OUR SERVICES
At Glowstar Global Sourcing we offer a diverse range of sourcing and compliance services to our customers and are happy to customise our service offering to accommodate your needs and commercial requirements.
PRODUCT SERVICES
PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT
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Concept Development
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Product Design
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Graphic Design
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Sample Management
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Sample Approval and Governance
FACTORY SOURCING & COSTING
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Match factory capability & audit status to the client
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Sourcing lowest cost within agreed guidelines and requirements
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Managing the program tender process
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
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Order confirmation to factory
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Facilitate factory scheduling & production space
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Track Shipment & Risk Mitigation
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Delivery Tracker
SOURCING ADMINISTRATION
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Product code registration & maintenance
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Order creation & maintenance
SUPPLYCHAIN
SERVICES
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Freight consolidation services
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Customs clearance & inland transport services
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Containerisation services
QUALITY ASSURANCE & CONTROL
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Product tech packs and specification documentation
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Quality governance (retailer and country specific mandatory standards)
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In house quality assurance services (measurements, colour shading, functionality & visual checks)
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In house & authorised third party quality control inspections (raw materials, inline, final random, full product and loading checks)
LOCAL WAREHOUSING SERVICES
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Local pick & pack facility
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Local inland freight
PACKAGING
SERVICES
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Packaging and layout design
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Shelf-ready packaging solutions
FACTORY COMPLIANCE SERVICES
ETHICAL SOURCING COMPLIANCE
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Creation and ongoing management of retailer's ES log
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Facilitate renewal of ES audit status of factories
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Onboarding new factories as required in line with retailer's ES policy
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Monthly reporting of factory status
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Reporting of critical non compliance when detected
TECHNICAL AUDIT COMPLIANCE
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Onboarding new factories as required in line with retailer's Technical audit policy
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Ongoing review and management of factory technical audit status
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Reporting of critical non compliance and incidents
SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES
SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE & TRACEABILITY
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Creation and ongoing management of standard operating procedures for more sustainable certified and trademarked materials
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More sustainable packaging development and sourcing
APCO MEMBERS ASSISTANCE
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Packaging material data collection
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Run assessments in PREP and PREP report (Clients account)
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Add ARL to pack
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS & MATERIALS
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Tracking, collection and processing of more sustainable material/packaging certification or trademark holder requirement traceability documentation.
MARKETING SERVICES
PLANOGRAMS & FLOW PLANS
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Product fit testing
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Product adjacency & flow
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Space productivity improvements (data dependent)
PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY
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Packaging photography
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Marketing collateral photography
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E-comm photography