Services aimed at companies that want to identify global suppliers and have guaranteed on-time delivery and quality assured through a reliable supply chain.
Argos has a specialized team in Brazil, United States, Europe and Southeast Asia, that operates globally and provides local support to customers and suppliers.
SOURCING - RFQ, Identify potential suppliers, Receive and analyze quotes, Negotiation, Supplier audit and validation and Supplier nomination 
Quotation process:
- Identify and develop suppliers
- Select potential suppliers, request quotation and negotiate
- RFI - Information from the suppliers identified
- Comparative analysis between suppliers
- Import cost study
- Negotiation
- Supplier nomination
- Support for product development and tooling
- Sample development
Audit Process, validation and
monitoring – SQE
(Supplier Quality Engineering)
- Supplier audits
- Design Review
- Product Validation
- Tooling development and manufacturing process (Try-outs)
- Review and prepare quality documents (FAI, ISIR, FMEA, PPAP, etc.)
- Process improvements
- Training
Logistics:
- Managing delivery schedules
- Prepare export documents
- Production and delivery follow up
- Consolidation of shipments
- Contract freight forwarders for air and ocean shipments
- Storage and repacking of products
Inspection and Quality Control – IQC
- Prepare control plans for inspection as required by the customer, including functional, mechanical and chemical tests.
- Issue inspection reports prior to shipment
- Issue non-conformance reports, corrective and preventive actions and contingency plans
- Monitor supplier performance (PPM and DPM)
Finance
- Financial analysis
- Extended payment terms with lower international interest rates
1. Shipping Schedule. 2. Managing deliveries. 3.Inspection and quality control. 4. Consolidation. 5.Shipment. 
Services
Services - Global Sourcing
