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Laikan operating system

One desk for sourcing, quality control and freight.

We connect supplier selection, origin control, customs, shipping and market delivery in one accountable operation from China.

Plan a shipment Freight lanes & transit →
Factory vetting Origin consolidation Ocean / air / rail Customs documents Cargo insurance
Service architecture

Three jobs that behave like one operation

Most import projects fail in the gaps between vendors. Laikan closes them with one plan, one document trail and one person who answers.

Product development bench with prototype samples, colour swatches and technical drawings
01 / Source

Sourcing and factory selection

We shortlist manufacturers against your specification, audit them, negotiate the price and the tooling in Mandarin, and lock a golden sample before a single unit is produced.

  • Factory audit, licence and export history
  • Price, MOQ and payment-term negotiation
  • Sampling, tooling and specification lock
See sourcing →
Gloved hands measuring a product sample with digital calipers on an inspection bench
02 / Control

Quality control at origin

A check while the line is running and an AQL inspection before the container is stuffed. Your balance payment moves after the report, not before it.

See quality control →
Air cargo pallets being loaded into a freighter aircraft at dawn
03 / Move

International freight

Sea, air, rail or express out of South China, with consolidation in Guangzhou, the export documents cut and customs handled at both ends.

See freight →
How to engage us

Take the whole chain, or only the part you are missing

The work does not change shape depending on how much of it you buy. Every model below runs the relevant part of the same six steps and produces the same documents.

01

Quality control only

You already have the factory. We run the during-production check and the pre-shipment AQL, and the report reaches you before your balance payment does.

02

Freight only

The goods are bought and ready. We collect, consolidate in Guangzhou, book the space, cut the documents and follow the box until it clears.

03

The whole chain

From the written specification to the cleared container, with one coordinator who owns all six steps. Most brands start here for the first order.

04

How the fee works

Quoted before the work starts and invoiced as its own line. The factory invoice is passed to you as it is, so our fee is not hidden inside the unit price.

International freight

Six capabilities, one moving operation

Every shipment is handled by the same desk that sourced it, with consolidation in Guangzhou and Shenzhen and customs at both ends.

Export warehouse in Guangzhou with stretch-wrapped pallets and high racking
Consolidated cargo, one document set and a clear routing before departure.
FCL / LCL

Ocean freight

FCL and LCL out of Nansha, Yantian and Shekou to the Americas, Europe and the Gulf.

Air

Air freight

Four to seven days from Hong Kong or Guangzhou, when a season is worth more than the freight.

Rail

China–Europe rail

Twenty to twenty-six days to Europe, at a cost between sea and air, unaffected by the Red Sea.

Docs

Customs & documents

Invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and tariff code, checked before the cargo moves.

CN hubs

Origin consolidation

Collection from every factory and one container loaded in our Guangzhou warehouse.

Policy

Cargo insurance

Arranged through licensed underwriters. We are a forwarder and a sourcing company, not an insurer.

Export cartons and retail packaging on a packing bench with a drop-test rig behind
Quality control

The supplier decision is also a quality decision

A low unit price disappears through a substituted material, a carton that fails a drop test or a certificate that belongs to a different SKU. We inspect where it still costs a rework instead of a claim.

Factory realityCapacity, category fit and export readiness, verified on the floor.
Golden sampleSealed, photographed and referenced in a bilingual contract.
During productionA check at roughly 30% of output, when a tooling problem is still cheap.
Pre-shipment AQLRandom sampling to AQL 2.5 / 4.0 with photographic evidence, before the balance is released.
Delivery & customs

The container is not delivered when it sails

Cargo does not get stuck at sea. It gets stuck on paper: a wrong tariff code, a packing list that does not match the invoice, a certificate issued for a different consignee. We prepare the document set, hand your broker something they can actually file, and quote DDP when you want the price to be the final price.

Export document folders, a packing-list clipboard and a stamp on a desk
Document setInvoice, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of origin and test reports, checked against the destination requirement.
Tariff classificationWe propose the HS code and your broker confirms it, before the goods move rather than after customs asks.
DDP to your doorDestination clearance and duty handled through our agents, so the price you approve is the price you pay.
Why it works as one

The advantage of a single accountable desk

  • No hand-off gaps.The same coordinator sources, inspects and ships. There is nobody to forward the email to.
  • Landed cost, up front.Unit price, tooling, inspection, freight and duty in one sheet, before you commit.
  • Inspection before payment.The balance is released after the AQL report, so the leverage stays where it belongs.
  • Built to scale.From a 300-unit trial run to recurring container volume, with the same process.
Before you ask

The commercial questions, answered in writing

These are the seven that come up in every first call. If the answer here is not the answer you need, say so in the brief and we will tell you before you spend time on it.

Do you charge a fee, or take a margin on the factory price?

A fee, agreed before the work starts and invoiced as its own line. The factory invoice is passed to you as it is. A margin buried in the unit price would make our interests move in the opposite direction to yours every time we negotiate.

Can we start with one product and one trial run?

Yes, and most first orders are exactly that. Three hundred units is a normal starting point for an OEM racket with your own paint; other categories depend on the mould and on the material minimum the mill will accept.

Who is the importer of record?

You are, in your own market. We work on the supplier side: we export from China and hand your broker a document set they can file. On a DDP quote we arrange destination clearance through our agents and the duty sits inside the price you approved.

When does the factory get paid?

The payment structure is negotiated as part of the quote and written into the bilingual contract, so it is visible before you commit. The balance moves after a clean pre-shipment AQL report. That sequence is the whole point of inspecting at origin.

What happens if the inspection fails?

The report says hold, with the defect counts and the photographs behind it. The factory reworks, we re-inspect, and the cargo moves when it passes. That argument happens in China, while a rework still costs less than a claim.

We already have a supplier we are happy with. Is that a problem?

No. That is the quality-control-only model, and we do not ask you to move the factory. If the audit finds that the factory is the problem, the report will say so and you decide what to do with it.

Which languages do you actually work in?

English, Spanish and Mandarin, by email and on WeChat, in your working hours. The negotiation with the factory happens in Mandarin, which is where most of the detail is won or lost.

Start with one brief

Tell us what you want to source, inspect or ship.

Send the product, the target market and the volume. We come back with a shortlist, an indicative unit cost and the freight to your port.

Send a sourcing brief See the process