Are you struggling to find the exact specialty steel or copper alloy you need for your new product development or performance improvement? Or perhaps you’re looking to diversify your metal suppliers?
Sourcing niche materials can be time-consuming and challenging. Even if you find a source, Minimum Order Quantities (MOQ), size, shape may not align with your project. We specialize in streamlining this process by handling the complexities of supplier development and customized supply chain creation.
Let us take care of the tedious aspects of procuring niche metal materials, allowing you to focus on what matters most: innovation.
There are 4 challenges for developing new metal material / component supply chains.
Finding manufacturers for niche metal materials (niche means not only steel grade or copper alloy types but also special shapes and sizes etc.) can be extremely challenging. Steel mills may produce steel grades not listed in their product catalogs, or vice versa. Additionally, minimum order quantities may be too high for many projects.
Even if it is implicit with current suppliers, criteria and expectations must be communicated and met with new suppliers regarding QCD (quality, cost, and delivery). With new suppliers, there’s a higher risk of misunderstandings, as what may seem obvious to your company might not be standard practice for the new suppliers. This can lead to unexpected quality issues.
Import regulations, tariffs, and legal requirements must be clarified. Oversea trade requires financial risks that limits your cash flow.
Coordinating logistics and pre-processing for in-house use are operational preparation for actual installation. In addition, when doing business with overseas companies, it is necessary to prepare documents for imports and exports, as well as for smooth customs clearance.
By working with Enserve, you can reduce the risk of failure for new supply chain development. Then you can focus on other important issues.
We specialize in sourcing hard-to-find metal materials on your behalf. By carefully considering the specifications, its intended use, and the required quantity, we can identify the most suitable suppliers worldwide. We can also adjust the priority of manufacturing partners based on your specific requirements. With our services, you can save time and focus on your core business / tasks.
We first help listening to or even bouncing ideas off the wall to clarify your criteria and hidden needs for QCD. Based on your QCD expectations, we offer supply chain proposals to satisfy your quality, cost, delivery expectations. To ensure quality, we often arrange a third party inspection as well. You can leave us everything from initial prototyping phase to commercial deliveries.
We assist legal aspects such as import regulations and tariffs to ensure smooth and compliant deliveries. We also explore trade finance options to streamline your cash flow.
We have more than 50 years of international trade to prepare logistics and operation such as pre-processing and packing to ensure peace in mind deliveries.
Enserve is a professional vendor in Tokyo specialized in Metals (Special Steel, Stainless, Copper Alloy) x Manufacturing (Industrial, Medical, Marine Petroleum). We establish tailor-made Supply Chain from all over the world to find your procurement solutions in the following areas.
We have a case study how we carefully assist our customer for stable supply chain without sacrificing quality.
