The client portal
The work, as you see it while it is being done
Sourcing is usually delivered as a list of company names in a message. This is delivered as a workspace: every manufacturer identified, what was checked about each one, what held and what did not, and the evidence sitting behind all of it.
The screens below are the portal’s actual interface components, rendered live in this page — not pictures of them.
Every figure shown is illustrative. Company names, models and prices are invented for this page: no manufacturer’s quoted price and no client’s commercial terms appear on a public site.
01—The engagement overview
Where the work stands, on one screen. Stages open as they are completed, and a locked stage still shows what it covers and what has to happen before it opens — so the position is never a matter of asking.
Body-worn camera programme
Where the engagement stands
Counted from the record
- Approved01Requirements and market surveyApproved
What the programme has to do, written down and signed by both sides before anyone was contacted.
5/5 delivered4 documents - Approved02Manufacturer verificationApproved
Licences, export entitlement and who actually owns the production line.
8/8 delivered23 documents - Awaiting your review03Specifications and quotationsAwaiting your review
Specifications translated and compared attribute by attribute; written quotations at your own volumes.
6/6 delivered11 documents2 open questions - In progress04Shortlist and recommendationIn progress
The recommendation with its evidence attached, and the case against the companies not recommended.
1/4 delivered2 documents - Locked05Sample evaluationLocked
Samples tested against the signed specification, with the failures recorded as carefully as the passes.
Opens once the shortlist is approved.
- Locked06Pre-production and handoverLocked
Inspection before the run, then the full record handed over to you and to your logistics provider.
Opens once a manufacturer is contracted.
What has been verified
- Business licence verified21/2321 confirmed, 0 not confirmed, 2 not yet checked, of 23
- Export entitlement14/2314 confirmed, 1 not confirmed, 8 not yet checked, of 23
- Owns its own production12/2312 confirmed, 6 not confirmed, 5 not yet checked, of 23
- Specifications received19/2319 confirmed, 0 not confirmed, 4 not yet checked, of 23
- Certificates evidenced8/238 confirmed, 2 not confirmed, 13 not yet checked, of 23
- Written quotation held6/236 confirmed, 3 not confirmed, 14 not yet checked, of 23
Grey is not a failure. A checkpoint that has not been reached yet is a different finding from one that was checked and did not hold, and the portal never lets the two collapse into a single number.
The verification bar is counted from the record at the moment it is drawn, never stored, so it cannot drift from the evidence underneath it. Grey is deliberately the quietest of the three states: a checkpoint nobody has reached yet is a different finding from one that was checked and did not hold.
02—The manufacturer directory
Every company identified, with its verification checkpoints in the same six positions on every row. The point of the directory is not the names — anyone can produce names. It is the column that says which of them own a factory, and which of them have not been checked at all.
Body-worn camera programme
Manufacturer directory
23 companies · 8 shown
| Company | Location | Tier | VerificationChecks | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen Ruiyan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd深圳市睿岩电子科技有限公司Shenzhen, Guangdong | Shenzhen, Guangdong | Specialist maker | Business licence verified: ConfirmedExport entitlement: ConfirmedOwns its own production: ConfirmedSpecifications received: ConfirmedCertificates evidenced: ConfirmedWritten quotation held: Confirmed | Shortlisted |
| Qingdao Zhenhai Communication Technology Co., Ltd青岛振海通信技术有限公司Qingdao, Shandong | Qingdao, Shandong | Specialist maker | Business licence verified: ConfirmedExport entitlement: ConfirmedOwns its own production: ConfirmedSpecifications received: ConfirmedCertificates evidenced: Not yet checkedWritten quotation held: Confirmed | Shortlisted |
| Shenzhen Boyuan Vision Technology Co., Ltd深圳市博源视讯科技有限公司Shenzhen, Guangdong | Shenzhen, Guangdong | Specialist maker | Business licence verified: ConfirmedExport entitlement: ConfirmedOwns its own production: ConfirmedSpecifications received: ConfirmedCertificates evidenced: ConfirmedWritten quotation held: Confirmed | Shortlisted |
| Dongguan Hongzhi Security Equipment Co., Ltd东莞市宏志安防设备有限公司Dongguan, Guangdong | Dongguan, Guangdong | OEM plant | Business licence verified: ConfirmedExport entitlement: ConfirmedOwns its own production: ConfirmedSpecifications received: ConfirmedCertificates evidenced: Not yet checkedWritten quotation held: Confirmed | Under assessment |
| Guangzhou Lianfa Digital Technology Co., Ltd广州市联发数码科技有限公司Guangzhou, Guangdong | Guangzhou, Guangdong | Trader | Business licence verified: ConfirmedExport entitlement: ConfirmedOwns its own production: Not confirmedSpecifications received: ConfirmedCertificates evidenced: Not applicableWritten quotation held: Confirmed | Set asideDoes not own production. Stated under direct questioning that the units are built by a separate firm, which was then logged as a manufacturer in its own right. Recorded 3 June against the call transcript. |
| Huizhou Kaiwei Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd惠州市凯威智能科技有限公司Huizhou, Guangdong | Huizhou, Guangdong | OEM plant | Business licence verified: ConfirmedExport entitlement: Not yet checkedOwns its own production: ConfirmedSpecifications received: ConfirmedCertificates evidenced: Not yet checkedWritten quotation held: Not yet checked | Quotation requested |
| Zhuhai Mingda Photoelectric Co., Ltd珠海明达光电股份有限公司Zhuhai, Guangdong | Zhuhai, Guangdong | Listed group | Business licence verified: ConfirmedExport entitlement: ConfirmedOwns its own production: ConfirmedSpecifications received: Not yet checkedCertificates evidenced: ConfirmedWritten quotation held: Not confirmed | Not pursued |
| Weifang Sanhe Electronics Co., Ltd潍坊三禾电子有限公司Weifang, Shandong | Weifang, Shandong | Unverified | Business licence verified: Not yet checkedExport entitlement: Not yet checkedOwns its own production: Not yet checkedSpecifications received: Not yet checkedCertificates evidenced: Not yet checkedWritten quotation held: Not yet checked | Identified |
A directory in which everything passes is a directory nobody checked. The row set aside here is the shape of a real finding from the pilot engagement: a company that presented as a manufacturer disclosed under direct questioning that production sits with a different firm entirely — which then became a manufacturer lead in its own right.
03—Price at your volume
Unit prices held with the bands they were quoted in, then resolved at the quantity you are buying rather than the quantity the factory chose to lead with. A price with no minimum order, no lead time and no validity period is recorded as indicative, because that is what it is.
Body-worn camera programme
Price at your volume
EXW · US dollars
| Model | 500 unitsyour volume | 1,000 units | Minimum order | Lead time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RY-820Shenzhen Ruiyan | $220.00 | $200.00 | 30 days | |
| ZH-D9Qingdao Zhenhai | $210.00 | $195.00 | 45 days | |
| HZ-4TDongguan Hongzhi | $245.00 | $230.00 | 35 days | |
| BY-V6Shenzhen Boyuan | Not quoted at this volume | $185.00 | 40 days | |
| KW-S3Huizhou KaiweiIndicative | $205.00 | Not quoted at this volume | Not stated |
Prices are as quoted by the manufacturer, ex works, and exclude freight, insurance, duty and clearance. A quotation whose bands stop short of your volume answers with a sentence rather than with its cheapest band at a quantity nobody is buying.
Unit price is rarely the cost. Docking, platform licences, cloud retention, freight, duty and certification each sit behind it, and the engagement is largely the work of pulling them into the open before a decision is made rather than after.
04—The specification comparison
Two models set against each other attribute by attribute, translated from the Chinese specification sheets, with the rows that differ marked. In the pilot engagement this is where 19 products and 244 specifications became a decision that could be defended.
Body-worn camera programme
Specification comparison
2 of 19 products
| Attribute | RY-820Shenzhen Ruiyan | ZH-D9Qingdao Zhenhai |
|---|---|---|
| Recording resolutionDiffers | 2560 × 1440 at 30 fps | 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps |
| Image sensorDiffers | Sony IMX335 | Sony IMX307 |
| ChipsetDiffers | Novatek NT96675 | Ambarella H22 |
| BatteryDiffers | 3,000 mAh, user-replaceable | 2,600 mAh, sealed |
| Continuous recordingDiffers | 10 h at 1080p | 8 h at 1080p |
| StorageDiffers | 128 GB internal, not expandable | 64 GB internal, not expandable |
| Infrared illuminationDiffers | 6 × 850 nm | 4 × 850 nm |
| Ingress protection | IP67 | IP67 |
| GPS | Embedded | Embedded |
| Encryption at restDiffers | AES-256 | Stated as encrypted; algorithm not stated |
| DockingDiffers | 8-bay dock, priced separately | 12-bay dock, priced separately |
| CertificationDiffers | CE, FCC, RoHS — certificates held | CE, RoHS — FCC claimed, no certificate produced |
RY-820 — manufacturer specification sheet, received 12 March, translated from Chinese and checked against the published catalogue.
ZH-D9 — manufacturer specification sheet, received 19 March, translated from Chinese. Certification claim raised as an open question on 21 March.
Two models published with identical specifications under different part numbers is a finding, not a coincidence. So is one quotation naming two different chipsets for the same unit. The comparison exists to make both visible.
What a sheet does not say is as much a finding as what it does. An encryption claim with no algorithm named, or a certification claimed with no certificate produced, is recorded exactly that way rather than being tidied into a tick.
In plain terms
What the portal gives you
Every finding with its provenance
Nothing in the portal is an assertion. Each checkpoint carries who checked it, on what date, and against which document — a licence, a catalogue, a transcript. A finding you cannot trace back is a finding you cannot rely on.
Quotations resolved at your own volume
Prices are held with their quantity bands, minimum order, lead time and the period the factory will hold them for, then resolved at the quantity you are actually buying. Where no band covers your volume, the portal says so instead of showing you the cheapest number on the sheet.
The documents in one place
Licences, catalogues, specification sheets and quotations, each attached to the company and the stage it belongs to, released as the work that produced it is completed.
Questions answered in thread
Ask against the finding itself rather than in an email that nobody can find in four months. The question, the answer and the date stay attached to the thing they concern.
A decision record you keep
What was decided, when, on what evidence, and what the alternatives were. The engagement ends; the record does not. It is yours, and it is the thing that lets you answer a question about this purchase two years from now.
If you are buying from Chinese manufacturing and want the checking done before the money moves, this is how the engagement runs.