India Sourcing Office-as-a-Service
A professional industrial sourcing capability on the ground in India.
IICG acts as an extension of your procurement and supplier-operations organisation in India: from market mapping and RFQ to supplier qualification, industrialisation and ongoing performance management.
The choice most manufacturers face
Four familiar ways to source from India, and another.
A manufacturer that wants India in its supply base usually weighs four options. Each has a place. None gives you an industrial sourcing capability on the ground without building one.
Why India
The economics are real. The value depends on execution.
Global value chains are being redrawn. Cost and efficiency still matter, but resilience, adaptability, compliance and sourcing diversification now weigh as heavily. India’s manufacturing depth and competitive economics make it a serious part of that picture.
But the value of India sourcing depends on finding the right capability, validating it correctly and managing industrialisation rigorously. That second half is where most programmes succeed or fail, and it is where we work.
What the office does
The full sourcing lifecycle, run on the ground.
An illustrative programme: 64 candidate suppliers traced through every gate to a primary and a second source. Point at any thread to see the supplier and why it stayed or dropped out.
All 18 operations, as a routing sheet Op 10 to Op 180
| Op | Operation | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Market | ||
| Op 10 | Demand & specification | Requirements, drawings, volumes and standards agreed |
| Op 20 | Supply-market intelligence | Market structure, capacity and cost drivers mapped |
| Op 30 | Category-country assessment | Where each category should be sourced, and why |
| Op 40 | Supplier identification | A long list built beyond the usual names |
| Qualify & compete | ||
| Op 50 | Preliminary qualification | Short list screened on capability, capacity and risk |
| Op 60 | RFQ | A complete, comparable RFQ package issued |
| Op 70 | Quotation normalisation | Quotes made like-for-like |
| Op 80 | Should-cost & TCO | What each part should cost, landed at your plant |
| Op 90 | Capability assessment | Process, quality system and capacity verified on site |
| Op 100 | Technical-commercial evaluation | Cost, capability and risk weighed together |
| Op 110 | Negotiation | Evidence-based negotiation with competitive tension |
| Award | ||
| Op 120 | Sampling & prototypes | Samples built, measured and assessed |
| Op 130 | Nomination | Supplier nominated on agreed commercial terms |
| Industrialise | ||
| Op 140 | Tooling | Tooling designed, built, tried out and correctly owned |
| Op 150 | Industrialisation | Process, capacity and logistics made production-ready |
| Op 160 | APQP / PPAP, where relevant | Quality planning and part approval completed |
| Op 170 | Production readiness | Run-at-rate and launch readiness confirmed |
| Perform | ||
| Op 180 | Supplier performance management | Cost, quality and delivery managed over time |
How it runs
An extension of your organisation, not an intermediary.
One accountable lead
A named engagement lead who knows your procurement process and the Indian supply base, and answers for the whole programme.
Category specialists on call
Sheet metal, forging, casting, machining, electrical and tooling specialists brought in as each category requires.
Your standards, applied locally
Your specifications, quality requirements, approval process and governance, applied on the ground.
Presence where it matters
Supplier visits, capability audits, sample reviews and escalations handled in person.
Transparent reporting
Progress, cost and risk reported on an agreed cadence, in the format your organisation already uses.
Scales with you
From a single category search to a standing sourcing office.
Categories
Where our specialists can take you.
We take on categories where an IICG specialist can assess suppliers at process level. For anything else, we will say so.
Considering India for part of your supply base?
Tell us the categories, volumes and timing. We will outline how we would map, qualify and industrialise the right suppliers.
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