ASEAN Machine

A Buyer-Side Service

China Sourcing, Engineered for the Production Floor

Catalogues, B2B platforms and trade fairs deliver supplier names. They do not deliver confidence that the machine will run on your line in twelve months. We work the gap.

The Problem

Why "I found one cheap online" goes wrong

A B2B listing tells you a factory exists. It does not tell you whether the spindle ships to the spec on the brochure, whether the controller firmware is genuine or grey-market, whether the FAT will pass on torque and accuracy, whether CE / EAC documentation will hold up in a Thai customs review, or whether the same factory will answer the phone when a bearing goes in month thirteen.

  • Spec drift — published values do not match the machine that ships
  • Documentation gaps — CE / EAC / TISI files cannot be produced under audit
  • Acceptance theater — FAT is run by the seller, no instrumentation logs
  • No commissioning — the crate arrives, expertise does not
  • Parts roulette — no traceable BoM, no committed lead time on spares

How We Work

Seven checkpoints from brief to running line

01

Brief

Production target, capacity, footprint, power, controls preference, after-sales window. Written.

02

Supplier Long-list

Three to five candidates with comparable specs. We disclose who we have personally visited.

03

Factory Audit

On-site walk, machining hall photographs, fixture inventory, QA log review. AQL-equivalent scoring.

04

Specification Lock

Drawings, BoM, key components (spindle, controller, ball-screw, linear rail) named and signed by both sides.

05

FAT — Factory Acceptance Test

Witnessed run at design load. Torque, repeatability, vibration, dimensional checks. Test report countersigned.

06

Shipment & Customs

CE / EAC / TISI dossier compiled. HS code, packing list, insurance. We hand off only after Thailand customs releases the container.

07

SAT & Commissioning

On-site SAT in Thailand. Operator training. First-month parts kit included. Twelve-month parts SLA documented.

Deliverables

What lands on your desk

Audit Report

Photographed factory tour, equipment inventory, QA process notes, red flags.

Spec & BoM Lock-sheet

Side-by-side comparison of as-marketed vs as-contracted vs as-delivered.

FAT / SAT Logs

Instrumented test data — torque curves, accuracy traces, run-in hours.

Compliance Dossier

CE, EAC, TISI documents traceable to the actual unit serial.

Parts SLA

Committed lead time per part class, escalation contact, twelve-month price hold.

Commissioning Sign-off

Thailand-side engineer present. Operator training certificate. Acceptance signed.

Who We Are

On both sides of the supply chain

ASEAN Machine operates the China Machinery & Electronic Products (Thailand) Service Center, the CCCME-authorised showroom outside Bangkok. We staff procurement engineers in Hangzhou and on-site engineers in Samut Sakhon. Twenty years in cross-border industrial trade. The relationships are built; the audit access is real.

Talk to a sourcing engineer

Tell us the machine spec or the production problem. We will reply within four business hours with a sourcing brief and an indicative timeline.

China Sourcing — Buyer-Side Equipment Procurement | ASEAN Machine