Groundwork SourcingChina OEM production Get a quote

A Korean you can talk to.

24 years on the ground in China.

Fred Lee, CEO of GD TRADE Korean

Fred Lee

CEO, GD TRADE

Deal with him in English. No interpreter.

  • Five years in Australia
  • Overseas Sales Director, Keumdo Holdings
  • Tier 1 vendor to a USD 3.6B group
  • China-based. Sourcing and production.
Moonhak Kim, Director of GD TRADE Chinese

Moonhak Kim

Director, GD TRADE

Describe the product. He runs the production.

  • 24 years in OEM sourcing
  • 400+ 40HQ containers shipped
  • Apparel, houseware, toys, electronics
  • Yiwu-based. Factories and inspection.

What we handle

A mill's colour card of fabric swatches on a desk, with shortlisted numbers marked by hand

Sourcing

Material analysis. Factory sourcing and vetting. ODM and OEM.

Bundled panels in bins beside sewing machines on a working production floor in China

Production management

We're on the floor for every order. Delivery and quality controlled in person, not over email.

Staff around a table folding, bagging and banding finished garments before dispatch

Inspection & dispatch

Goods land in our Yiwu warehouse first. Every piece inspected, quantity confirmed, then it ships.

From enquiry to shipment, in five steps

  1. 1
    Racks of wrapped fabric rolls in a materials warehouse

    Material sourcing

    Spec analysis

  2. 2
    A numbered card of fabric options, each swatch labelled for quoting

    Costing

    Your approval

  3. 3
    Four colourways of the same trouser style laid side by side

    Sampling

    Every SKU

  4. 4
    An operator working at a sewing station with cut panels stacked beside her

    Production

    Managed on site

  5. 5
    A spec sheet held up and read against a pile of finished garments

    Inspection & dispatch

    Every piece checked

Across 350,000 pieces, zero defective shipments.

Runs have failed. None of them shipped — here is one, in full, including the lot we rejected and made again.

350,000
Pieces shipped, May–July 2026
0
Defective shipments
30+
Korean accounts running
100%
Inspected before dispatch

Apparel, cumulative across the three months.

Not luck. Sequence.

Before production

The defects this category always throws up get designed out before the order is placed.

During production

At least three site visits. Problems fixed on the line, not after.

Before dispatch

Every piece inspected at our warehouse. Quantity confirmed, then it ships.

Throughout

One person owns your order. Based in China, replies the same day.

Currently producing for 30+ brands in Korea. Now taking on US accounts.

Shipped to Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

A drawstring waistband held open and checked by hand against the other colourways of the same style
Fixed mid-production

They changed the waistband size after production started.

The order was already running. Normally the spec is locked the moment you place it — that's the end of the conversation. This was a trim, and it hadn't been sewn in yet. We were on the floor, checked where the line had actually got to, and had it changed with no extra cost and no delay.

This doesn't always work. It works when someone knows where your order is on the line.

A pair of fur-lined suede slippers photographed from above, showing the moulded outsole edge
Caught before production

Fur slippers come apart if the sole is only glued.

Glue alone doesn't hold a sole onto fur. Crushing, edge finish, a twisted toe box, shedding — they all come back on this product. We add one row of stitching to the outsole and write it into the order.

You only know this if you've had it happen. We raise it before the order goes in.

You'll be dealing with one of us.

Send us your spec

One or two products is enough to start. Email us what you sell and roughly how many — unit price and which factory the order goes into both move with volume. We reply within one business day; no call required.

hello@groundworksourcing.com

On WhatsApp: +82 10 8781 3083 — the same person who answers the email.

On WeChat: fredlee8888 — you're messaging Fred in Yiwu, not a ticket queue.