Product Sourcing

The global economy is in constant fluctuation. Markets emerge, change or realign their focus. Lohia Warehouse keeps track of developments and is present in the most attractive markets. Our network continues to grow and offers you intensive support.

With Lohia Warehouse you can benefit from very broad yet market specific sourcing expertise. China, India and South East Asia are some of the world's most important sourcing markets. China has grabbed a considerable share of the world production of majority of product categories. India has a profile as a vital and refined finisher. South East Asia provides a unique mix of traditional, high-quality craftsmanship blended with contemporary flair and the latest trends - and production takes place in immediate proximity to various customers.

Lohia Warehouse operates as an integrated network. Our offices around the world, profound familiarity with all major markets and multicultural team of highly qualified, supremely motivated employees ensure perfect service for you at all times. You profit from our global network as well as from our ability to adapt to country- and target-group-specific requirements in each individual case.

Activities in all major sourcing markets, Lohia Warehouse currently has several locations around the world. Backed by the latest technology, our dedicated multinational teams provide human links in the supply chain to match your needs with the best-suited production location.

It currently has 3 offices and various agencies are given the discretionary leeway to respond flexibly and responsibly to the demands of their local markets and target groups, to better benefit our clients' business. Our especially close cooperation with strategic suppliers can reduce replenishment lead time for entire groups of products to fewer than 30 days, as well as extremely favourable wholesale terms.

Responsible And Ethical Sourcing

Since our inception, our 'Code of Conduct' has been part of every contract with our suppliers. It stipulates the minimum social standards that all business partners and their subcontractors must comply with in production. It also includes items such as anti-corruption measures and good management practice.

Business partners and their subcontractors agree that compliance with these requirements may be monitored by the Lohia Group or by any independent organization. Any infringement of these minimum requirements can lead to the termination of the business relationship without any further obligation for the Lohia Group.

There are three possible audit results:

1. Suppliers who score a 'good' can continue to business with Lohia Group companies for another three years before undergoing another audit.

2. If the audit determines that the supplier's practices are 'in need of improvement' or 'critical', i.e. if suppliers fail to meet the minimum standards stipulated by the Lohia Group's social program, they have six months to remedy the identified shortcomings, after which time they are re-audited.

3. Suppliers with especially positive audit results are encouraged to pursue to best-practice standard.

While we require our foreign business partners to comply with social standards, we also realize that existing circumstances, which in some cases are culturally determined, cannot be changed overnight. Therefore, it also helps suppliers to achieve compliance by investing in training and coaching them.

Four steps to social standards

1. Pre-scan

2. Audit

3. Qualification

4. Repeat audit