Supplier Research
We research your product and market, then find and vet suitable factories.
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Global sourcing, managed from factory to shipment.
Glize helps businesses source products, manage suppliers, control quality, and coordinate imports from the Far East with less risk and less administration.
Your eyes and ears abroad.
- Vetted factories, not guesses
- Quotes compared in one format
- Inspections before goods ship
- One team from brief to delivery
On time · In full · As specified
Services
What Glize does for you
Product Development
Samples, certification, range building, branding, artwork and packaging.
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Procurement Support
A written brief, a tender to selected factories, and every quote compared in one format.
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Consolidation and Logistics
Orders packed safely, combined where it makes sense, and booked through trusted forwarders.
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Import Facilitation
Destination labelling, certificates and customs documents, with clearing arranged through partners.
View detailsHow it works
From requirement to shipment
- 1Understand
What you sell, to whom, at what quality and by when.
- 2Source
Suitable factories found, checked and asked to quote.
- 3Develop
Samples and specifications agreed before production.
- 4Inspect
Inline and pre-shipment checks, reports reviewed.
- 5Consolidate
Goods packed, labelled and documents prepared.
- 6Ship
Handed to your forwarder or ours, on time and in full.
Quality & compliance
Quality you can measure and control
Clear specifications, supplier communication, inspections, and documented checks help reduce uncertainty before goods leave the factory.
- Inline inspection
- Bulk inspection
- Factory coordination
- Product specifications
- Quality documentation
- Pre-shipment checks
Client benefits
More control. Less wasted time.
Outsourcing the sourcing and importing process gives clients more time to focus on their own business while Glize manages the communication, coordination, and operational detail behind the order.
Reduced sourcing risk
Better supplier communication
More control over quality
Less administration
Better visibility
More time for your core business
Selected work
Projects and sectors
Case study · client kept anonymous
Steel beams: from 50 factories to the best 5
50factories approached
20point check on each
5best, compared in one format
The client chose from a short list they could trust, with every quote laid out the same way.
Success story
ScapeGear: from 1 SKU to a full men's range
Built hand in hand with ScapeGear, from zero to hero: from 1 SKU and 100 units to a full range of men's grooming products in under 3 years, with all procurement, supply chain and brand development managed by Glize.
Any product. One proven process.
No buyer or supply chain specialist on your team? We become yours, from brief to delivery.
Manufacturers and engineering: raw materials, components, spare parts and machinery.
Food and beverage, including wine: ingredients, food additives, bottles, closures, labels and packaging.
Chemical, pharma and agri: raw materials through a trusted supplier network.
Wholesalers and distributors: a second source for products in high demand.
Importers and projects worldwide: equipment, materials and tenders, wherever you are.
Brands and first-time importers: your product made and your first order done right.
Not on the list? The product changes, the process doesn't. Book a free consultation.
About Glize
Meet Lulenka Steinhäuser
Director of Glize International and a sourcing specialist with a career in buying, product development and factory management behind her.
Based inPaarl, South Africa
ServingClients worldwide
LanguagesEnglish and Afrikaans
Let's make your next sourcing project clearer.
Tell us what you need to source, where you are in the process, and what challenges you are trying to solve.
Email lulenka@glize.co.zaCall or WhatsApp +27 82 898 1501