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Sourcing · Quality · Compliance — India, China, Vietnam

Source with certainty. Ship with confidence.

SourceSquid finds the right manufacturer in India, China or Vietnam, proves every lot before you pay the balance, and hands you the compliance file your market asks for. One accountable team, from the first quote to the sealed container.

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Investment castings 11-part program · Netherlands

Trusted by growing brandsin 10 countries

  • Van Raam
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  • Woosh Air
  • Rotom
  • Twin Air
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  • Mainetti
  • Carbon Accents
  • Arquett Ltd
  • TVape
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  • Acme Events
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  • Decuply
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Client programs
One team, three jobs

Find it. Prove it. Clear it for market.

Most buyers juggle an agent, an inspection firm and a compliance consultant. At SourceSquid the people who choose your factory also inspect its output and file the evidence, so nothing falls between three contracts.

Any product, any stage:New product, cost-down, second source, nearshoring or strategic sourcing. We tell you where it should be made, even when the answer isn’t India or China.

  1. 01Sourcing

    Find the right factory.

    Named shortlists from India, China and Vietnam, compared on landed cost, capability and audit results.

    Example shortlist · stainless investment casting
    Foundry A · Rajkot94
    Foundry B · Solapur88
    Foundry C · Ningbo81
    Named shortlist · USD 390Explore sourcing
  2. 02Quality

    Prove every lot.

    Factory audits, in-line and pre-shipment inspections to ANSI/ASQ Z1.4, with photos, measurements and a report code you can verify.

    Example report · SQ-26-PSI-0412Passed
    SamplingAQL 2.5 · Level II
    Lot / sample3,500 / 200 units
    Critical / major / minor0 / 2 / 4
    Inspections from USD 229 per person-dayExplore quality
  3. 03Compliance and ESG

    File the evidence.

    We map which EU and US rules apply to each product, then collect the supplier evidence while production runs.

    Example evidence file · one product family
    PPWRPackaging declarationFiled
    CBAMEmbedded emissionsFiled
    EUDRPlot geolocationCollecting
    UFLPASupply-chain mapFiled
    Exposure map · USD 290 per product familyCheck what applies to you
Every part has a process

A bicycle is a supply chain you can ride.

Tap any part to see its material, the process chain that makes it, where it is best sourced, what it should cost and what we inspect. This is how we look at your product.

Example teardowns

Illustrative FOB should-costs at 5,000 units a year. The same teardown works for your product: a tricycle, a seat cover kit, a pump.

Client results

Results you can put in a board pack.

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Woosh Air · United States · Sourcing

USD 73,000+saved every month

Complete alternate sourcing. PCB assembly and the plastic parts moved from China to India, filter manufacturing stayed in China, and everything was packed and shipped to customers in the US.

Read the Woosh Air story
Dutch city-bike brand · Sourcing

Ludhianato the Netherlands

A city-bike program built with manufacturers in Ludhiana, the centre of India’s bicycle industry, and shipped to a Dutch brand.

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Automotive accessories brand · Sourcing

25.8%saved on one component

Two RFQs, with quotes back in 3 to 7 days. A switch to a better-suited material cut the cost of one component by 25.8%.

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Every program is run by a principal, from brief to container.Sourcing, quality, ESG and product specialists who stay with your program, in ten languages. Meet the principals
Quality, in practice

On the factory floor.

Calipers, gauges, pull tests and pallet checks: this is what an inspection looks like when someone actually does it.

Checks shown
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Product families
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  1. A brass compression fitting held in the jaws of a blue digital caliper showing 1.535 inches. Dimensional
    01/12 Caliper check on a brass compression fitting Metal
  2. Two hand-painted ceramic napkin rings side by side above handwritten REF and BULK cards. Reference match
    02/12 Hand-painted pattern: reference vs bulk Homeware
  3. Four brass valves clamped in a blue test rig, submerged in a water tank and fed by air lines. Functional test
    03/12 Underwater leak test on brass valves Metal
  4. An inspector presses a dial push-pull force gauge against the end of a red moulded plastic handle. Functional test
    04/12 Push-pull gauge on a moulded handle Plastics
  5. Two tiers of stretch-wrapped, strapped cartons on wooden pallets in a warehouse, ready for loading. Loading
    05/12 Palletised lot, counted and wrapped before loading Packaging
  6. A digital caliper reading 4.10 mm on the edge of a sage-green exercise mat. Dimensional
    06/12 Thickness check on an exercise mat Soft goods
  7. A clear glass jar on a knurled stand under the steel platen of a vertical load tester. Functional test
    07/12 Vertical load test on a glass jar Glass
  8. Two pastel rainbow-gradient sheets laid flat, labelled REF and BULK, for a colour comparison. Reference match
    08/12 Colour gradient: reference vs bulk Textiles
  9. An orange moulded plastic bat clamped on a torque tester with an analogue scale. Functional test
    09/12 Torque test on a moulded toy bat Plastics
  10. Top-down view of an open carton holding six blue rolled exercise mats in cardboard dividers. Packaging
    10/12 Pack-out check: six rolled mats per carton Soft goods
  11. A hammered brass napkin ring held in a gloved hand and measured with a vernier caliper. Dimensional
    11/12 Vernier on a hammered brass ring Homeware
  12. A brass flare fitting held against a steel protractor to check the flare angle. Dimensional
    12/12 Flare angle on a brass fitting Metal

Real photos from recent inspections by our quality principals. Client names, brands, labels, codes and date stamps have been removed.

LudhianaJalandharBatalaMandi GobindgarhAmritsarFaridabadGurugram – ManesarPanipatYamunanagar – JagadhriRewari – Dharuhera – BawalRohtakNoida – Greater NoidaDelhi – OkhlaMoradabadAligarhMeerutSaharanpurAgraKanpur – UnnaoFirozabadKhurjaBhadohi – MirzapurVaranasiLucknowKannaujPilkhuwaBareillyRudrapur – PantnagarBaddiSrinagarJaipur – Sanganer – BagruJodhpurMakrana – KishangarhBhilwaraNeemrana – BhiwadiAhmedabadSuratRajkotMorbiJamnagarAnkleshwar – Vapi – DahejThangadhSanand – Halol – BecharajiKutch (Bhuj)Silvassa – DamanMumbai – ThaneBhiwandiPune – ChakanAurangabadNashikKolhapurIchalkaranjiSolapurIndore – PithampurChanderi – MaheshwarBengaluru – PeenyaBelagaviChannapatnaMysuruChennai – SriperumbudurHosurCoimbatoreTiruppurKarurErodeAmbur – Vaniyambadi – RanipetKanchipuramSivakasiSalemDindigulHyderabadVisakhapatnamSri CityGunturKochiAlappuzhaKollamKannurKolkata – HowrahHooghly jute beltDarjeeling – SiliguriJamshedpurAngul – JharsugudaCuttack – SambalpurBhagalpurSualkuchiUpper Assam LudhianaBicycles, forgings MoradabadBrass and metal décor RajkotCastings, pumps TiruppurKnitwear
  • Metals and machining
  • Plastics, electronics, auto
  • Textiles and apparel
  • Leather, wood, stone, craft
  • Chemicals and food
SourceSquid India Cluster Map, compiled from Government of India MSME cluster studies and our own sourcing work.
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India, mapped by what each place makes best.

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