The question this service answers is narrow: which candidate suppliers match the criteria you set for a product, according to what public sources show. You receive a shortlist, a comparison matrix and a source log, so the people deciding can see where each statement came from. It is desk research. It does not place an order, negotiate or ship anything.
A sourcing search can end in a long list of links that nobody can compare, because each entry was captured with different questions in mind. The work here runs the other way round: the criteria are agreed first, every candidate is screened against the same ones, and the output is short enough to act on. A candidate that fails a must-have is dropped.
A shortlist means candidates that match your criteria in the sources we reviewed. It is not a recommendation of any company, and it is not a claim that the market has been covered in full.
Product description or specification, target market and order size, must-have and nice-to-have criteria, countries to include or exclude, and what you already know.
A wider longlist is built from public sources and screened against the must-haves.
Shortlisted candidates are profiled and set side by side on the agreed criteria, each statement labelled verified fact, inference, unavailable or client-provided.
The shortlist, matrix, source log, a list of what could not be established and a methodology and limitations note.
The weight sits on specification fit and minimum order size. The matrix keeps a column for what the supplier states about customisation. A statement read only in the supplier's own published material is described as the company's own statement and carries the class unavailable until an independent source confirms it; what you supplied is client-provided.
Here what is already known matters most: the incumbent's specification, the volumes bought and the reason for leaving. The search looks for like-for-like alternatives and keeps the incumbent's stated terms as a reference row, not as a target.
Technical fit and the certificates a supplier says it holds drive the screen. Each certificate named on a supplier's own site is described as the company's own statement and carries the class unavailable until an independent source confirms it, because a claim on a website is not the same as a held certificate.
For a search, sources are read in this order, because each one tests the one before it.
Where a registry record is public, it shows whether the named entity exists and what it is registered as. This is the baseline; everything else is compared against it.
The supplier's website, catalogues and listings show what it says it makes and sells. Mismatches between the record and the website are listed.
Directories, trade-fair exhibitor lists and press mentions add footprint. A listing is evidence of presence, not of quality.
What you supplied is read last and labelled client-provided. Where a criterion cannot be established from the sources reviewed, the cell says unavailable.
Research reports what can be established from public and provided sources. It is not a guarantee about a counterparty's future conduct and not legal advice.
No. We match candidates to the criteria you set, from the sources reviewed, and show the comparison. Which one to approach is your decision.
No. The service is desk research on public sources and material you provide; negotiating with or paying a supplier is outside it.
Then it is short. It reports candidates that match your criteria in the sources reviewed, and relaxing a criterion is your decision.
No. Shipping is a separate LATYNEX service.
No obligation. We read your request and reply with a straight answer.
Tell us what you need to find out and by when. We confirm scope before any work starts.
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