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How does a China sourcing agent source custom kitchen cabinets from China, wardrobes and bathroom vanities for a hotel or apartment project? Guangdong is home to the world’s largest custom cabinetry factories, and cabinets are the most drawing-dependent item in a commercial project — which is exactly where a project goes wrong when nobody checks the drawings against what comes off the line.

FBM Sourcing manages the entire China procurement package for overseas construction projects. This video follows the full route on a real order: 3D and 2D drawings signed off with a material list, automated panel production, the assembled-versus-flat-pack decision, pre-shipment inspection against the signed drawings, and container loading with a loading report that makes on-site sorting straightforward.

What this video covers

• 0:00 — Why Guangdong for custom cabinets
• 0:27 — Who FBM Sourcing is
• 1:16 — Step 1 — Drawings and material list
• 1:39 — Step 2 — Production and packing
• 2:11 — Step 3 — Quality inspection
• 2:35 — Step 4 — Container loading and shipping
• 2:58 — Step 5 — Installation and after-sales
• 3:14 — Mixed-category consolidation
• 3:32 — How to start

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How does a China sourcing agent help you source custom kitchen cabinets, wardrobes, and bathroom vanities for a commercial construction project? Guangdong, China is home to the world’s largest custom kitchen cabinet, wardrobe, and bathroom vanity factories, plus a large group of very mature custom cabinetry factories. Kitchen cabinets, wardrobes, and bathroom vanities are the most drawing-dependent items in a hotel or apartment project. FBM Sourcing is a building material and furniture sourcing agent in Guangzhou, China, focused on commercial construction projects, with more than ten years of hands-on project experience. Over the past ten-plus years, we have completed the procurement and delivery of full-category custom cabinetry — kitchen cabinets from China, wardrobes, walk-in closets, and vanities — for many commercial projects: hotels, apartment buildings, schools, and hospitals.

With a proven supply chain, we give developers and contractors professional, convenient support across quality, price, drawings, ocean shipping, on-site sorting and installation, and after-sales service. So how does it work after you have paid the deposit? Step one: drawings. The factory produces 3D and 2D drawings from your plans, and the drawings go back and forth until you sign them off. Every material, color, and accessory is listed clearly in a material list for your signature, and only then does production start.

Step two: production. The factories run highly advanced automated production equipment. Automated lines cut, edge, and sort every panel, so hundreds of units for one project arrive identical and complete. There are two packing options: assembled or flat-packed. Assembled shipping saves a lot of on-site assembly time; flat-pack shipping saves container space and freight.

This is confirmed before the order is placed, and the goods ship in the agreed form. Step three: quality inspection. When the goods are ready, we go to the factory to inspect. Against your signed drawings and material list, we check every dimension, color, accessory, and detail. Any problem must be corrected by the factory immediately until it matches the order and the drawings, and you receive a detailed inspection report.

Step four: container loading and shipping. Our loading team is highly professional, so the goods you receive are intact. After loading, you receive a detailed loading report to make unloading easier. A hotel project often ships six or seven containers of cabinets and wardrobes to site at one time, and clear guidance greatly helps the client unload and sort. Step five: installation and after-sales.

Installation comes with clear instructions. Every client has assembled the cabinets successfully by following them, and if any question comes up, we help right away. A commercial project includes many product categories, so besides shipping full containers of custom cabinetry, we also often coordinate cabinets with the other building materials and furniture for our clients and ship them together in the same batch of containers. Planning a hotel, apartment building, office, or other commercial building? For full-container projects, send us your drawings and BOQ.

FBM Sourcing — your China sourcing agent for building materials and furniture. FBMSourcing.com.

Frequently asked questions

What is your minimum order for custom cabinetry?

We always ship by full container. A hotel project often ships six or seven containers of cabinets and wardrobes at one time; where a category does not fill a container on its own, it is consolidated with the other products for the same project.

Should I ship cabinets assembled or flat-packed?

Both are possible. Assembled shipping saves a lot of on-site assembly time; flat-pack saves container space and freight. This is confirmed before the order is placed and the goods ship in the agreed form.

What do I receive after inspection and loading?

A detailed inspection report checked against your signed drawings and material list, and a detailed loading report after the container is loaded.

Can cabinets ship together with the other materials for the same building?

Yes. A commercial project involves many product categories, and we regularly coordinate cabinets with the doors, tiles, windows and furniture for the same project and ship them in the same batch of full containers.

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Planning a project?

FBM Sourcing manages the entire China procurement package for overseas construction projects. For full-container projects, send us your drawings and BOQ: contact FBM Sourcing.