Quality Assurance
- Production Scheduling: We work with supplier management to expedite our client’s production to the front of the production queue.
- Production Quality Monitoring: In factory monitoring of production processes by highly qualified Chinese staff
- 3rd Party Product Quality Inspection: PVB only works with world class inspection companies in countries throughout Asia and Mexico
- Pre-production inspection: PVBuyer will visit an overseas factory to review production line and quality assurance before an order is confirmed.
- Production Scheduling: We work with supplier management to expedite our client’s production to the front of the production queue.
- Production Quality Monitoring: In factory monitoring of production processes by highly qualified Chinese staff
- Post-shipment quality and reliability testing at USA labs: PVBuyer can arrange sample module testing at US based quality labs before modules are installed in projects.
Procurement
- Project RFI/RFP
- Pricing RFQ
- Reverse Auction
- Contract Negotiation/Management with US & Chinese legal teams
- Supplier Technical Due Diligence
- Supplier Financial Due Diligence
- Product Evaluation
- Engineering Review & Sign Off
- Purchase Order
Financial Due Diligence
- Manufacturer financial review and selection
- Arrange Standby Letter of Credit with Bank of China to protect Clients’ down payments
- Arrange Documentary Letters of Credit to release funds only after modules have been delivered into PVBuyer or customer controlled warehouse
- Execute POA to act to verify modules have been received in good order to trigger payments on LC
- Transaction Management: We monitor all payments and legal and shipping documents
Logistics
- Shipping/Logistics: Our partnership with Marubeni Transport Services (MTS), the logistics arm of Japanese trading company, Marubeni, allows us to offer door to jobsite delivery service. PVBuyer can manage inland transportation to the port, ocean transit and insurance, customs clearance, Drayage from Port, Warehousing, Product Staging, and delivery to the client’s warehouse or jobsite within a 2 hour timeframe
- Customs Clearance: Because our logistics partner Marubeni Transport Services is registered CPTAT with US customs, customs clearance runs very quickly and smoothly. We understand now that most modules are sold DDP and are custom cleared by the manufacturers, but this customs clearance service comes in very handy if you are importing steel ground mount structures or cabling from overseas
- Staging & Warehousing
- Truck Delivery to jobsite
- Warranty Management
- Supply of replacement modules and parts for the life of the project