Sarah personally checked the shortlisted factories, clarified the specification and challenged several prices that excluded tooling or packaging. During sampling, she maintained one revision record so the factory could not return to an older version of the requirements.
At one point, Sarah told us directly that our target price was incompatible with the material we had selected. It was not what we wanted to hear, but it helped us make the right adjustment before production.
The final batch passed inspection and shipped on schedule. Sara remained involved from the first supplier search to container loading.