Vendor Profile 2021

Vendor Profile
VBU# - (For Existing Vendor) Version 1.1 For LGS Office Use Only
Number of Factories associated 1 Product Category GARDEN TOOL Fiscal Year 2023
A. Company Information (maximum of 30 characters)
Date: (05/30/2023) Company Name VIETNAM FORTRESS TOOLS JSC State/Province THAI BINH PROVINCE
Subsidiary Name Country VIETNAM
Office Address Lot B8+B9+B10, PHUC KHANH INDUSTRIAL PARK Postal Code/Zip 410000
PHU KHANH WARD Phone +84 2273 618 991 Fax
Town THAI BINH CITY Website https://fortresstools.com.vn/?view=en
City THAI BINH CITY Email thuynguyen.tran@fortresstools.com.vn
Date Company Established 2006 VAT Rebate % (List all Products)
Export to US (# of years) 2006 Z_Score (Existing Vendors) Payment Open Account (OA) OA Days
Terms
Vendors Proposed
Direct export to US Retailer (# of years) 2006 Z-Score Terms*
Please Specify
Utilize ERP? Yes Reported Date *Proposed terms may only be considered for initial purchase
B. Contact Information * Daily Contact - Primary Contact for TradeStone Software (TSS) for this record - receives all emails and task visibility.
Owner TSAI CHUI TIEN Email
Title Phone
Daily Contact* Email
Title Phone
Management Email
Title Phone
Merchandising Contact Email
Title Phone
Primary Factory Plant Manager Email
Title Phone
QA Contact Email
Title Phone
Logistics Contact Email
Title Phone
C. Lowe's Business Since (If Applicable - For Existing Lowe's vendor) (Enter Year)
Since Note: Lowe's FY starts Feb 1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 2022 2023 (YTD)
Sales (US$)
# of Items
FEU (40' container)
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D. Total Turnover and Key Customers (List top customers and what percentage they were of your total business in each year) E. Human Resources
2021 2022 2023 (YTD) Staff (Excluding factory workers)
Turnover (US$) Turnover (US$) Turnover (US$) Sales & Marketing 5
Customer % of total sales Customer % of total sales Customer % of total sales Product Designer 5
1 Corona 25.0% Corona 25.0% Corona 25.0% Logistics 5
2 Walmart 25.0% Walmart 25.0% Walmart 25.0% Finance & Support 10
3 Lidl 15.0% Lidl 15.0% Lidl 15.0% Others 186
4 Total: 211
Others 35.0% Others 35.0% Others 35.0%
Total: 100% Total: 100% Total: 100%
F. US Market Presence G. Business Distribution (% Business by Country)
Note: It will not affect business opportunity with Lowe's if you do not have US representation Country % Country %
Primary US Office City (State) US 65.0% Others 1 (If Applicable) FRANCE 10.0%
Primary Warehouse City (State) Europe 25.0% Others 2 (If Applicable)
Office Function Others(Pls.Specify) Canada Others 3 (If Applicable)
Pr. US Daily Contact Title Australia Others 4 (If Applicable)
Pr. US Contact Phone China Others 5 (If Applicable)
Pr. US Contact Email Asia (Non-China) Total (100%) 100.0%
H. Product Design and Development Capability
1. Describe in detail how your company stays on top of US market trends, fashion, styles
2. Give examples of innovations from your company in the last twelve months
3. The number of years your company has been developing and manufacturing this product category
4. Describe in detail how your company handles designing of new and innovative products
5. List out the national standards & certifications that your products currently have (e.g. UL, CSA, FSC)
6. How do you ensure your products are cleared of patent infringement and how do you handle patent related legal issues? (e.g. US law firm, local law firm, internal
assessment)
7. Describe in detail the R&D and Engineering steps your company would take to turn a design drawing into a product?
List all critical materials / product testing you will carry out
Task Description
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Step 8
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I.(a) Primary Factory Information *(maximum of 30 characters in Factory Name for factory in China or Taiwan must provide Chinese Name and address)
Relationship w/ Vendor Town
*Factory Name FID (existing vendor) City
Factory Address State/Province
Country
*Fty. Chinese Name Postal Code/Zip
*Fty. Chinese Address Phone
Fax
New Model Lead-time
Existing. Model Lead-time
Factory Contact Phone I. (b) Factory Size (SQ. FT)
Shipping Port Production Warehouse Workers Dormitory Total
Date Fty.. Established
Product Types and %
I.(c) Capacity I.(d) Brands and Products
Total Monthly Capacity (40' Container) Brands owned by factory
Current Monthly Capacity (40' Container) Brands made for customers
Monthly Capacity Committed for Lowe's (40' Container)

Other Product Categories
Monthly Capacity Committed for Lowe's (%) #DIV/0! produced in factory
I.(e) Factory Staff I.(f) List Outsourced manufacturing process subcontractors & Key Component suppliers:
Engineers QA/QC Management O/S Process Subcontractor Key Component Key Component Supplier
# of Staffs
a. Planned b. On pay roll Fill Rate (b/a)

# of Production
Workers #DIV/0!
I.(g) Certifications I.(i) Social Accountability
ISO 9001 Certified Certified by 1. Do you have overtime working hour policy?
Certified Date If yes, what is the upper OT limit per worker? (hrs per day or week or month) ###
If No, explain 2. In the last 12 months, which is your peak season month? ###
What is the max. OT hour in that peak month for 1 worker?

CTPAT Certified Certified by (hrs per day or week or month)
###
3. Do you currently have a VALID Comprehensive Working

Certified Date Hour Approval (綜合計算工時批文) from local government?
###
If No, explain 4. Do you provide any insurance plan to ALL workers? ###
Laboratory (List all Cert.) If yes, please select the ones you provide below or list out. If no, please explain
Retirement Accidental Medical Maternity Unemployment
Certified by
養老工傷醫療生育失業
Comments (Optional)
I.(h) Defectives 5. What will be the most consecutive days a worker may work in your factory?
6. Do you have valid Property Ownership Certificate (房產證)?

Avg. production final product defective
rate? (list all applicable products) 7. Do you have inspection report for completed building construction projects
(竣工驗收)?
8. Do you have valid fire inspection certificate of the factory (消防驗收報告)?

Avg. defect/return rate from customers?
(list all applicable products) 9. Can you provide environmental impact assessment
final approval (環境批文)?
J. Documents Control (Primary Factory)
1. Do you have a document control system in the factory? If yes, specify standards (e.g. ISO)
2. Check the documents below which exist in your factory (Maybe ask to present during factory visit)
Quality Process IQC Inspection QC Inspection Calibration Inspection Master List Of Drawings and
Manual Control Plan Standards Standards Records Records Specifications
K. Packaging
1. Do you have capability to design/develop artwork and packaging ? If Yes
Customer
2. Did you have experience working with customer
appointed packaging design agent and / or printer?
Name of Agent
3. List your usual printers used for printing of packaging boxes and their business % (should add up to 100%)
L. SWOT Analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
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I.(a) Secondary Factory Information *(maximum of 30 characters in Factory Name for factory in China or Taiwan must provide Chinese Name and address)
Relationship w/ Vendor (Example: Wholly Owned, Partially Owned, Joint Venture, Subcontractor) Town
Country
Fax
New Model Lead-time
Product Types and %

# of Staffs

# of Production
Workers #DIV/0!

###

###
Certified by
Comments (Optional)

(竣工驗收)?

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I.(a) Third Factory Information *(maximum of 30 characters in Factory Name for factory in China or Taiwan must provide Chinese Name and address)
Country
Fax
New Model Lead-time
Product Types and %

# of Staffs

# of Production
Workers #DIV/0!

###

###
Certified by
Comments (Optional)

(竣工驗收)?

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I.(a) Fourth Factory Information *(maximum of 30 characters in Factory Name for factory in China or Taiwan must provide Chinese Name and address)
Country
Fax
New Model Lead-time
Product Types and %

# of Staffs

# of Production
Workers #DIV/0!

###

###
Certified by
Comments (Optional)

(竣工驗收)?

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Vendor Profile
VBU# - (For Existing Vendor) 12345 Version 1.1 For LGS Office Use Only
Number of Factories associated 1 Product Category Ceiling Fan, Lighting Fiscal Year 2013
A. Company Information (maximum of 30 characters)
Date: (mm/dd/yyyy) Company Name ABC LTD. State/Province
Subsidiary Name Country China
Office Address NO. 1 Canton Road Postal Code/Zip
Phone 852-1234-5678 Fax 852-1234-7890
Town TST Website www.abcltd.com
City Hong Kong Email email@abcltd.com
Date Company Established 1990 VAT Rebate % (List all Products) Ceiling Fan (16%), Flush Mount (13%)
Export to US (# of years) 10 Z_Score (Existing Vendors) Payment Open Account (OA) OA Days 130
Terms
Vendors Proposed
Direct export to US Retailer (# of years) 2 Z-Score 3.5 Terms*
Please Specify
Utilize ERP? Yes Reported Date 20/03/2012 *Proposed terms may only be considered for initial purchase
B. Contact Information * Daily Contact - Primary Contact for TradeStone Software (TSS) for this record - receives all emails and task visibility.
Owner John Doe Email johndoe@abcltd.com
Title President, Owner Phone 852-9876-5432
Daily Contact* John Chan Email johnchan@abcltd.com
Title Sales Manager Phone 852-5432-1234
Management John Woo Email johnwoo@abcltd.com
Title General Manager - HK Phone 852-5432-2345
Merchandising Contact Email
Title Phone
Primary Factory Plant Manager Ray Chan Email raychan@deffactory.com
Title Factory Owner Phone 86-12345678987
QA Contact Tom Chan Email
Title QA Manager Phone
Logistics Contact May Chan Email maychan@abcltd.com
Title Logistic specialist Phone 852-8765-4321
C. Lowe's Business Since (If Applicable - For Existing Lowe's vendor) 2012 Since Note: Lowe's FY starts Feb 1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 2012 2013 (YTD)
Sales (US$) NA $3,000,000 $500,000
# of Items NA 5 7
FEU (40' container) NA 100 15
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D. Total Turnover and Key Customers (List top customers and what percentage they were of your total business in each year) E. Human Resources
2011 2012 2013 (YTD) Staff (Excluding factory workers)
Turnover (US$) $10,000,000 Turnover (US$) $15,000,000 Turnover (US$) $1,500,000 Sales & Marketing 10
Customer % of total sales Customer % of total sales Customer % of total sales Product Designer 20
1 Hunter 40.0% Home Deport 30.0% Lowes 33.3% Logistics 5
2 Westinghouse 30.0% Lowes 20.0% Home Deport 20.0% Finance & Support 3
3 Home Deport 20.0% Menards 20.0% Menards 20.0% Others 7
4 Total: 45
Others 10.0% Others 30.0% Others 27.0%
Total: 100% Total: 100% Total: 100%
F. US Market Presence G. Business Distribution (% Business by Country)
Note: It will not affect business opportunity with Lowe's if you do not have US representation Country % Country %
Primary US Office City (State) Mooresville ( NC ) US 70.0% Others 1 (If Applicable) South Africa 10.0%
Primary Warehouse City (State) Boston (Massachusetts) Europe Others 2 (If Applicable)
Office Function Sales Rep. Others(Pls.Specify) Canada 5.0% Others 3 (If Applicable)
Pr. US Daily Contact John Smith Title Sales VP Australia Others 4 (If Applicable)
Pr. US Contact Phone 704-123-4567 China 5.0% Others 5 (If Applicable)
Pr. US Contact Email johnsmith@abcltdus.com Asia (Non-China) 10.0% Total (100%) 100.0%
H. Product Design and Development Capability
1. Describe in detail how your company stays on top of US market trends, fashion, styles
China design team will attend yearly lighting show in Ney York City. US Sales Rep. will visit US retailer like Lowes and HD on a regular basis and provide design and trend information back to the China
design team quarterly. Company obtain trend information from other US customers.
2. Give examples of innovations from your company in the last twelve months
1. Quick Connector Motor Housing 2. Quick Connector Fan Blades
3. The number of years your company has been developing and manufacturing this product category
20
4. Describe in detail how your company handles designing of new and innovative products
R&D will start from the sketching up different concepts, these sketches will be evaluated by the R&D manager for approval to proceed. With initial approval, prototype samples will be made for cosmetic
approval by R&D Manager, Marketing Manager, and GM. Once cosmetic is approved, functional sample will be made and will conduct different validation test. Design details will be finalized after these
test. All test results and drawings will then need to be approved by R&D Manager and GM before the product can be ready for ‘marketing’ (i.e. ready to look for customers)
5. List out the national standards & certifications that your products currently have (e.g. UL, CSA, FSC)
UL, CSA, FCC (Remote Control)
6. How do you ensure your products are cleared of patent infringement and how do you handle patent related legal issues? (e.g. US law firm, local law firm, internal
assessment)
Before we confirm any of our product will be sold in the US, we will ask our US Law firm partner to conduct a patent search, we proceed only if we have clearance from the lawyer
7. Describe in detail the R&D and Engineering steps your company would take to turn a design drawing into a product?
List all critical materials / product testing you will carry out
Task Description
Step 1 Concept/Design VOC, Prototyping (example only, will need more details)
Step 2 Project Setup Feasibility Study, Gantt Charts (example only, will need more details)
Step 3 Design Drawings, DFMEA, prototyping (example only, will need more details)
Step 4 Design Validation Functional Testing (example only, will need more details)
Step 5 Tooling Prototype Tooling, Production Tooling (example only, will need more details)
Step 6 Tooling Validation First Article, Capability study (example only, will need more details)
Step 7 PPAP PCP, SOP (example only, will need more details)
Step 8
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I.(a) Primary Factory Information *(maximum of 30 characters in Factory Name for factory in China or Taiwan must provide Chinese Name and address)
Relationship w/ Vendor Partially Owned (50%) owned by ABC Ltd. Town Nanlang
*Factory Name DEF Factory FID (existing vendor) 1234 City ZhongShan
Factory Address No.1 ABC Road, XYZ industrial Park State/Province Guangdong
Country China
*Fty. Chinese Name DEF 電器工業有限公司 Postal Code/Zip
*Fty. Chinese Address 廣東省中山市南朗鎮XYZ工業園 Phone 760-1234-6789
Fax 760-2345-6789
New Model Lead-time 60
Existing. Model Lead-time 35
Factory Contact Ray Chan Phone 86-12345678987 I. (b) Factory Size (SQ. FT)
Shipping Port Yantin Production Warehouse Workers Dormitory Total
Date Fty.. Established 1995

50,000 10,000 50,000 2,000,000
Product Types and % Ceiling Fan (50%), Solar Landscape (20%), Flushmount (30%)
Total Monthly Capacity (40' Container) 100 Brands owned by factory DEF FANS
Current Monthly Capacity (40' Container) 40 Brands made for customers Harbor Breeze, Portfolio, Hunter, Hampton Bay
Monthly Capacity Committed for Lowe's (40' Container) 30 Solar Landscape, Flushmount
Monthly Capacity Committed for Lowe's (%) 30% produced in factory
# of Staffs
25 60 30 Plating John's Plating Ltd Motor Tom's Motors Ltd.
a. Planned b. On pay roll Fill Rate (b/a) Hand Paint Lu's Painting Remote Control Remote Electronics Ltd.
# of Production
Workers 2000 1800 90%
ISO 9001 Certified Certified by CQC 1. Do you have overtime working hour policy? Yes
Yes
Certified Date 20/01/2012 If yes, what is the upper OT limit per worker? (hrs per day or week or month) 50 hrs per month
If No, explain 2. In the last 12 months, which is your peak season month? June

60 hrs per month
No
Yes
If No, explain In Progress, expected to be certified by Feb, 2012 by SGS 4. Do you provide any insurance plan to ALL workers? Yes
Laboratory (List all Cert.) UL, CSA, ETL If yes, please select the ones you provide below or list out. If no, please explain
Certified by UL, CSA, ETL ✘
✘ 養老
工傷醫療生育失業
✘ ✘
Comments (Optional) UL GPRT, GPRT7 certified We are in the process of providing Maternity insurances to all workers, target completion by Aug 2013
I.(h) Defectives 5. What will be the most consecutive days a worker may work in your factory? 6 days, 1 day off
Flushmount - 2%,
Ceiling Fan 2.5%, 6. Do you have valid Property Ownership Certificate (房產證)? Yes
Avg. production final product defective Solar Landscape 1.5%
(竣工驗收)?
Not Sure
Flushmount - 2%,
Ceiling Fan 2.5%, 8. Do you have valid fire inspection certificate of the factory (消防驗收報告)? No
Avg. defect/return rate from customers? Solar Landscape 1.5%
Yes
J. Documents Control (Primary Factory)
1. Do you have a document control system in the factory? Yes If yes, specify standards (e.g. ISO) ISO 9001 : 2008
2. Check the documents below which exist in your factory (Maybe ask to present during factory visit)
Quality Process
✘ IQC Inspection ✘
QC Inspection ✘
Calibration Inspection Master List Of Drawings and
✘ ✘
Manual Control Plan Standards Standards Records Records ✘ Specifications
K. Packaging
1. Do you have capability to design/develop artwork and packaging ? Yes If Yes Outsource
Customer Walmart
2. Did you have experience working with customer
Yes
appointed packaging design agent and / or printer?
Name of Agent R-Pac, Periscope
3. List your usual printers used for printing of packaging boxes and their business % (should add up to 100%)
Starlite (40%), Avery (30%), WinTai (30%)
L. SWOT Analysis
Strengths Design of new and trendy ceiling fan for US market
Weaknesses Hand Painting
Opportunities Improve in the painting department and participate more with the high end fan with hand paint finish by 2013
Threats More local factory producing low end ceiling fan to the US market. Losing skilled workers due to increased living cost in the area
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A. Company Information (maximum of 30 characters)

Subsidiary Name Country VIETNAM

PHU KHANH WARD Phone +84 2273 618 991 Fax

Town THAI BINH CITY Website https://fortresstools.com.vn/?view=en

City THAI BINH CITY Email thuynguyen.tran@fortresstools.com.vn

Date Company Established 2006 VAT Rebate % (List all Products)

Owner TSAI CHUI TIEN Email

Daily Contact* Email

Merchandising Contact Email

Primary Factory Plant Manager Email

Logistics Contact Email

Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 2022 2023 (YTD)

FEU (40' container)

2021 2022 2023 (YTD) Staff (Excluding factory workers)

Turnover (US$) Turnover (US$) Turnover (US$) Sales & Marketing 5

1 Corona 25.0% Corona 25.0% Corona 25.0% Logistics 5

2 Walmart 25.0% Walmart 25.0% Walmart 25.0% Finance & Support 10

3 Lidl 15.0% Lidl 15.0% Lidl 15.0% Others 186

Others 35.0% Others 35.0% Others 35.0%

Total: 100% Total: 100% Total: 100%

F. US Market Presence G. Business Distribution (% Business by Country)

Primary Warehouse City (State) Europe 25.0% Others 2 (If Applicable)

Office Function Others(Pls.Specify) Canada Others 3 (If Applicable)

Pr. US Daily Contact Title Australia Others 4 (If Applicable)

Pr. US Contact Phone China Others 5 (If Applicable)

Pr. US Contact Email Asia (Non-China) Total (100%) 100.0%

H. Product Design and Development Capability

Relationship w/ Vendor Town

*Factory Name FID (existing vendor) City

Factory Address State/Province

*Fty. Chinese Name Postal Code/Zip

*Fty. Chinese Address Phone

New Model Lead-time

Existing. Model Lead-time

Factory Contact Phone I. (b) Factory Size (SQ. FT)

Shipping Port Production Warehouse Workers Dormitory Total

Date Fty.. Established

Product Types and %

I.(c) Capacity I.(d) Brands and Products

Total Monthly Capacity (40' Container) Brands owned by factory

Current Monthly Capacity (40' Container) Brands made for customers

Monthly Capacity Committed for Lowe's (40' Container)

a. Planned b. On pay roll Fill Rate (b/a)

I.(g) Certifications I.(i) Social Accountability

What is the max. OT hour in that peak month for 1 worker?

3. Do you currently have a VALID Comprehensive Working

6. Do you have valid Property Ownership Certificate (房產證)?

8. Do you have valid fire inspection certificate of the factory (消防驗收報告)?

J. Documents Control (Primary Factory)

1. Do you have capability to design/develop artwork and packaging ? If Yes

*Factory Name FID (existing vendor) City

Factory Address State/Province

*Fty. Chinese Name Postal Code/Zip

*Fty. Chinese Address Phone

New Model Lead-time

Existing. Model Lead-time

Factory Contact Phone I. (b) Factory Size (SQ. FT)

Shipping Port Production Warehouse Workers Dormitory Total

Date Fty.. Established

Product Types and %

I.(c) Capacity I.(d) Brands and Products

Total Monthly Capacity (40' Container) Brands owned by factory