Build production-ready supply chain capabilities in new markets as quickly as 90 days — without adding headcount, without capital expenditure, and without pulling your existing team off China.
Built for supply chain leaders who've moved past the question of whether to diversify and are focused on how to actually get it done. Most have made at least one serious attempt on their own and stalled — not for lack of commitment, but because executing in unfamiliar markets requires infrastructure your team was never built to provide.
Supply chain leaders aren't waiting for permission to diversify. They're waiting for a path that doesn't require building infrastructure they don't have bandwidth to build.
The strategy is rarely the problem. The problem is that executing in unfamiliar markets requires in-market relationships, supplier networks, quality oversight infrastructure, and operational bandwidth — none of which can be delegated to a team that was optimized for a single region over the last decade.
The team running your China supply chain is fully loaded managing what already exists. Diversification requires parallel capacity — not a reallocation of the same people.
Supplier networks, factory relationships, and QC processes built over a decade don't transfer to India or Vietnam. The knowledge base doesn't port — and China-based teams often view diversification as an existential threat to their own role, which makes them an unreliable resource for the task.
Qualifying suppliers in new markets from headquarters produces paper qualifications that don't reflect production reality. Consistent quality requires people on the ground.
Failed pilot programs create internal resistance that's hard to overcome — even when the case for diversification is stronger than ever. Past failure reframes the risk of trying again.
The fully-loaded cost of establishing a foreign office — legal entity, staffing, infrastructure, oversight — routinely exceeds its visible budget and takes 18–24 months to become operational.
In-market presence across five manufacturing regions — operational teams on the ground, not remote coordination from a regional hub.
A four-phase process that moves from market assessment to scalable supplier relationship — with your team maintaining full control and supplier ownership throughout.
A note on timelines. Day 90 represents an approved supplier with confirmed samples and lead times. A production-ready supplier — first full production run complete — is typically achieved at Day 120, reflecting a 30-day sampling cycle post-approval. Timelines vary by category complexity; scope is confirmed explicitly before any engagement begins.
We operate as an extension of your supply chain team — not a vendor relationship that requires dedicated internal management. Your team maintains strategic control and supplier ownership. We handle the operational layer in-market.
You don't need to establish a foreign legal entity, hire local employees, or build out office infrastructure. All in-market operations run through ABC's existing regional teams — fully operational from day one of engagement.
We build the new market in parallel — your existing China supply chain continues uninterrupted throughout the transition. Diversification doesn't require disrupting what's already working; it requires adding a second path alongside it.
In-market QC oversight — pre-production, in-process, pre-shipment — is built into every engagement. Not a third-party inspection service you coordinate separately. The same team managing the supplier relationship manages the quality process.
The 90-Day Execution Framework walks through the complete process — market selection, supplier qualification, first production, and ongoing management — at the category and geography level. It describes the sequence, the in-market activities at each stage, and the specific conditions that determine when to advance to the next phase.
This is the operational document behind every diversification engagement we run. Not a strategy template. The actual process.
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Twenty questions across four pillars — Visibility, Process, People, and Alignment. Complete the assessment and receive your benchmark score, an industry comparison, and a complimentary 30-minute review with one of our regional directors.
Twenty questions. Benchmark score across four pillars. Complimentary regional director review included.
Take the Assessment Prefer to talk first? Let's Talk →A working conversation — not a pitch. Bring your current sourcing setup and the markets you've been considering. We'll give you a realistic picture of what execution looks like for your specific situation — timelines, market fit, and where prior attempts typically ran into trouble.