QUALITY FACILITIES JUST TO CARE YOUR DESIGN
Sourcing
Right supply base is the main strength of fashion retail industry who executes the brands’ vision and give life to the products. A collaborative union of a brand and a vendor can do wonders in this industry. Our sourcing concept leads to the right suppliers for you for your brands safety. We optimize the supply chain so that our customers can focus on meeting the end consumer’s needs. This includes all aspects of design, sourcing, manufacturing, warehousing and shipping. Oakland (BD) Sourcing provides an all-encompassing level of support to international brands to deliver high-quality new and existing products to market quickly, cost-effectively and to the highest ethical and technical standards. Our multinational reach and local presence allow adherence to the strictest quality assurance testing through factory evaluations, on-site production monitoring and inspection and lab testing as per requirement.
Every Factory we deal with is evaluated for capacity and capability and environmental control and adherence to labour laws. We help to source the best manufacturer who has the capabilities to ensure everything what is required for a valued brand in this modern world. We believe in sourcing best quality fabrics, trims and other materials to minimize rejections and ensuring smooth production runs. Oakland (BD) Sourcing acts as your partner with ownership to manage the supply base.
Design and Development
Oakland (BD) Sourcing talented product development teams offer exceptional product development and design services customised to retailers’ requirements; they understand how to convert fashion trends into commercially desirable product. Markets shift rapidly, but our extensive sourcing network and innovative team ensure we have the right mix of directional pieces and fashion essentials. We can proactively tell you what you need to have in your range to enhance your current offer.
Merchandising
Our team manage the lifecycle of each garment, directing our supply base to accurately deliver product on time and to the required standard. A wealth of experience in production ensures that critical paths are closely monitored, maintained and solutions to any challenges are quickly identified and resolved. Each account has a team dedicated to it with a representative always available to provide real time updates or options on future developments. Our team is passionate about product and they take care from development to end process to ensure customers satisfaction.
Quality and Operation
Oakland (BD) Sourcing is lucky have a partner like our Head of Quality and Operation Director who has more than 25 years works experience among many Asian countries like Philippine, China, Pakistan, Malaysia and Bangladesh for the world best brands for every market in the world. He is applying his vast experience here for our existing customers successfully together with entire team with the method Right the First Time (RFT). The team ensure consistent quality of production processes and analyzing data regularly to control the smooth operation. We make sure our understanding about customer needs and requirements for the products and quality standard, devising and reviewing specifications for each styles. Ensure adherence to health and safety guidelines as well as legal obligations. Inspect final output and compare properties to requirements, approve the right products or reject defectives, solicit feedback from customers to assess whether their requirements are met or not.
Our Operation team monitor from cutting, through stitching all the way to final packing. Our Technical team are on-hand to monitor fits, workmanship, specs to ensure only the highest quality goods are produced. With strict QC checks and in house laboratory, in addition to our factories own QC procedures, quality control is our top priority. Transparency of procedure is one of our core principles and the Head of the Department train and evaluate staff as well as manage the log of quality reports and other quality documentation and control production considering priority of shipment. They also investigate customers’ needs and develop a strategy for meeting those needs
Compliance and Ethics
To uphold the reputation of our customers, business partners and our organization by ensuring ethics, integrity and technical expertise are uncompromisingly practiced in our audit processes. Oakland (BD) Sourcing is a professionally managed organization and our corporate philosophy envisages attainment of the highest levels of Integrity, Accountability, Performance, Ethical Behavior and Equity in all facets of our Operations. We believe that the practice of each of these elements will create the right corporate culture, empower our employees and ensure sustainability of our operations keeping in line with these principles. Our people are key to our success and their wellbeing is always at the forefront of our thinking.
We have a global outlook on our customers’ needs and objectives, so we follow a zero tolerance compliance policy.
Corporate Social Responsibilities
Oakland (BD) Sourcing incorporates Corporate Social Responsibility policies and practices that contribute to our social responsibilities. Few methods that we include for our employees’ wellbeing are as follows:
- Complimentary Meal: We love to provide free healthy food at office for everybody.
- Health Insurance: We ensured health insurance policies for every member of the company.
- Motivational Bonuses: We provide our employees with a bonus for their punctuality, efficiency, and loyalty that they possess for the company.
- Festival Bonuses: These bonuses are provided in the times of festivities to our every employees.
- Flood Relief- We understand the effects of floods in our country. In these devastating times, even a little help can make a lot of difference. We distribute dry food to make people’s lives easier.
- Livelihood Aid- Poor people require help to process and continue their livelihood. For people that require help, we provide them with livestock and financial help.
- Winter Aid- During cold and rough winters we distribute warm clothes.
- Response During Pandemic- We come forward with Face Masks, Sanitizer and financial help for the rural people with our capabilities during this Covid-19 pandemic period.
Shipping and Logistics
Our in house shipping and logistics team allows to efficiently process and manage the delivery and logistical needs of our clients orders as per customs requirements for different and individual destinations. A specialist member of our team is on hand to process payments, arrange and update shipping documentation, negotiate with freight forwarders on your behalf and deliver on any special arrangements that are required with a Oakland (BD) Sourcing representative on hand to update you in real time.