Projects

Experience applied to real projects

Every project requires a different combination of product development, manufacturing, quality, documentation and logistics.

Cosmetics and personal care

Problem: A Spanish brand wanted to manufacture its own line in Asia instead of buying catalogue product.
What we did: We turned its requirements into specifications, compared factories with cosmetics experience for Europe and adjusted samples until the reference was approved.
Outcome: An own line manufactured to its specifications, with a single point of contact and a repeatable process for reorders.

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Context: A Spanish personal care brand, selling in retail and online, that wanted to manufacture its own line in Asia instead of buying catalogue product.
Need: Move from an idea and a few visual references to a manufacturable line, with its own packaging and the documentation required to sell legally in the European Union.
Development: Requirements turned into technical specifications, comparison of factories with cosmetics experience for Europe, and samples adjusted in format, materials and finishes until the reference was approved.
Production: Prior validation of the factory, sign-off of technical and packaging sheets, schedule control and direct follow-up in Chinese with the factory team.
Quality and compliance: Review of the documentation required from the manufacturer, verification of labelling against European requirements and coordination with the client's appointed compliance contact before shipment.
Logistics: Order consolidation, transport chosen by lead time and volume, import documentation and customs coordination through to warehouse delivery.
Markets: Spain and the European Union.
Outcome: An own line manufactured to its specifications, a single point of contact for product, quality, documentation and transport, and a repeatable process for reorders.

Problem: A European distributor was buying through intermediaries, without knowing who manufactured its products or how the cost was built.
What we did: We compared manufacturers with real capacity, negotiated prices and terms and set quality, production and shipment criteria.
Outcome: Identified and vetted manufacturers, written quality criteria and a predictable replenishment calendar.

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Context: A European distributor buying through intermediaries, without knowing who actually manufactured its products or how the cost was built.
Need: Reach factories directly, stabilise quality between orders and control lead times and costs without opening its own office in China.
Development: Range analysis, selection of the references with most room for improvement and a search for alternative manufacturers with real capacity for the product and volumes involved.
Production: Direct negotiation in Chinese of prices, terms and lead times, finish standards per reference and regular production reports.
Quality and compliance: In-process and pre-shipment inspection against written acceptance criteria, so issues are corrected at the factory rather than on arrival.
Logistics: Consolidated shipments, prior review of commercial and customs documentation and transit follow-up through to receipt.
Markets: Spain and other European Union markets.
Outcome: Identified, vetted factories, written quality criteria and a predictable replenishment calendar, with fewer issues when goods are unpacked.

Problem: A company handled a purchase on its own and its goods were held on arrival due to documentary and conformity issues.
What we did: We reviewed the full file, corrected the documentation with the factory and coordinated clearance with the operators involved.
Outcome: The operation was unblocked and the client adopted a defined documentary procedure before each shipment.

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Context: A company that handled a purchase in China on its own and whose goods were held on arrival due to documentary and conformity issues.
Need: Understand the cause of the block, put the relationship with the factory and the operators involved back in order and recover the operation without damaging the commercial relationship.
Development: Full review of the file: order, agreed specifications, manufacturer documentation and previous communications.
Production: Direct dialogue with the factory in Chinese to correct the documentation and set out in writing what had to accompany each later shipment.
Quality and compliance: Check that the product and its labelling met the applicable requirements before resuming, with documented criteria for future orders.
Logistics: Coordination with the freight forwarder and customs broker until release of the goods, and a stable documentary circuit for following shipments.
Markets: Spain.
Outcome: The operation was unblocked and the client adopted a defined documentary procedure before each shipment to reduce the risk of new incidents.

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