Product Sourcing & Manufacturing
Factory sourcing, cost negotiation, audits, tooling, and on-site quality control - everything you need to move from prototype to full-scale production.
Enjoy lower costs, faster lead times, and dependable quality through our hands-on factory management and global sourcing expertise.
Trusted by Startups and Fortune 500’s
Your Klugonyx Manufacturing team works for you, not the factory!
In many cases, your manufacturing journey begins even before your prototype is built. Klugonyx engages with factories during the design and engineering process to gather quotes and identify the best factory fit by balancing price, quality, and minimum order requirements tailored to your product.
Factory Sourcing, Quoting + Auditing
Factory Sourcing: Factory sourcing at Klugonyx starts with requesting quotes from factories both within and beyond our trusted network of more than 300 highly ranked partners. We carefully match your specific manufacturing needs with the right factories, balancing targets for price, quality, timelines, and order quantities.
Every factory we work with, whether a long term partner or a new connection, is thoroughly vetted. Once we narrow down the best options, we provide you with preliminary production quotes. With boots on the ground, we're often able to secure better pricing than remote teams.
- Factory audit and vetting reports
- Minimum order quantity requirements
- Estimated production timelines
- Preliminary factory quotes
- Comparative factory analysis
Cost Negotiation + Binding Factory Agreements
Cost Negotiation and Agreements: Factory agreements are a critical step in ensuring long term success with any manufacturing partner. At Klugonyx, we require factories to sign legally binding agreements that protect your business by locking in final pricing (once sampling is complete), order quantities, timelines, quality standards, and intellectual property.
At this stage, we also collaborate directly with your chosen factory team to confirm your product design files are accurate and production ready. Together, we explore opportunities to reduce costs by leveraging the factory’s expertise, such as identifying potential material substitutions or minor design adjustments, without compromising quality.
- Signed non-disclosure agreements, enforceable in the factory’s country of origin
- Negotiation of materials, labor, total cost, and minimum order quantities
- Legally binding factory agreement covering cost, timelines, and quality standards
Factory Engineering Refinement + Mold Tooling
Engineering Refinement & Mold Creation: During product refinement and mold creation, we take the feedback received from the factory during the agreement stage and, in collaboration with you, make any necessary changes. Design and engineering files are updated accordingly. While most adjustments are minor, they often deliver significant value by maximizing manufacturing efficiency and reducing overall production costs.
For soft goods, custom molds are typically not required. However, for all custom hard goods, molds and tooling are essential to bring your product to life. If needed, this process begins at this stage. The factory fine-tunes your product design files while mold tooling is developed in parallel, ensuring production can begin as smoothly and efficiently as possible.
- Design and engineering refinements at the factory level
- Final approved design and engineering adjustment files
- Mold/Tooling creation, if required
Sampling + Quality Control Standards
Product Sampling: During the sampling phase, the Klugonyx team on the ground works closely with your factory to create a series of product samples, leading to your final production-ready sample, often called the “golden sample.” It is completely normal for factories to produce multiple rounds of samples before achieving the perfect result. Throughout this process, we also ensure that quality standards are clearly defined and fully understood by the factory.
Once your final sample is approved, the retainer phase officially concludes, and you are ready to place your first full production order with your new factory partner.
- Two or more sample iterations completed
- Quality control standards fully established
- Final production-ready “golden sample” approved
Production + Quality Assurance
Production and On-Site Quality Assurance: Once you place your first order, you will never pay another retainer fee. We help facilitate your order directly with the factory, and once production begins, the Klugonyx team on the ground oversees the process to ensure timelines are met and quality issues are caught early before they become costly problems.
Without dedicated quality control, you risk receiving an order with a high defect rate that may only be discovered once it arrives at your door. This can be devastating for any brand, especially startups. By partnering with Klugonyx, you eliminate this risk and gain peace of mind knowing your products will be delivered on time and at the high quality your customers expect and love.
- Order placement facilitation
- Detailed production scheduling
- On-site quality control inspections
- On-site production management
- Final post-production quality check
Enjoy a streamlined, stress-free product journey with one connected team guiding your design, engineering and manufacturing from start to finish - saving you time and money!
Next Steps
With your production done and approved by our quality assurance team, you're ready to ship your product. Our team will help you manage packaging, freight bookings, tariffs, and customs paperwork to get your product delivered safely.
From food grade silicone, to aerospace grade metals, and everything in between.
Whether you’re looking for 3D printing, cut & sew, or injection molding, or something else, Klugonyx has got you covered.
Klugonyx brings experience across a wide range of consumer product industries and is always excited to take on new challenges.
Your End-to-end Product + Manufacturing Partner.
Whatever type of product you're bringing to life, our team of experts is here to support you from design and engineering to prototyping and manufacturing.
