LOW-RISK SECOND-SUPPLIER TRIAL

Keep your current supplier. Test a second source under a recorded process.

The purpose of a trial is not to move every order at once. It is to learn whether one defined specification can be documented, compared, approved, and repeated without hiding unresolved differences.

A request is reviewed before any sample, quote, production, or delivery commitment is created.

WHO IT IS FOR

Professional buyers protecting continuity.

  • Independent hair-replacement studios with an existing source
  • Hair-system specialists who already manage fitting and maintenance
  • Professional salons adding a controlled backup option
  • Buyers who can identify the product or service problem they need to test

WHO IT IS NOT FOR

Not a consumer product finder.

  • Individual retail shoppers
  • Requests for an instant price without a defined product scope
  • Orders that depend on unverified stock, delivery, or performance promises
  • Projects that require a U.S. warehouse or an owned-factory relationship

TRIAL PROCESS

Each step leaves a reviewable record.

  1. 01

    Send the current reference

    Share the specification you already use, an existing unit, a template, a hair sample, photographs, or the parts of the record that are available.

  2. 02

    Build the Spec Profile

    Separate confirmed fields from missing details and assign a versioned profile so later changes do not overwrite the original instruction.

  3. 03

    Prepare a comparison sample

    Confirm the sample scope, commercial terms, and reference conditions in writing before any work begins.

  4. 04

    Record the decision

    Approve, reject, or request changes against the named specification version and keep unresolved points visible.

  5. 05

    Preserve the approved reference

    Link the accepted sample, written specification, approval decision, and supporting evidence under one reference.

  6. 06

    Reorder with controlled changes

    Start from the approved profile and identify every requested deviation instead of re-describing the build from memory.

THE OPERATING RECORD

Four controls make a future reorder easier to explain.

SPEC MEMORY

A versioned specification

Confirmed fields, open questions, reference conditions, and approved changes stay connected instead of being scattered across messages.

APPROVED SAMPLE

An explicit decision

A physical sample becomes a reference only when its scope, specification version, decision, and unresolved points are recorded.

BATCH TRACEABILITY

An order-linked check record

Base, color, density, length, direction, visual observations, evidence, and exceptions belong to the relevant order and batch.

EASY REORDER

A controlled repeat request

The approved profile is the starting point. A requested change creates a new version or exception instead of silently changing the master record.

WHAT TO PREPARE

Send what exists. Label what is missing.

Open the specification worksheet →

Written information

  • Base construction and size
  • Front contour and hair direction
  • Hair color and grey distribution reference
  • Density, length, and curl or wave reference
  • Known limitations or accepted variation

Physical or visual reference

  • Existing unit or labelled sample when available
  • Head template when shape is part of the requirement
  • Hair sample when screen color is insufficient
  • Unretouched photographs with the viewing condition noted
  • The current order form or approved record

START THE REVIEW

Begin with a direct business email.

The online intake remains closed until private storage, the database workflow, transactional delivery, retention terms, and operator review controls are all verified. You can start a manual review by emailing the business address below; do not send sensitive client information in the first message.

Email sales@havelockhair.com