About Supplier Scouting
The Mission
At Supplier Scouting Services "3S", the mission is to empower USA manufacturers by connecting them with reliable domestic suppliers.
Needs for this service could include: new/secondary supplier, reshoring/onshoring, risk mitigation, new product, lower costs, logistics, provide a ‘greener’ solution, and more.
Details
Overview:
Supplier Scouting Services helps USA manufacturers find, validate, and connect with domestic manufacturers/suppliers to provide critical, hard to find, or unique items.
Item search can range from a single item (primary service focus), up to a complete BOM and contract manufacturer.
Background:
Doug Allvine serves as an independent contractor. Doug recently led the Supplier Scouting Service for the Georgia MEP at Georgia Tech for over 2 years. He has a strong history and success rate with Supplier Scouting. Doug has completed 100’s of successful searches for a wide range of items in Georgia and across the entire USA and has an extremely high “match” / success rate along with very high customer satisfaction. https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-allvine-a2956b46/
The Process:
Goal: Identify USA-based supplier(s) with the necessary technical, production, and business capabilities. The process typically involves a client submitting requirements and the scouting service then conducting searches, validating capabilities, and facilitating connections to potential domestic suppliers. These services use specialized databases and networks to identify suppliers with the necessary technical, production, and business capabilities.
The service does not evaluate potential suppliers for financial viability or other risks beyond publicly available data. Potential “fit” applies to the ability and interest of the suppliers to meet the product and process requirements provided by client as the contractor can best determine. While contractor guarantees the identification of a viable supplier(s), it is not responsible for negotiations or final agreements. That is client’s responsibility.
A typical project is targeted at a 30-day duration from project kick-off (subject to mutually agreeable changes). The Contractor will provide a cost following an initial discovery meeting based on item(s). Payments made at project closure.