Yes! indeed, Indian suppliers have potential, but the business culture is different (than your country).
You might not know that:
– Indian factories operate in regional clusters.
– Different regions have different weekends and festivals.
– There are varied ways of saying ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ in India.
Therefore an Indian can help you better in navigating in India.
Big companies have realised this cultural difference and have set up their Purchasing office in India.
APOGEE Sourcing is your India Purchasing Office.
1. Gemba: Go to the actual place
2. Gembutsu: See the actual condition
3. MUDA: Find out the wastes, unwanted activities, deviations etc.
4. Kaizen: Improve it!
In this process, we use the tools such as PDCA, SDCA, 7 QC Tools, PPAP, SPC, SQC, Why-Why, 8D, CAPA etc.
Since we are 3rd party, we can give an outsider’s perspective to the issue and also take reflection from other issues we have faced outside.
“Not pushing the problems under the carpet” and “Bad information first”, we work with this mindset because we believe defining the problems is 1st step to solve.
We take structured approach for task, which is focused over the desired outcome. This sets us apart from other competitors.
Since we are based in India, we can start quickly and can travel in short time. This has huge advantage compared to a situation where customer has to travel.
Knowing the local business culture sets us apart and we can propose the pragmatic and quick solution to customer’s issues.
Working with overseas customers and mature industries like automotive, we have gained the right knowledge and skills to deal with the problems.