ALCYON Supply Chain Diligence

The Factory Audit

The factory said it was fine. It wasn't.

Not a product inspection. We walk the operation itself: whether the factory can actually do what it claims, whether its quality system is real or just paperwork, and whether the company you're wiring money to is the one doing the work.

You get the answer on the floor and the evidence within 48 hours. No spin, and no softening it for the factory relationship.

We're not your usual third-party auditor checking for the usual three- and four-letter abbreviations. Plenty of local firms handle that.

We give you the read a sourcing director looks for in a supply chain, not just the boxes: an independent view of where you're about to place your capital.

The seven checks

The methodology is disclosed in full. Every audit runs all seven.

  1. 1 Who's actually making it, and who's actually running it. Ownership structure, company history, registration documents, geographic location, owner versus general manager, subcontractors, certifications.
  2. 2 Can they really build this, or did they say yes to something new? Engineering department, design capability, track record on work like yours.
  3. 3 Is their quality control real, or paperwork? QC team structure, existing process control, or the lack of it.
  4. 4 How samples get approved. Physical sign-off, or photographs.
  5. 5 Is compliance screened up front, or discovered late? Where their materials actually come from.
  6. 6 Real capacity, and where you rank. Verified headcount. Their other clients, and how your volume stacks up against them.
  7. 7 How fast questions get answered, and what ages silently. Sales team structure: who you talk to, versus who decides.

What arrives, and when

  1. Pre-visit intelligenceRegistration, ownership, subcontractor map, current customers traced through shipment records, org structure. Before arrival
  2. On the floor, against the seven checksOne factory, up to three days on site. Days 1 to 3
  3. A live session from the floorSpeak with us on site, meet the team, walk the floor on video, and have your questions asked directly. During the audit
  4. The verdictGo, Conditional, or Walk. A live read before we leave, confirmed in writing. On the floor
  5. The digital dossierThe written report, unstaged 4K walk-through video, and structured visual data. Dated, delivered privately, and yours to keep. Within 48 hours
  6. The certification auditThe standard third-party checklist audit, commissioned by us and included. With the dossier
  7. The corrective gate plan and a board briefingSixty minutes on the findings with your investment committee or board. With the dossier
Pictures speak louder than words. But only if they haven't been staged or edited to show you what you want to see.
The principal
I arrive: you arrive. I know: you know.
The principal

The Accompanied Audit

Want to see for yourself?

We meet you on arrival and take you to your supplier ourselves, and walk the floor beside you.

Add $10K On top of the audit fee, plus expenses. Your own travel is yours.

The guarantee

The dossier lands within 48 hours. Every finding is reported honestly, including the inconvenient ones, against a methodology disclosed in full. That is the whole guarantee. It covers the investigation, never the factory's future performance.

What this is, and isn't

This is an honest, on-the-ground assessment of the factory. It isn't a promise nothing will ever go wrong on a future run. No inspector anywhere, including the big third-party firms, can honestly promise that.

Read a sample dossier

Open the sample dossier
VerdictConditional Workers on the client's lines300 represented, 61 observed Corrective planFive gates before more money moves

A composite, with the client, factory, product and figures changed.

Questions

Why not a big inspection firm?

They inspect shipments and check certificates, and they're good at it. We audit the operation behind the shipment, and we take no money from any factory, ever.

What's guaranteed?

The dossier within 48 hours, and an honest investigation against a methodology you can read in full. Nobody can honestly guarantee a factory's future, so we don't.

Does the factory know we're coming?

Yes. Real access needs the front door. But the pre-visit intelligence is done before they know our name, and everything they show us gets checked against what we find.

What if they won't allow filming?

Then that's a finding in itself. Filming terms are agreed at booking, other customers' products stay out of frame, and anything trimmed is disclosed.

Which industries?

Any factory making physical product at volume. The questions that expose a factory barely change by category: who owns it, who runs it, and whether what you're told matches what's on the floor.

How fast can you go?

We take one audit a month, so it depends on the slot. The next open one is always on this page.

Next audit slot: December 2026

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