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iv / Volume 6 - August 2007 Sourcing Bali August news

We are proud to bring you the AUGUST edition of Sourcing Bali news - with updates from our supplier partners and the Sourcing Bali crew.

In this edition, we bring your news of latest uploads to the site, details of the Jakarta Export show in October, as news of latest projects.

We hope that you enjoy receiving these updates - if ever you have any suggestions or ideas on how we can improve our communications, we would be happy to receive them.

On behalf of all the crew I thank you for your wonderful support.

Warmest regards
Desmond & Crew

New products / suppliers

As always, we work hard to bring you the latest news of suppliers and products from Bali and Beyond.

New to the site this month is a new range of iron gates. There are over 12 new designs to select from, and custom orders are very welcome.  Prices are charged per sqm.  Designs are available in stainless steel or wrought iron.  For details email robert@sourcing-bali.com

We have also been adding more and more product to the Hospitality Essentials range - you can view the latest products on line at www.sourcing-bali.com and www.sb-he.com

We encourage you to view our sites often, as we are always adding new products.  If  you cannot find what you are looking for - email us at desmond@sourcing-bali.com and we will be happy to assist with the sourcing / design.

It's High Season

We have been very busy with customer visits during July and August - we say a special welcome to Adam Odoski, Ian Mulville, Allie, Amanda and Joe, Nicole, Sarah, Robin and Toni, David and Himla, Ed, Ian, Craig, Lisa, and Janjte - we look forward to asisting you with your orders.

As we get busier, we do encourage you to book earlier for your buying trips so that we can allocate drivers, cars and account managers.  Your business is important to us, so the sooner we can confirm your dates, the more time we have to plan - and help to make your buying trips a great success.

Warmest regards,
The Crew

Remember - when in Bali, take advantage of the FREE  INTERNET at THE BUSINESS CENTRE - Located at RIM CARGO OBEROI - Branch office.  Jalan Laksmana (Oberoi) #32.  Open 09.00am till 7pm - Mon to Friday, and until 3.00pm on Saturday.  Drop in to say Hi to Niti, and check your emails for free (Exclusive to customers of RIM CARGO / Sourcing Bali)

From Concept to Creation

One of the best things about our job is helping customers to bring ideas to life. One recent challange was from a client in Perth who asked us to preproduce a detailed image of a chinese dragon as a wall mosaic.

The customer supplied us with the pictures and we accepted the challenge.  The results were two very beautiful and detailed mosaics made from hand cut ceramic tiles. The quality and the finish is superb and we have no doubt that these will be a striking addition to the customer's walls.

Jakarta Export Exhibition

The 2007 PPE (Pameran Produk Expor) will be held in Jakarta from October 23  to 27.  Once again, Sourcing Bali will be exhibiting at the show; promoting the latest product range from Hospitality Essentials.  

This exhibition showcases the very biggest and best of export quality products from around Indonesia - including furniture, furnishings, handicrafts and home wares.

We invite you to visit the show, combing the dates with a buying trip to Bali before or afterwards. We will be happy to arrange hotels and transportation to the show - and if required - assistance at the exhibition itself.  Domestic flights are often best arranged from here, so if you require any assistance, please dont hesitate to ask sheny@sourcing-bali.com

All of the Account Managers will be at the show - we look forward to being of service.

Quality Control

The most important of the roles that we conduct on behalf of our customers is QUALITY controlling.  We understand that for handmade products, not machine made - this is even more important for us to monitor, since there are often variations in colour, size, finishing etc of these products.

Each and every product at Sourcing Bali is checked bu one of our 7 quality controllers - each item is inspected for variations, checked against purchase order details, established standards etc before being given the final approval.

In some cases, reject levels can be in excess of 50% - in which case, we return, recheck and sometime reject again - making sure that everything is 100% correct.

We have a committment to excellence at Sourcing Bali and for any items that are sent to a customer and are found not to have had the appropriate QC - we refund the goods. It's that Simple!

Our customers are encouraged to visit our facilities during buying trips - to meet the crew first hand and see how / why we have the highest standard of packing in Bali and why we help to save our customers money by quality controlling all products prior to packing.

Public Holidays - August

If you have plans to travel to Bali this month, please take note of two public holidays.

August 11th - Ascension of the Prophet Mohammed
August 17th - Indonesian Independance Day.

Our offices will be closed on these dates.

Currency fluctuations

The Rupiah has experienced some significant changes over the past few weeks with rates varying from 8900 to 9220 to the US$1. 

Our website has a currency converter online - after you log on to our site - you can check your crruency for daily rates or email sheny@sourcing-bali.com for approx rates on the day.

For all invoices, Sheny will give the Rp rate at the time of invoicing - however due to the nature of the currency, this is subject to change.  Any variances (+ or -) are advised by Shney at the time of recieving the funds - and converted by the bank.

Client comments

We are proud to share some comments that we have received this month from customers who have recently used our services. 

If you have any comments or suggestion on how we can improve our service - please let us know. We would delighted to hear from you. desmond@sourcing-bali.com

"Firstly I would like to thank you for all your help and efforts, you have been an absolute pleasure to deal with! We received the container last Friday and have since unloaded the goods. Everything was packed superbly! And, by the looks no damage (we have not unwrapped everything as yet).Can’t wait to get back to Bali for another shopping trip!"
(
Natasha Low - Australia / August 1st, 2007)

"I am writing this email to say that my container has arrived and has been unpacked. It truley was a fantastic job of packing and quarantine stated it was one of the best packed containers, everything was perfect from the documents to the wood packaging to individual wrapping. It was fantastic and i really appreciate the effort you and your team put towards this. I am sure i will be using Rim Cargo again. Excellent work. Thanks Again."
(Nick Scaturchio - Australia / July 30th, 2007)

"The container has landed and we are very happy!!! with the way the product was packed. Once again the New Zealand maf said this is one the best containers he has inspected.He told us he sees so many containers not up to NZ standards.So please pass on our congratulations to all the staff involved with picking up and packing the container. Brilliant job!! It makes it so much easier for us at this end. Wayan Thanks once again for making our buying trip enjoyable and taking us to the best shops to get our product. We look forward to our next buying trip and catching up with you both. We are still unpacking BIG JOB! We will send details on the rest of the product once we are finished. Thank you to all the Sourcing Bali team."
(Steve & Julie Meek - New Zealand / July 19th, 2007)

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