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Service 03 · China visit & factory tours · Shenzhen

You arrive in Shenzhen.
We run the week.

An invitation letter, a day-by-day itinerary, a bilingual engineer beside you on the floor, and a written report.

Book a factory visit What you receive
Structural compliance
30.5%
Of audited factories met it; 69% required remediation and 4% carried serious risk
Sites per day
2
A realistic ceiling for a full process walk-through at Shenzhen travel times
Audit man-day
$220–458
A factory audit, if you add one; social compliance runs $350–500
Visit report
5working days
Issued after you land, including the questions the site could not answer

01The fear

A production floor,
or a showroom set?

1 day, no Mandarin4 physical signals
An empty industrial service corridor in one-point perspective with a painted walkway line and a closed roller shutter at the far end FEAR-01

One day and no Mandarin

A visitor cannot separate an active line from an idle one, or a warehouse from a staging area rented for the week.

active vs idlewarehouse vs staging
A wide production floor seen from a raised viewpoint, with three rows of identical assembly machinery and painted walkways FEAR-02

The scepticism is justified

Structural safety compliance among audited factories measured 30.5%, with 69% requiring remediation.

30.5% compliant69% remediation
Parallel rows of finished server racks and power shelves staged on pallets in a pale dispatch hall FEAR-03

The failure mode is a wasted trip

Five days, an interpreter found locally, and a report that is photographs of a reception area.

5 daysno record
Visitors in anti-static coats walking an assembly-hall aisle between rows of pick-and-place machines, seen from behind FEAR-04

The signals are structural, not verbal

Raw-material intake, work in progress at a named stage, calibrated test equipment, finished goods matching your batch.

4 stationsvisible, not claimed

02Deliverable · the hosted week

Six things the week
puts in your hand.

4 fixed deliverables2 optional add-ons
A blank unmarked form on a clipboard with a pen, abstract ruled lines and empty tick boxes
DOC-01 Invitation letter. Issued to the named traveller, with the dates and the host organisation stated. The visa decision is the consulate's.
A single technical drawing sheet on a pale surface with a pen, folding dividers and one teal sticky tab
DOC-02 The itinerary. Day by day, with named sites, travel times between them, and the process stage you will see at each stop.
Two pairs of hands over a technical drawing, one pointing at a dimension tick with a pen
DOC-03 A bilingual engineer escort. Someone who answers process questions on the floor and takes yours back in writing.
A wide production floor seen from a raised viewpoint, with three rows of identical assembly machinery and painted walkways
DOC-04 The visit report. What was seen, at which site, at which process stage, with the evidence you were shown — inside five working days.
An engineering bench under an inspection lamp with a finished board assembly, a magnifier arm and sample connectors
DOC-05 The open items. The questions the site could not answer, written down. A visit report with no open items was not written honestly.
Digital calipers closed around a machined aluminium housing beside a blank inspection checklist and a sealed sample bag
DOC-06 Add-ons booked with the trip. An inspection or audit slot, and laboratory submission for any sample taken during the visit.

03Mechanism · four stations

What a real visit
actually looks at.

4 stationsone continuous walk
Parallel rows of finished server racks and power shelves staged on pallets in a pale dispatch hall ST-01

Raw-material intake

A line with no inbound material that week is not making your product.

A close view down one SMT line with pick-and-place heads and feeder reels in strict alignment ST-02

Work in progress, named

SMT after reflow, DIP after wave, assembly after test. You should be able to name the stage you stood beside.

An engineering bench under an inspection lamp with a finished board assembly, a magnifier arm and sample connectors ST-03

Test, running and calibrated

A current calibration record on the equipment, and a functional test actually executing.

A wide production floor seen from a raised viewpoint, with three rows of identical assembly machinery and painted walkways ST-04

Finished goods last

Cartons should carry your markings, your model number and a date inside the last fortnight.

04Screening · mismatch signals

Six signals we check
while we are standing there.

6 signalseach becomes a written question
A single technical drawing sheet on a pale surface with a pen, folding dividers and one teal sticky tab MM-01

The name on the door

It does not match the contracting entity on the quotation you were sent.

A wide production floor seen from a raised viewpoint, with three rows of identical assembly machinery and painted walkways MM-02

A product line with no process logic

Power supplies and injection-moulded housewares claimed under one roof.

Two pairs of hands over a technical drawing, one pointing at a dimension tick with a pen MM-03

Questions deflected twice

“The engineer will answer later” more than once in the same visit.

A bright assembly hall seen down a central aisle between two rows of identical pick-and-place machines MM-04

Imagery that cannot be located

The buildings in the brochure are not the buildings outside the car window.

A production panel of identical boards held in a white inspection fixture with gold pads and a teal solder mask MM-05

Sample story, production story

The line you are watching cannot produce the finish on the sample you were given.

A blank unmarked form on a clipboard with a pen, abstract ruled lines and empty tick boxes MM-06

Money from a different entity

Payment instructions previously arrived from someone other than the name on the wall.

05Inputs · what we need from you

Four inputs,
and the week can be built.

4 inputsbook one week ahead
A blank unmarked form on a clipboard with a pen, abstract ruled lines and empty tick boxes IN-01

Traveller details

Names as printed in the passports, for the invitation letter the visa application needs.

A single technical drawing sheet on a pale surface with a pen, folding dividers and one teal sticky tab IN-02

Your dates

Four working days is the minimum for a useful trip; five lets you add an audit day.

An empty industrial service corridor in one-point perspective with a painted walkway line and a closed roller shutter at the far end IN-03

What you most need to see

The process stage in question, so the itinerary is planned around what is running that week.

A finished populated board assembly for a power supply lying flat on a white engineering bench beside a digital caliper IN-04

The product, and your questions

The drawing or BOM, plus the list of things you want answered face to face.

06Where it fits

A visit verifies
what a document cannot.

6 services1 contract

No partner factory is named on this page. Naming one would read as an endorsement; every partner is listed on the network pages.

07Start

Book a factory visit.

Tell us the week, the traveller names and what you need to see. We will send the itinerary back.

Recorded. An engineer will reply.

Written technical assessment, from eric@dfshk.cn.

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