Samy spent more than a decade working in the supply chains that move consumer goods from Asia to the US.
Bangkok. Hong Kong. Shanghai. Not on calls — in person, inside the factories.
What he kept seeing.
American retail and wholesale brands getting burned by sourcing arrangements that looked good on paper. Agents who worked over email. Factories recommended by brokers who'd never set foot in them. Quality checks that happened — maybe — days before a container sailed, by someone the buyer had never met.
The goods would land, and something would be off. Color, finish, stitching, print registration, packaging. Sometimes small. Sometimes the kind of thing that costs a full PO.
What Namu is.
Namu is Samy's answer to that pattern. A sourcing and QA consultancy built around one non-negotiable: physical presence. In every facility. At every stage of production.
We work with American retail and wholesale brands sourcing printed and branded goods — apparel, promotional items, custom packaging, branded hardware. Whatever the order size, the work is the same: vet the supplier in person, approve the sample, audit the production line, inspect the finished goods, and sign off before anything ships.
Samy personally handles every client relationship. That's a feature, not a scaling limitation
— Namu's value is that you get a real person who knows your product, your tolerances, and your timelines. Not a rotating account manager.
One invoice. One point of contact. End to end.
- 01
Discovery call
Twenty minutes to see if Namu fits what you're sourcing.
- 02
Sourcing brief
Specs, quantity, target cost, timeline.
- 03
Suppliers & samples
Supplier identification, sample production, pricing negotiation.
- 04
Production QA
Pre-production review and inline checks on the floor.
- 05
Final inspection
Signed off before the shipment moves.