India9 min read
Hyderabad manufacturing: pharma, electronics and precision engineering
Three regulated industries share a city and a supplier base. What each asks of a part, and how to qualify a plant that serves them.
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India manufacturing
India is not one supply market. Capability changes by cluster, and the supplier you choose matters more than the country average. These guides cover the industrial map, supplier checks and the practical side of running a programme.
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India8 min read
Pune auto component cluster: forging, machining and stamping
How the Pune belt is organised, what each tier supplies, and the evidence a buyer should ask for before committing to a programme.
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India9 min read
Remote supplier audits in India: video, records and sample pulls
How to run an audit that produces evidence rather than a tour, and the limits you must cover with a site visit or a third-party check.
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India9 min read
Automotive industry applications: programmes, PPAP and volume
An automotive part is bought through a programme, not a single purchase order. What that changes in the drawing, the tooling plan and the evidence pack.
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India8 min read
Coimbatore engineering cluster: what it makes
A practical map of Coimbatore's pump, foundry, wire and precision engineering base, and what a buyer should check before placing work.
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India9 min read
GST and export documentation in India: zero rating, LUT and the paper trail
How zero-rated exports work, when a letter of undertaking is the better route, and which documents have to agree before a refund or a shipment can clear.
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India9 min read
Industrial automation applications: the parts behind sensors, drives and enclosures
An automation build is a stack of small mechanical decisions. A map of the four part zones, the calls that decide each one and what to put in a request.
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India10 min read
Manufacturing in India: a capability map by industrial cluster
India is not one supply market. The cluster you choose changes the process depth, the tooling base and the logistics route.
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India9 min read
Supplier onboarding checklist for a new Indian factory
The entity records, commercial terms, quality controls and contacts to settle before the first purchase order, so the first shipment is not the first test.
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India9 min read
Sourcing agent vs direct factory: which model fits your programme?
Control, cost, accountability and hidden fees compared, and the hybrid model that often works better than either extreme.
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