How We Work

How SB5 Supply Solutions actually works.

If you're a procurement manager at an OEM, your problem isn't finding factories in China. It's finding the right ones — and dealing with everything that comes after. We built SB5 to handle all of it. Here's the cycle in plain language.

The Cycle

From first spec to reorders from local stock.

The first cycle is the slow one — sample qualification, the overseas production run, inspection at Plant City. After that, every reorder pulls from local inventory.

You send us a spec

Day 0

A drawing, a CAD file, a sample, a competitor's part number, or a plain-language description. We confirm we can source it and identify which of our vetted factories is the right fit. If we need to qualify a new factory for your spec, we do that work before quoting you.

Upload CAD files, drawings, or photos via the quote form
Email Ryan@sb5supplysolutions.com with specs and quantities
Ship us a physical sample — we'll reverse-engineer and source the match
Call 305-315-6264 to discuss complex requirements

Engineering drawings and CAD blueprints spread across a desk with a machined prototype assembly at the center

We send you a sample

Before any production

Before any production runs, you get a physical sample to verify dimensional fit, material, and color. No money down on quantity until your engineering team signs off on the sample. Revisions until it matches your requirements exactly.

Physical sample shipped to your facility
Tested against your existing parts and QC standards
Unlimited revisions until you approve
Written sign-off protects both sides

Digital caliper measuring an idler assembly during verification sample inspection

Your first production run

30–60 days typical

Once the sample is signed off, we place the production order with the vetted factory. First runs typically reflect the overseas production cycle — generally 30 to 60 days from PO depending on factory loading and freight schedule — plus inspection at Plant City before release to you. We tell you realistic timing during quoting; we don't overpromise.

We source raw materials and coordinate the production schedule
Quality control checkpoints at the factory throughout the run
Customs and freight logistics handled end-to-end
Production updates on longer runs — no surprises

Precision component manufacturing in progress on a clean production line under directional lighting

Inspected at Plant City

Before any release

When your shipment arrives in Florida, we sample-inspect against your approved spec — durometer, dimensions, finish, packaging — before any units are released to you. The issues that slip through unverified direct-from-overseas shipments get caught at our warehouse, not at your assembly line.

Per-run inspection against the approved sample
Dimensional, material, and finish verification
Defective lots held and reported, never shipped through
Inspection results documented for your records

Your spec gets warehoused

After first order

After your first order, we hold your spec — your exact dimensions, color, packaging, and any branded labeling — in our Plant City, FL warehouse. The inventory is reserved against your account. It's yours.

Reserved inventory tagged to your account
Your dimensions, your color, your packaging
Branded labeling preserved across reorders
Sample qualification only happens once — not every order

Warehouse aisle with pallet racking stocked with neatly arranged labeled inventory boxes

Reorders ship from local stock

Days, not months

From this point on, reorders don't restart the overseas cycle. They ship from Plant City — typically in a matter of days. You get the unit economics of direct factory sourcing on every order, plus the responsiveness of a local distributor. We replenish from the factory on our schedule, in the background, so you see continuous availability.

Reorders pulled from Plant City inventory
Blanket POs and scheduled release supported
Background replenishment — we manage the supply chain underneath
Stock-level monitoring with reorder triggers

Palletized component shipping boxes shrink-wrapped at a clean professional loading dock

First Order vs Reorder

What changes after the first order.

First order

Deliberate, sample-first

You're committing to a spec for the first time, so we move deliberately. Sample qualification, sign-off, and the initial production run will take longer than future orders — typically 30 to 60 days from PO depending on factory loading and freight schedule, plus a few days for inspection at Plant City before release. This is the same cycle you'd run if you were buying overseas direct, except we're absorbing the factory communication, QC, customs, and freight logistics.

Reorder

Local pull from Plant City

Once your spec is in our Plant City warehouse, reorders look completely different. You issue a PO, we pull from local stock, and the order ships out. You're not restarting a 30-to-60-day cycle — you're pulling from inventory we've already produced, inspected, and reserved for your account. The unit price stays consistent with your overseas-direct cost basis; the speed matches a local distributor.

What's reserved for you

Your spec — backing width, pile height, fin configuration, color, packaging, and any branded labeling. We replenish on our schedule from the same vetted factory that produced your first run, with the same inspection protocol. You see continuous availability without managing the supply chain yourself.

Send us one spec. We'll do the rest.

A drawing, a part number, a sample, or a description. We'll source it, send a verification sample, and quote you a realistic first-run timing.

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