The digital layer behind
smarter procurement.

Frethan is the supply chain platform that sits behind our sourcing service. It gives you one place to track orders across multiple Chinese factories, see production milestones, hold inspection reports and certificates against each order, and follow goods through consolidation and shipping. Instead of chasing updates over email and WeChat, you watch your project move in real time. Book a strategy call to see it against a live order.

ChinaDirect Sourcing is the managed service: our people negotiate, vet suppliers, run quality checks and handle logistics. Frethan is the technology that makes that work visible to you. We use it to coordinate your orders across our Brisbane and China teams, and you get a window into the same data. CDS is always the partner you deal with. Frethan is how the work stays transparent.

No. You can run a full project with us by phone, email and our regular reporting, and many clients do. Frethan is there for builders and developers who want live visibility across several orders at once, or who are managing larger volumes and want everything in one view. Start with a strategy call, and we will show you whether the platform fits how you work.

You see order status by factory, key production milestones, photos and inspection or test reports as they come in, and the shipping and consolidation stage for each line. Compliance documents stay attached to the order they belong to, so a NATA-accredited test report or certification sits with the product it covers. The aim is simple: at any moment you know exactly where your goods are. Register your interest to get a walkthrough.

Your order data, supplier details and pricing are visible only to you and the CDS team running your project. We do not share your supplier relationships or commercial terms with other clients. Frethan was built for cross-border procurement where confidentiality matters, since your factory list and margins are part of your competitive position. We are happy to talk through access controls and data handling on a strategy call before you commit.

We do not run a self-serve sign-up, because the platform is set up around a live project we manage with you. The straightforward path is to book a strategy call. We will look at what you are sourcing, show you the platform against a real or sample order, and explain how visibility works once your project starts. If it suits you, we configure your access as the work begins.