We are on our journey to become the best and to help our clients achieve the same. We know there will be obstacles along the way, but we are determined to overcome them. We deeply appreciate our clients who have joined us on this journey.


Our story

My name is Quang, or Q. I'm the founder of Source-in-Vietnam (SiVN)

When I started working as a procurement manager in Vietnam for a New Zealand company, I realized the struggles oversea companies face when doing businesses offshore, and the opportunities that might be missed if those problems are not solved. With the experience gained, I aim to make SiVN the sourcing service you can trust.

SiVN is a dedicated and enthusiastic sourcing service in Vietnam. You won't find fancy offices, nice suits, or shiny shoes here. Instead, we believe in dedication, hard work, and sweat. That's how we deliver results with pride.

Once all suppliers have been finalized, it is crucial to understand how much the client needs to pay and when. This is especially important for large orders, as different suppliers may have different payment policies and shipping times. To ease the financial pressure on the client, I negotiated with all suppliers to develop a reasonable cash outflow plan for the supply chain.

The spreadsheet below shows the cash outflow plan. Blue numbers indicate purchase deposits, while black numbers represent the amount to be paid upon receipt of the materials. The spreadsheet depicts the amount to be paid, to whom, and the payment periods.

Cash Outflow Plan for Modular House Project

A sneak peak of our projects

Modular houses
The client wanted to build, load, and ship pre-finished modular houses worldwide from Vietnam. Challenges are:
- Sourcing many components (20) and fabricating them to high standards
- Getting test reports/certifications from independent parties
- Ensuring fabricator and suppliers understood complicated technical drawings
- Getting client's engineers to approve all technical specs
- Keeping costs competitive

We were able to: 
- Ensure that all parties understood all the problems and technical aspects.
- Find appropriate suppliers that provided qualified products approved by the client's engineers and provided samples.
- Collect all quotations and calculate all the costs to build from scratch.
- Create a transportation plan to collect all the materials from all over Vietnam at an optimized cost.
- Help the client negotiate the cost down.

This was part of a multi-million dollar public infrastructure project. The client wanted to source a fabricator in Vietnam to make steel bands.

Shipment optimization

After verifying the steel and fabricator quality, we moved to the next step: optimizing the shipment of the steel bands. The steel bands needed to remain in perfect condition (perfect roundness, no damage whatsoever) during shipment in 40' HC containers (which cost around $5000 each container to ship at that time), and they needed to be unloaded easily using forklifts.

We came up with a solution of making a steel frame, with wooden spacing between the bands and polyethylene foam to ensure shock resistance and optimal lashing.

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