Project Management | Agent in India | Work with Indian Supplier

A non-performing supplier may risk your whole supply chain.

Why hire APOGEE Sourcing for Project Management?

APOGEE Sourcing is run by a former auto-component manufacturing professional. Therefore we are experienced with Gantt charts, Open Point Lists, Risk identification and mitigation etc. We supplement buyers who need experienced personnel in India.

Furthermore, we work on the shop floor with the supplier. So we always know the actual situation.

Do I need someone in India?

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.

What will APOGEE do (for Project Management)?

Small things matters. On your behalf, APOGEE will ensure all the project activities with the Indian factory that you normally do with your regional supplier. On the other hand, it can be expensive & time-consuming if you travel to India for each activity.

The supplier said that the tools for the BOM components are ready. Further, the factory said that there is no delay in the assembly production schedule.
— APOGEE shall travel to the supplier and check if the factory has used ‘Prototype tooling’ or ‘Final validated tooling’ for producing the BOM components.

The supplier is delaying the delivery on grounds of raw material non-availability & container shortage. But you suspect his reasons are not-actual.
— APOGEE can deploy one engineer at the factory for 4 – 8 weeks. The on-site engineer will audit the Production, Quality & process and give you a daily update about what is going on in the factory.

The supplier has delayed the delivery but assured delivery within a week. Furthermore, for months, you are getting assurances only but no delivery.
— APOGEE can go to the factory and find out if the factory is working or shut down. We can informally interview the employees to know their actual condition (financial).

How does APOGEE do Project Management?

APOGEE’s four-step approach reflects the best practices from the global manufacturing industry.

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.

No Bias

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.

Transparency

“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.

Structured Approach

We take structured approach for task, which is focused over the desired outcome. This sets us apart from other competitors.

Low Cost and Quick

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.

Know Business Culture

Knowing the local business culture sets us apart and we can propose the pragmatic and quick solution to customer’s issues.

Knowledge & Skill

Working with overseas customers and mature industries like automotive, we have gained the right knowledge and skills to deal with the problems.

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