How do we see our cooperation ?

Augura builts its development based on trustful and quality relationships with its customers and suppliers.

We want to bring you the tools you need to lead your buying operations to their end. We put at your disposal the techniques, logistics and human resources needed to manage your Chinese partnerships and create essential links for success.

We now very well the difficulties created by distance and language. Communication is an important basis for all projects. Because we are a small company we really understand you. We are permanently listening to you, available on the phone, emails and instant messengers. Our Chinese-French team is able to analyse and interpret your needs without missing any part. We are day to day doing our best to break all these barriers.

Because our success is linked to yours !

 
Selecting suppliers
After you enquiry is well understood, our Chinese agents contact Chinese manufacturers.

aug_022A first research allows us to identify potential suppliers. The experience of our teams enables us to filter suspicious companies. To ensure the best price and keep the quality, it is important to deal with the real actors of production, not companies that outsource the manufacturing of your products.

The second step is to ensure that the factory has products that meet European standards. (RoHS&CE). We verify the authenticity of the certificates submitted to analysis centers issuers. In China, it is common to retrieve a certificate and change the name owner with Photoshop.

Finally, we conduct a brief study on the creditworthiness of the factory and its commercial past. As your project becomes clearer we conduct site visits to verify the work environment, machines used and the management in place.

You can now understand the time required for a proper supplier selection. A quotation is not definitive. As the development of your project, we try to find the supplier offering the best value for money.
 
Project setup
A production project requires that the manufacturer understands your specifications.

aug_027Collecting and formatting specifications requires time and technics. That why we can help you to write them down. Some points are often overlooked as being too "obvious" in the West, but require to attract the attention of the Chinese manufacturers.

Your specifications will also help to ascertain the accurate cost of production. A Chinese supplier is often under strong pressure from its customers. It must constantly adapt its prices and products. It can only give us a accurate price once your request has been precisely explained.

We present the specifications to your provider face to face. We check with him point by point in Chinese. It is a crucial step that determines the success of good production. The people in charge are taking advantage of this moment to mention problems or changes that might occur. Our teams identify areas on which special attention and think with managers on technical solutions to the expected result.
 
Production follow-up
The production is launched. The manufacturer gave us the date of delivery but also the dates of beginning and ending of each key stage of the production process.

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For samples control or factory visits, we check that each milestone is consistent with what is expected. We must always confirm such things as printings, colors, brightness and contrast.

You are kept informed of the progress of production. These inspections during production allows us to anticipate manufacturing defects and rectify the situation prior to delivery. We thus avoid wasting time due to a possible refusal of the goods at the end of production. On production on two issues of quality problems.

 
Quality control
The quality control at the end of production is the final inspection that determines the acceptance of the merchandise and shipping.

aug_024Firstly, it is to ensure that packaging will stand the trip. The pallets and crates are often abused between the departure of the plant and delivery in France: Shock, heartbreak, malicious openings are not uncommon. Resistance boxes, labeling the packages are all essential.

The quality control is especially when we pass through all the points outlined in your specifications. We also validate the compliance of the product compared to EC standards required of it. According control standards, we proceed with the opening of boxes randomly in the proportions of production. According to the acceptable quality levels defined in upstream production, we return to you with a favorable or unfavorable.


We give you a detailed inspection report. Each checkpoint is assessed and enhanced with comments in English. This report is always accompanied by pictures.

You remain the only decision maker for the final goods acceptance.
 
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