Sourcing Guides
Step-by-step guidance to help global buyers evaluate suppliers, verify sourcing evidence, and make more informed procurement decisions.
How to Verify Supplier Export Records with Customs Data
Learn how to identify the correct exporter, review shipment patterns, compare products and destination markets, and interpret the limitations of customs data.
How to Verify Chinese Suppliers: A Practical Guide for Global Buyers
Learn how to verify a supplier’s legal identity, factory relationship, product capability, compliance evidence, export activity, and payment details before placing an order.
How to Verify a Chinese Supplier’s Production Capacity and Lead-Time Claims Before Placing an Order
A supplier's stated monthly capacity or lead time is not the same as confirmed capacity available for your order. Learn how to review production lines, equipment, workforce, current workload, factory evidence, audit reports, export activity and pilot-order results—and identify what still needs verification before placing a bulk order.
How to Write an RFQ That Makes Supplier Quotes Comparable
Learn how to structure an RFQ so suppliers quote the same product scope, quantity, commercial terms, delivery basis, quality requirements, and exceptions—making supplier quotations easier to compare.
How to Compare Chinese Suppliers Before You Shortlist Them
Learn how to compare Chinese suppliers on product fit, commercial terms, capability, evidence, and risk before deciding which candidates deserve a place on your shortlist.
Need to verify a specific supplier?
Use SourcingX to review company information, supplier status, export activity, and unresolved evidence before moving forward.
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