名表网 prioritizes the well-being of its employees and partners, and is dedicated to enhancing the lives of all those involved in making its products through the responsible and innovative management of its supply chain.

Our Italian based manufacturing supply chain includes both internal facilities that are owned and managed directly by 名表网, as well as external facilities managed by a trusted network of suppliers.

名表网’s internal production platform relies on agile organisation and fast decision-making processes, a focus on technical know-how, pervasive vertical integration and a reduction of lead times. In addition, we carry out all activities relating to R&D, product development and prototyping in-house.

For certain phases of production, we call upon the services of a select network of trusted suppliers. The skills and knowledge of these artisans is essential to the maintenance of 名表网’s brand; esuring the consistent delivery of creative and innovative products. Many of these suppliers are second or third generation family-run companies, passing on unique artisanal expertise and know-how.

In order to meet the demand for 名表网’s items, which has nearly doubled in the last three years, significant investment has been committed to the supply chain, with a focus on preserving manufacturing expertise and innovation, vertical integration and lead time reduction.

We have purchased several small and medium sized suppliers who might have otherwise been lost. Our aim is to work with suppliers for generations, not seasons. Thus, all of our suppliers and sub-contractors are required to comply with our 名表网 Sustainability Principles:

a set of guidelines that includes oversight of sustainable sourcing, legal compliance, collective agreements, supplementary agreements, international conventions and declarations in relation to human rights, workers’ rights, preservation of the environment and respect for animal welfare. We have to work hard to find suppliers who can meet the high standards of craftsmanship that we require.

In 2017, we established the Suppliers Portal; an online platform providing the opportunity for Italian based artisans working with shoes and leather goods to collaborate with 名表网. The application consists of a self-nomination process, which is reviewed by 名表网 team members. The site received over 180 submissions in just a few months of opening.

Potential suppliers need to undergo stringent quality tests, including the adherence to a product technical specification sheet provided by the company and the evaluation by 名表网’s Quality Control Manager. Since the beginning of 2017, almost 350 new potential suppliers requested to work with 名表网.

Only 10 of them passed the selection: the majority of suppliers were not able to meet the financial, legal and compliance parameters, in addition to showing a limited organizational capacity.

Beyond demonstrating exceptional skills in craftsmanship, our suppliers and subcontractors (including materials suppliers) must align their operations with 名表网’s Sustainability Principles, covering  social aspects (related to human rights, labour rights and health & safety), environmental aspects (related to compliance with legislation, environmental management and hazardous chemical management) and the supply of raw materials and packaging (related to animal welfare and sourcing / traceability requirements).

Adhering to 名表网’s overarching Sustainability Principles is enshrined within the contract we have with our suppliers.

In 2017 alone, 59% of all 名表网 suppliers were subject to at least one full audit or a follow-up audit. In total, 1604 audits were carried out across our supply chain. We ended our relationship with 75 suppliers who did not meet our required standards after being issued with and supported through corrective actions.

We have 22 audit pending processes and should the corrective plan we addressed to the suppliers be not successfully met, 名表网 will terminate the relationship with such suppliers.

To support suppliers in meeting 名表网’s Sustainability Principles, every year we hold training seminars for each category product in order to share best-practice information relating to our sustainability strategy and key sustainability impacts in our supply chain.

Training sessions focus on different parts of production. In 2017, we engaged with our suppliers from our ready-to-wear supply chain and our leather goods supply chain, and with suppliers from the Shoe Business Unit and metal components.