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Factory-direct supply, on your schedule
Connectors, terminal blocks, inductors, capacitors, MOSFETs, PCBs, cable harnesses, thermal adhesives and parts to drawing, bought directly from factories we qualify. Deliveries follow your production plan, each lot is inspected before handover, and one partner stays with the programme.
Factory-direct supply means buying a repeat part straight from the factory that makes it, on a schedule, through a partner who qualifies the factory and stays with each lot. Wizea's Shenzhen team qualifies factories in China and Asia, follows production in Mandarin and inspects each lot before handover; our Hong Kong company contracts and invoices.
The same part, on schedule, for years
Industrial parts run for years, so we plan supply for the long run: set up once, kept running from first builds to volume production.
Qualification and samples
The factory approved on documents, samples and an audit visit before the first order.
First-article approval
The first article checked against your drawing; series production starts after your written approval.
Quality documents
Material, RoHS and REACH declarations, certificates of conformance and first-article records, set up as your programme requires.
Capacity check
Capacity checked against your annual quantity before award, and reviewed when your forecast changes.
Scheduled call-offs
Delivery dates agreed against your forecast; lots released on that schedule.
Production follow-up
Followed in Mandarin by our Shenzhen team, with milestone updates to you.
Pre-shipment inspection
Each lot checked against the approved sample before handover.
Price reviews
Reviewed with you on an agreed cadence, with the reasons for any change in writing.
Second factory
An alternative factory qualified when you want a second source.
Consolidation
Programme lots shipped with your other lines: one invoice, one shipment.
- Month 1Qualification: documents, samples, audit visit
- Month 2First article approved in writing
- Month 3Lot 1 released, inspected, handed over
- Month 4Lot 2
- Month 5Lot 3
- Month 6Lot 4 · forecast review
- Month 7Lot 5
- Month 8Lot 6
- Month 9Lot 7 · price review on the agreed date
- Month 10Lot 8
- Month 11Lot 9
- Month 12Lot 10 · forecast review
We work alongside your procurement team, not instead of it. Large manufacturers with experienced procurement teams, some with buyers in Asia, use us to add factories to their approved base and to open new options on parts they already buy.
Planned for the long run
Holiday windows
Production planned around Chinese New Year and other holiday windows, with forecast reviews agreed with you.
Change notification (PCN)
Changes to material, process or factory notified in advance and made only after your written approval.
Split deliveries
One programme can be delivered to two contract assemblers, each with its own packing list and documents. Each delivery is labelled and traceable to its production lot.
What we check before approval
Business licence, quality system, capacity and process, then samples and the first article against your drawing.
Recent work, described by sector
Many of our customers reorder with us year after year.
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Lighting manufacturer
Connectors and terminal blocks bought factory-direct, with repeat orders.
Latin America
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Automotive-electronics supplier
Bare PCBs supplied to its two contract assemblers, in two countries.
Lighting, automotive electronics, EMS, machinery and electronics manufacturing.
Component families and parts to drawing
Passives
Electrolytic and film capacitors, resistors, crystals
Connectors and terminal blocks
Board-to-board, wire-to-board, pluggable; PCB terminal blocks to your footprint and ratings
Discrete semiconductors
MOSFETs, diodes and IGBTs
Magnetics
Inductors, transformers, chokes and current sensors built to specification
Printed circuit boards
Rigid, multilayer, metal-core (bare boards)
Cable and wire harnesses
Wire harnesses, jumpers, overmoulded cables
Parts to drawing
Plastic, metal, rubber and machined parts: moulding, stamping, die casting, CNC
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Thermal materials
Thermal adhesives to your specification
Four checks before your first order
Each check is completed before the first series order.
- 1
Registry and scope
The business licence is checked against the public registry.
Credit code, registered name and business scope compared with what the factory told you.
- 2
Plant and process
The claimed plant and process are matched to your drawing.
Line photos or video of your type of part, an audit visit when the programme needs it, subcontracted processes named.
- 3
Certificates
Certificates are looked up at the body that issued them.
The scope must cover your process; the body's accreditation is checked too.
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Sample and first article
Samples come from the line that will run your order.
Checked against your drawing, with independent laboratory tests where the specification requires them; one sealed sample at the factory, one with us.
Developing a new or alternative manufacturer
For a new part or a second source, we find the factory, qualify it, and then run it as a programme.
Wizea stays your single contracting party for the programme: one contract, one invoice, and quality and claims handled by us. Buyers who need their own factory relationship can commission sourcing and qualification as a separately agreed project, in writing.
- FindMap the factories that run your process: region, equipment, certification, export record.
- CompareOne specification and one quantity ladder to each candidate, so the answers come back comparable.
- QualifyDocuments, an audit visit and a capability review.
- Tool and sampleTooling cost and ownership agreed in writing; samples from the production line, checked against your drawing.
- First articleChecked against each dimension and requirement before series production.
- Follow productionFollowed in Mandarin, with in-factory inspections where agreed and a pre-release inspection.
The same method, beyond components
The same method, applied to what your plant runs on.
| Category | What you receive |
|---|---|
| Raw materials | Copper, aluminium, resins and technical consumables, with material certificates |
| Machinery and equipment | Technical comparison, factory acceptance support, export documents |
| Tooling and spare parts | Wear and spare parts for installed machinery, made to drawing when the original is discontinued |
Represented manufacturers
Wizea represents a small number of Asian manufacturers under written agreements, in connectors and terminal blocks, magnetics, cable assemblies, printed circuit boards and custom industrial parts. A represented line is quoted like any other, with "manufacturer" as its source, and inspected in Shenzhen like any other. The named line card is available to qualified buyers under NDA.
Who is the factory?
For a quotation you get the kind of source, the country of origin and the certifications. At qualification you receive the factory's identity, qualification summary and certificates under NDA, and the qualified part is then supplied through us for the programme. Drawings travel with our title block; your company is named to the factory only if you decide so.
Questions about factory-direct supply
Can you supply the same part on a delivery schedule?
Yes. That is a factory-direct programme: factory qualified, schedule agreed against your forecast, capacity checked, each lot inspected in Shenzhen and handed over on the planned dates. Changes only after your written approval.
How are programme prices handled?
Prices are quoted line by line and reviewed with you on an agreed cadence; the reasons for any change are given in writing before it applies.
How do I find a reliable manufacturer in China for electronic components?
Start from the part, not the platform: define specification, quantity and certifications, find manufacturers whose business scope and equipment match, and confirm with documents and samples before any deposit. That is our Shenzhen team's work before the first order.
Can you develop a second source for a part we already buy?
Yes. We send your specification to qualified candidates, compare the answers line by line and take the chosen factory through samples and first article before it supplies your series.
Plan your factory-direct programme
Send the drawing or specification with annual quantity, delivery rhythm, required certifications and target start date. Any format.