Important in furniture sourcing that all vendors have their strength / weakness so if you know their strength, it will save a lot of time and cost.

Advisor must have production/technical experience. He must understand customer desires and consult the right points like design, price points, quality of products, test needed and other requirements for buyer market like FSC, Lacey Act, C-TPAT…

so buyers need to have a list of question for their demand. if consultant could answer and explain thing to do more than 70%, congratulation, you may get the one you are looking for and could start next step.