Search and selection of high-quality cut & sew providers in Emerging Europe

In 2023, the FRD Center was hired by an important global lifestyle company to assist them with the New Suppliers Search and Selection in the high quality cut & sewing sector in Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia.

The first step was to agree with the Client the most important requirements for the target-companies, as well as the main selection criteria.

Some of the relevant product types were textile garments, seat covers, automotive interiors, products with high value fabric.

Some of the capabilities the players had to prove – when interviewed by the FRD Center in the Second Stage – were:

– usage of laser cutting machines for fabric and leather

– usage of machines like multilayers knife cutting machine, sometime branded like Lectra

– usage of semi-automatic stitching / sewing machines

Search and selection of high-quality cut & sew providers in Emerging Europe

Our structured procedure and detailed approach to the Decision Makers in the selected local targets, enabled the Client to have access to well-selected relevant players in the four markets, namely:

1 – Bulgaria: 22 local players

2 – North Macedonia: 22 local players

3 – Romania: 30 local players

4 – Serbia: 35 local players

Search and selection of high-quality cut & sew providers in Emerging Europe

For more details on the New Suppliers Search and Selection process and methodology used by the FRD Center team and local partners under the FRD Center management please consult the FRD Center presentation at the link https://www.frdcenter.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FRD-Center-New-Suppliers-Search-and-Selection-services-Presentation.pdf

Are you looking for manufacturing partners and new suppliers in Romania and Eastern Europe? Perhaps the FRD Center team can be of assistance to you. Email us at europa@frdcenter.ro with your own requirements for local new suppliers and strategic partners for outsourcing your manufacturing.

The Client for this New Suppliers Search and Selection in the high quality cut & sewing sector received a longlist of target-companies for each of the four markets and selected the most suitable ones for the 2nd stage of the process.
Based on the shortlists provided by the Client, FRD Center and the respective local consultants checked for potential issues, legal and reputation problems: background check and reputation check of the shortlisted local targets from public sources and from FRD Center’s / the local consultants’ networks of contact. We inform the Client about the issues found and, if required by the Client, we eliminate from the short-list those players that return problematic results following this research.
Search and selection of high-quality cut & sew providers in Emerging Europe
For the next steps in the process consult the presentation at https://www.frdcenter.ro/new-suppliers-search-and-selection-in-romania-and-emerging-europe/
For some examples of the companies we have identified and selected, consult the link: https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2024/02/how-to-find-new-reliable-high-quality.html