Our Services
We believe that superior service leads to superior success.
Third Party Audits & Inspections:
Anoosha Sourcing Ltd. have a fully independent, dedicated third-party Audits & Inspections farm,
providing Audits & Quality Inspections for buyers and importers in Asia and European countries on-site on behalf of our customers.
At this moment, our expertise covers a large scale of textile products as well as other products exported from Bangladesh. Our quality inspections are performed according to the international standard for quality control, which is followed by ISO ANSI ASQC Z1.4 – ISO 2859 – MIL STD 105E.
Our mission is to provide them with authentic, natural, and accurate information on their production and order based on on-site observation.
We are able to send an inspector anywhere in Bangladesh to your factory within 48H and return to you an inspection report within 24H. Our dedicated team will become a part of your team. It will work closely with you to provide properly defined projects, including specific goals, milestones, agendas, status reports and action items to ensure you have the tools at your fingertips to make the decisions you need for your Company.
At AAS, we provide comprehensive on-site audits and documentation reviews to ensure traceability, social responsibility, chemical compliance, environmental sustainability, and animal welfare.
Our extensive range of Inspection areas is below.
SOFT GOODS:
- All types of Ready-made garments
- Fabrics
- Garment accessories
- Home textiles
- Footwear & leather products
- Luggage, bags & cases
- Caps & head-wear
HARD GOODS:
- Seagrass basket, Handicraft, etc items
- Sports & entertainment products
- Fashion jewelry & accessories.
- All types of plastic items
- Furniture & furnishings
- Porcelain & ceramics
- ll types of Jute items
- Household utensils
- Seasonal products
- Toys & gifts
- Stationery
INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS & AGRICULTURE
- Loading supervision only
- All types of sea fish items
- Canned food
- Fresh food
- Food ingredients
Inspection content: Below are listed the different steps followed by our inspector when inspecting your goods during the Inspection:
1/ Quantity: Quantity of finished, semi-finished and packed products, Quantity of cartons.
2/ Outlook, Styling, Color, measurement, Weight and fabric content.
3/List of workmanship defects, rate of defects found, and severity of defects.
4/ Some common functional tests of the products, Special tests required by our clients.
5/ Packing & Packaging, Appearance, Material, Dimension, Weight, Sealing materials
6/ Marking and Labeling, Stickers, Logo, Bar code, shipping mark.
Booking system prior inspection: Upon receiving the confirmed booking 48H before your inspection, provide all details of the products, such as style details, logo description, packing details, etc. Our inspector will be on-site from 9 AM to 6 PM, including a 1-hour lunch break, and will check your products most efficiently to find out the defects and provide our client with the report consistency.
Inspection Fees and Charges: The charges on a daily basis and products to products are not the same. Basically, on average, USD $195 per person-day will come. Extra options available beside this service: Paper report: + US$ 25, Extra report: + US$ 25. Free of charge:
Benefits & Advantages: Make sure your goods conform to your specifications and expectations, evaluate the quality of your product and the reliability of your supplier, and get the possibility to reject your shipment in case of a high defect rate found out by our inspector. Help save your valuable money by recruiting expert inspectors from AAS directly on-site to control the quality of your product. Avoid getting bitter surprises when opening the container at the destination port.
Our extensive range of Audit areas is below.
Factory Audit:
Factory Audit (FA): A Simple Factory Audit (SFA) should be performed before placing an order with a new vendor, and it only takes one day. The Simple Factory Audit in Bangladesh is done at your potential manufacturer’s premises or anywhere in Bangladesh. This audit is a routine audit to check the factory status, which should be done every year.
Procedure: When a new order is going to be placed into a factory which was not listed or the factory status is unknown to the client, then the client can book an SFA through the AAS website. AAS will allocate the auditor immediately upon receiving a confirmed audit order from the client.
Audit content: The listed steps will be followed by our auditor when auditing your factory:
- Factory location, area, and factory building condition with layout approval.
- All legal documents check for validity.
- Factory worker quantity, production process, management system.
- Annual turnover, other client lists.
- Produced item, production capacity, monitoring and condition.
- Import and export license check etc.
Booking System prior to inspection: Upon receiving a confirmed booking 48H before the audit, by providing supplier details, our auditor will be on site on the appointed day and will audit your factory in the most efficient way to give a clear concept of the factory.
Audit Fees and Charges: Pricing is established on the factory with less than 500 workers, which is US$ 400, all-inclusive. Extra options available beside this service: Paper report: + US$ 25, Extra report: + US$ 25.
Benefits & Advantages: A simple Factory Audit service allows clients to:
- Know about the factory where the client’s valuable order will be placed.
- Make sure goods are suitable to produce in this factory.
- Avoid delay and extra cost due to lack of legal documents.
- Check the quality of your product and the reliability of your supplier.
- Know about factory organogram.
Factory Quality Audit:
Factory Quality Audit (FQA): In case an exhaustive audit is not required, but when a quick, fast, efficient supplier evaluation providing an overview at an affordable price is needed. This process happens mainly before placing an order during the sourcing operation. It allows you to verify, evaluate and qualify a vendor before involving money. This service is offered at the manufacturer’s premises.
Procedure: AAS will allocate an auditor immediately upon receiving a confirmed audit order from the client.
Audit Fees and Charges: Pricing is established on the factory with less than 500 workers, which is US$ 400, all-inclusive. Extra options available beside this service: Paper report: + US$ 25, Extra report: + US$ 25.
Benefits & Advantages: A Factory Quality Audit service allows clients to:
- Know about the quality status of the site where the client’s valuable order will be placed.
- Early detect production discrepancies and mistakes.
- Know what percentage of defects affects your production.
- Implement the necessary corrective actions before it is too late!
- Bargain with your vendor in case of quality issues
- Avoid unexpected costs & delays.
- Keep pressure on your vendor’s shoulders.
- Show your client(s) you care.
- Save time and secure your business!
Social Audit (SA):
Social Audit (SA): Nowadays, in the global economy, social responsibility has become one of the top priorities of traders, importers, and retailers, even though factories are reaching the highest level of production. AAS offers to perform a social audit in Bangladesh in order to verify whether suppliers meet the required social compliance standards according to SA 8000 international standards. Assessing your supplier with SA 8000 SA will help to protect the retailer’s reputation. Before involving money, confirm and qualify your supplier whether they are socially accountable or not. This service is offered at the manufacturer’s premises.
Procedure: AAS will allocate an auditor immediately upon receiving a confirmed audit order from the client.
Audit Fees and Charges: Pricing is established on the factory with less than 500 workers, which is US$ 400, all-inclusive. Extra options available beside this service: Paper report: + US$ 25, Extra report: + US$ 25.
Benefits & Advantages: A social audit service allows clients to learn about the status of factories.
- Child Labor,
- Forced Labor,
- Health and Safety,
- Discrimination,
- Wage Range,
- Working Hours,
- Living Environment,
- Social Benefits.
Sourcing & Merchandising
AAS has a dedicated sourcing team that coordinates with merchandisers to source any type of fabrics, embellishments, accessories, etc., from domestic or global sources to meet our client’s requirements or to help our clients understand the widest variety of items by utilizing our multi-sourcing network. We have a dedicated merchandising team for each client or brand & the team works closely with our clients from sourcing, price negotiation, order placement, and order fulfilment to shipping.
Our team tracks with complete transparency through all steps of the production process, promoting ethical business practices and offering sustainable solutions for sourcing, manufacturing, and shipping.
No matter how general or specific your fabric or required accessories may be, our team of experts can help you source the perfect fabric and accessories for your product.
Design & Product Development
We have a separate design department that offers design projects. The designers create designs according to customer requirements and develop new designs in line with current market trends to offer to customers.
Our design and product development team stays abreast of the latest fashion trends, techniques, and innovations. It passes this knowledge on to our customers.
Our team analyzes international fashion forecasts and creates mood boards to predict upcoming trends and anticipate them for quick sourcing. We are also very active in finding solutions and alternatives to lower the price offered while maintaining the desired look.
We conduct thorough trend forecasting and market analysis, quickly translate customer requests into designs, offer sustainable product and fabric options, and ensure product development and customization.
Production & Quality Assurance
AAS Sourcing, a premier apparel sourcing company in Bangladesh, promises to deliver the product at a competitive price, with the right quality, and at the right time. We monitor and conduct inspections at various stages to maintain and ensure the quality of the products as per our customer’s AQL level and quality standards. Based on the quality standards of our customers, we create a separate quality manual and SOP for strict follow-up.
A qualified team oversees all stages of the manufacturing process, from sourcing raw materials to production, finishing, and packaging, ensuring transparency between manufacturers and customers.
To deliver products of the right quality, we focus on two key areas: prevention and control. Prevention falls under the responsibility of our Quality Assurance (QA) team, while the control aspect is managed by our Quality Control (QC) team.
Our Quality Control (QC) team regularly performs the following activities to maintain the quality standard.
- Bulk Fabric, Trims & Accessories Inspections
- Pre-production meeting
- End-Line Inspection
- Pre-Final Inspection
- Final Inspection
AAS has a dedicated QA representative for each partner factory to ensure quality and product service according to customer requirements.
Cost Re-engineering Support
We select the most suitable factory to fulfil the customer’s products and quality, keeping cost in mind. We always offer our customers a DTC (Design to Cost) proposal if the styling expected by the customer does not meet the targeted FOB price. Without major styling changes, our product development team offers DTC to achieve the expected target prices.
As part of the re-engineering process, our Industrial Engineering Team always analyzes SMV, productivity, efficiency, and production layout to get better value from production.
Audits & Compliance Support
Our production network is based on compliance, and we guarantee our customers that their goods are produced in factories where workers’ rights are respected.
We have our own Compliance Department that constantly evaluates the factories and provides them with mandatory follow-up improvements ( CAP). We constantly strive to improve the working conditions, safety, and benefits of the workers. This is made possible by a long-term partnership with our clients and manufacturers.
Our partners follow international standards and codes of conduct, such as BSCI, Accord, Alliance, Wrap, ICS, SEDEX, GOTS, OCS, RCS, etc., and update certifications regularly based on our customers’ needs.
Our team regularly monitors and audits supply chains as per set standards and promotes & safeguards ethical practices.
Shipping & Logistics Support
“AAS” can provide a one-stop service for logistics from the factory to our customer’s warehouse. We have carefully selected a world-class freight forwarder, and C&F can provide you with this unique door-to-door logistics service.
It goes without saying that “AAS” is also happy to work with any freight forwarder and C&F agent selected by the customer. Our logistics staff will work closely with both the forwarder and the factory to ensure that the goods are delivered without any problems.
Our logistics staff will also ensure that all export documents, such as commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, and certificates of origin, are forwarded from factories to the customer in a timely manner.
Let our team of experts make sure your products get from the factory to your company or warehouse. We offer the following specific services to our customers.
•Free on board (FOB)
•Cost Insurance and Freight (CIF)
•Landed Customs cleared (LDP)
•The Customs clearance and forwarding.
