling Audit

- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Audit and Registration - RoHS, REACH, WEEE and EPR Compliance Validation

- Social Compliance Audits encompassing SA 8000, SMETA, UN Declarations of HR, ILO Conventions, RBA, PSCI, RJC, RMI, ASI, Shops and Establishment Act and others

- Compliance to Anti-Money Laundering / Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)

- Review and Reporting of Policies, Audits and Actions to tackle fraud, bribe, collusion and other forms of corruption, conflict of interest, price rigging, managing Business continuity and Ethical code of conduct, protection of knowhow and equal treatment and inclusivity

- ESG Measurement Reporting and Disclosure, Carbon Life Cycle Assessment, Accounting GHG Emissions, Business Responsibility - Sustainability Audit and Reporting

- Energy Efficiency and Electrical Safety, Hazardous Location, Occupational Health (ISO 45001) and Environmental Audits

- Data protection and information security audit (ISO/IEC27001)

- Security Audits C-TPAT, CPTED, FISMA, ASIS, OSHA, CFATS

- Cyber Security Audit: Compliance to EN ETSI 303 645/ ETSI TS 103 645 / ETSI TS 103 701, CTIA and CSC requirement specifications.

- Ethical AI Compliance – Safety and Governance

- Promote supplier diversity by identifying and engaging with diverse vendors, including local or minority-owned businesses.

- Support local economies by sourcing materials and services from local suppliers when feasible, reducing logistics costs and supporting sustainability goals.

Production and Shipment Inspection

We conduct a range of inspections including pre-production, first article, during production, pre-shipment, consignment dispatch, and post-shipment inspections, ensuring that all materials and processes meet the highest standards.

- Pre-Production Inspection

- First Article Inspection

- During Production Inspection

- Pre Shipment Inspection

- Consignment Dispatch Inspection / Container Loading Inspection

- Post Shipment Inspection / Post Market Surveillance