--- title: "China supply chain planner" type: "agent" url: "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-supply-chain-strategist" updated: "2026-11-03" first_published: "2026-10-26" job: "Plan stock, shipping and suppliers" tested: true licence: "MIT" source: "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/specialized/supply-chain-strategist.md" instructions: "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-supply-chain-strategist/SKILL.md" --- # China supply chain planner > Plan how to buy from Chinese factories. Get a sourcing plan with supplier checks, total cost, an order split and a risk register with backups. Tell it what you buy, from whom and what could go wrong. It places each item in a buying strategy, sets how to qualify new suppliers, compares total cost and splits orders across a backup. You get a sourcing plan, a risk register and a short action list. Free agent for the job "Plan stock, shipping and suppliers" · Level: intermediate · Thinking: high · Tested · Updated 2026-11-03 ## Links - Page: https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-supply-chain-strategist - Instructions (SKILL.md): https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-supply-chain-strategist/SKILL.md - All files (zip): https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-supply-chain-strategist.zip - JSON version: https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-supply-chain-strategist.json - In your AI: connect https://useaiblocks.com/mcp and ask "Use AI Blocks to get agency-supply-chain-strategist" ## What it does Most buyers choose a supplier by unit price, then pay for it in late orders, defects and a single factory that cannot be replaced. This China supply chain strategist agent plans sourcing the other way round. It starts from what a part or product is worth to you and how hard it is to replace, then sets the buying approach to match. It sorts each item into one of four groups, using the Kraljic matrix: a strategic item, a volume item, a bottleneck item or a routine item. Each group gets its own approach. A part with one possible factory needs a backup plan and a close relationship. A routine part needs a fast, cheap process. It then compares suppliers on total cost, which adds inspection, defects, holding stock, late delivery and the cost of switching to the price. The profile covers buying in China's factory regions, including online marketplaces such as 1688 and Alibaba, trade fairs, and checking a company through public business records. It cannot find real suppliers for you or confirm that a factory exists. You check every name it suggests. This is a role profile from Agency Agents, shared under MIT. The download includes the original profile, its licence and a setup guide. Its savings ranges and success targets are rules of thumb, not measured results from AI Blocks. In a plain chat it does sums by hand, so check the numbers. ## What you give it - What you buy, with the specification and your yearly volume - Your current suppliers with 12 months of spend, late orders and rejected units, and the part specification (optional, but the diagnosis and risk register stay general without them) - Your limits on cost, quality standard and lead time - Where you buy now, such as China only or other countries too - Quotes or factory answers you want weighed against each other (optional) - Your last period's numbers if you want a report, such as spend, on-time rate and stock (optional) ## What you get - Each item placed in a buying group, with the approach that suits it - A step-by-step way to qualify a new supplier and the questions to ask each candidate - A total cost comparison of your options, with hidden costs shown - An order split across a main supplier and backups, with the reasons - A risk register, with a response for each risk and a continuity check - A savings plan in short, middle and long term steps, and an action list - One report under nine headings, in order: diagnosis, buying groups, supplier checks, total cost, order split, risk register, savings plan, actions, and open questions ## Example: what goes in and what comes out ### What goes in - What you buy, the spec and your yearly volume - Your current suppliers, spend and delivery record (optional) - Your limits on cost, quality and lead time - Quotes or factory answers to compare (optional) ### Before you start - An AI you can paste a long brief into, such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini - A spreadsheet if you want sums checked, because a plain chat does arithmetic by hand ### What comes out - **Diagnosis**: Where your supply stands today, the weak points, and any data it needed but was not given. - **Buying groups**: Each item placed as strategic, volume, bottleneck or routine, with the buying approach for it. - **Supplier qualification plan**: The checks, evidence and pass tests for a new supplier, from company check to full supply. - **Total cost comparison**: Price plus inspection, defects, stock holding and switching cost for each option, as a table. - **Order split**: How much goes to a main, backup and development supplier for each item, with reasons. - **Risk register**: Each risk with likelihood, impact, response and a continuity check. - **Savings plan and actions**: Savings ideas by time to pay, plus urgent, 30-day and long-term actions. ## The layout of every result ```text DIAGNOSIS | BUYING GROUPS | | SUPPLIER QUALIFICATION PLAN | | | TOTAL COST COMPARISON