This is how I look for a potential suuplier

1. WELCOME TO SUPPLIER
SOURCING

2. WHAT IS SUPPLIER SOURCING?
2.Finding eligible manufacturers/traders.
3. Ensuring Profitability of the Product.
Finding the best offer.
1.

3. STEP BY STEP OVERVIEW ON
HOW YOU CAN COMMUNICATE
WITH THE SUPPLIERS.

4. LET'S GET FAMILIARIZE
WITH INCOTERMS
MOQ EXW
FOB DDP
Minimum Order Quantity Ex Works
Free On Board Delivered Duty Paid

5. Let's now proceed with the
process of finding our supplier.

6. Step 1: Supplier Search
Look for a Supplier using Alibaba.com
or Alibaba Express,

7. Using the Alibaba Search bar, search for your product. Make sure to click the Trade
Assurance and Verified Supplier.

8. Step 2. Supplier Contacting
Once you found the supplier that can supply
your porduct, you can start communicating
with them.

9. 2 ways to communicate
with Supplier

10. First, by using the Contact
Supplier or Chat now.
Using this, you can send a message to your supplier
and inquire with the cost. You can also attach a file
if you want to send them a template for the
informations that you need.

11. 2. Submit RFQ
By submitting RFQ, you dont need to manually send a message to different suppliers. They
will automatically send you a message and you will find the messages in the chat box.

12. For RFQ, make sure to fill up the information needed to make sure that
only suppliers from relevant product will send you a quotation.

13. 3rd Step: Final Step
Supplier Compilaton

14. Important:
Gather as many supplier as you can.
Choose your 5 best suppliers.
From your top 5 suppliers, choose who will be
your Primary supplier and Secondary supplier.

15. Template
It is important to use a template when searching for suppliers. Using
a template, you can easily compare the data, you can easily choose
who will be the best suppliers provided the data that you gathered
from them.
Using a template, you can also easily determine if the product will
still be profitable.

16. Here is my sample template used for Supplier
Sourcing

19. GREAT JOB!
We found our supplier!

20. Thank
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