Fourteen years developing incredible products with the industries' best talent and managing complex manufacturing networks for the world's most creative companies. Based in SE Asia, China since 2012.
At McCrea, we see products in the most positive light: as extensions of their creators—self expression that merits the absolute best execution, down to the finest details—while larger companies see your ideas as merely their next sale, we believe each project deserves to be treated with vision, excitement, precision, and a team commitment to creating something amazing each and every time.
You get assigned someone who's never set foot in a factory floor (or twice a year at best), managing your critical supply chain from 7000 miles away in a comfortable office.
Agencies add layers upon layers of fees (sometimes that they themselves cannot explain) that inevitably inflate your unit costs, usually without adding proportional value to the process.
They pass emails from sales teams to obscure trading partners, unaware if its a real factory or trading company, sitting in between your product and the factory forwarding emails rather than direct, boots-on-the-ground engagement.
Sales pitches that sound great but evaporate the moment production problems arise or timelines get tight.
More cooks in the kitchen than they know what to do with; lacking the technical knownedge to drive decisions, leading to confusion and lack of direction for your product.
Sell you on factory direct while passing your ideas to middle men, or trading companies, to execute. Convoluted and opaque processes lead to risky supply chains: no visibility = no accountability.
I help you design your complete product-to-market pathway working directly with you and the industry leading experts:
I work directly with 3D sculptors, prototype shops, and seasoned factory engineers to turn your sketches and ideas into actually manufacturable designs
Together, I help you design your tools, manufacturing methods, processes, and products to acheive the most competitive and cost-effective solution possible, while maintaining the highest quality and compliance standards from day one, keeping the end goal in mind at all times
I ensure you are provided with the absolute manufacturing options balancing cost effectiveness, design capabilities, absolute best-in-class compliance, production capacity, and reliability, transparency, and production efficiencies. I provide you options, you choose what's best for you.
I help you plan for certifications, regulations, audit preparation (I provide or help you coordinate, specialists and execute)
I help you set up QA protocols and inspection schedules (testing by certified 3rd parties)
Timeline management, problem resolution, long-term relationship maintenance
Promise miracles. I don't promise anything I can't deliver. Quality input results in quality output. The inverse is true as well.
Source product from questionable or unethical geographies/ suppliers in order to bypass compliance or quality standards, and save pennies in the short term. That's a hard no for me, and a non-negotiable principle.
Logistics or shipping coordination (we let freight forwarders handle this)
Hire unncessary silo'ed compartmentalized staff for each task. We reduce the telephone game to leanest operating environment possible, cutting the risk of communication inefficiencies and associated costs.
Work with square companies in a 4D environment. Every problem merits outside of the box thinking, and every hurdle has a way around. We explore every option to find the best solution possible, before agreeing together on best course of action.
Actual QC testing or inspections (I work together with you to hire and manage objective and unbiased specialists)
You tell me the vision and set the parameters. We brainstorm the architecure and desired features together. Then I design the pathway to physical samples and production, including proposed factory selection, final manufacturing specification, timeline planning, ANY and all associated costs for sampling, tooling, or unit costs upfront. You get full transparency, options, and my advise, and when satisfied with the roadmap, you decide to hit the button. Finally, I bring in specialists for testing and logistics — so you get expert execution without agency bloat.
Western companies looking to:
Bridge the gap from visionary brainstorm to real physical samples.
Design and develop your dream product ideas for manufacturability and mass production together with industry-leading experts.
Source from the best factories in Asia for the first time without rookie mistakes.
Reduce costs significantly without sacrificing quality by value engineering and smart material/process selection.
Advise on how to set up a legal presence or office in China or SE Asia.
Replace a failing supplier relationship that's costing you money.
No pitch. I'll look at your situation and tell you honestly if I can help or if you're better off elsewhere.
Book Free Callor email: patrick@McCrea-Consulting.com
