YIDAO

Industrial Partner Programme · 2026

We are inviting partners to take this into more factories.

Yidao makes the financial conclusion reconcile to every machine and every process step. The method already works; what remains is scale. Eight delivery lines, 109 standard work units and seven stage gates are all open to partners — you find the problem and build the trust, and Yidao carries the professional judgement and signs the report.

12Years in professional practice
213Engagement files
58Industry benchmark samples
31Provinces with data access
109Standard work units
10+Instructors on staff

Already proven

Not an idea. Something that already runs.

The three figures below all come from engagements we have completed. The method works; what remains is scale.

50.9%

of cost does not vary with output

Over twelve months of measurement at an electroplating company in Jiangsu we split every cost into fixed and variable components — and more than half did not move with output. That reverses the direction of the whole cost-reduction effort.

51%

reduction in electricity cost per unit

At the same company, output rose 4.6 times while electricity cost per unit fell 51%. Nobody had ever computed this for the owner, and it was sitting in his own reports.

97%

of purchasing from related parties

The real structure measured during an internal audit at an advanced materials company. We quantified it with the full codified working paper pack, priced it, and set out a remediation path.

Electroplating and surface finishing · Jiangsu

Twelve months of daily data, and cost computed properly for the first time

When we took it on, the client had genuine monthly costs, genuine output and revenue, and the right cost drivers — all three were present, but none of them was joined up.

We established cost objects, restated materials, labour and overhead, linked energy consumption to output, and proved one thing: they had always allocated by piece count, when the correct base was the physical driver of the product. The fix required no new capture equipment — the data was all in their own spreadsheets.

Electrical equipment · Jiangsu

Relocation and replacement: the highest-value finance and tax moment in manufacturing

Moving capacity and building a new line is the natural window for recomputing the cost structure, and the moment when policy relocation, equipment replacement, asset cards and book-tax differences all arise at once.

We built the relocation ledger and the equipment asset framework for this client, and defined the capture basis for the production dashboard in parallel — injection moulding machines, bolt forming machines, sub-metering and their own solar installation. Capture is read-only against the equipment and no data leaves the premises.

Advanced materials · Jiangsu

34 working papers, one complete internal audit delivery

Related-party transactions, transaction substance, use of funds, R&D compliance, reliability of the books — all seven stage gates were worked through, delivering the working paper pack, the internal audit report, draft internal control policies and a remediation tracker.

This is the parent pack of the Yidao method. The other seven delivery lines are all subsets cut from it by theme.

Client map

We are already inside manufacturing, and in more than one industry

Over twelve years the Yidao archive has accumulated 213 engagement files. The industrial manufacturing clients among them span more than ten sub-sectors — not a single bet, but a net already spread.

8

Materials and advanced materials

Polymers, composites and functional materials. Spread across Shanghai and Jiangsu, and currently the densest cluster

6

New energy, solar and efficiency

Distributed solar, storage, green power and energy efficiency retrofits

5

Hardware, precision and machinery

Precision machining, stamped hardware, wire mesh and machinery manufacturing

3

Lighting, optoelectronics and windows

Lighting fixtures, optoelectronic components and window systems

3

Testing and certification

Third-party testing services, working alongside manufacturers

2

Nonwovens and textiles

Nonwoven fabric, textiles and apparel manufacturing

2

Electroplating and injection moulding

Surface finishing and injection moulding — two processes already delivered in depth

2

Industrial gases · Paper

Air separation gases, paper and packaging

Geographically, our centre of gravity is clear

  • Shanghai — head office, and the densest client base
  • Southern and central Jiangsu — Changshu, Nantong, Wuxi, Dongtai, Suqian and Xuzhou, the manufacturing belt along the Yangtze
  • Cross-province delivery is proven — reports and engagements have been delivered in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi, Liaoning, Sichuan, Hunan and Tianjin

What that means for a partner

  • We are not entering manufacturing with a slide deck; we have been inside it for twelve years
  • The client you bring will most likely find a same-industry precedent in our archive
  • Wherever you are, we can bring the capability there — cross-province delivery is not a hypothesis

You do not start from zero

Pick up the work order, follow the papers, and the conclusion is signable

The hard part of consulting is not getting it right once; it is getting it right every time. Yidao solves that with codified working papers — reconciliations written as verifiable assertions, delivery written as seven gates, and the whole thing broken into 109 standard work units, each stating its criteria, procedure, evidence tier, degree of automation, days required and the role that performs it.

  • The full delivery scope of all eight lines, the seven stage gates and the three deliverables are published openly on the services page
  • The criteria and procedures at work-unit level open up once you sign as a delivery partner
  • Anything requiring professional judgement and accountability — policy feasibility, proposal design, audit defence, signing the report — is carried by Yidao

See the eight delivery lines and the seven gates

Screening

Ten questions that tell you whether a factory is worth taking on

This is the table Yidao actually uses internally when opening an engagement, now handed to partners. Ask these ten before you meet the client and you will know which line to propose and roughly what size of engagement it is.

The questionWhat the answer indicatesWhich line it triggers
What share of purchasing or sales is with related partiesAbove 30% is material dependenceL2 related-party transactions. This is the single most consequential question; a high share opens the whole line
Is there an independent third-party price comparableYes or no — it decides the evidence routeWith a comparable, line-by-line comparison; without one, fall back to spread and processing-cost coverage tests
Does the company manufacture in-houseYesLM manufacturing cost. Triggers cost, scrap, finished-goods variance and other manufacturing-specific work
Does it hold inventoryYesInventory observation is the main source of the highest evidence tier; without it you cannot obtain first-hand evidence
Does it hold high and new technology enterprise statusYesLR R&D compliance. Losing the status means clawback of incentives already taken — very high risk
Does the ledger capture R&D expenditureYesAsk separately from status — capture without status is possible, status without capture is not
Is there construction in progressYesCarrying it across year-end without transfer understates depreciation continuously; common and usually material
Are there large bank borrowings or facilitiesYesL3 use of funds. It also determines who the audit report's user is
Is there imported equipment or import-export activityYesTriggers a review of input VAT recoverability at import; add L6 if there is cross-border e-commerce
Has any book irregularity already surfaced in early discussionReversals, off-book accounts, statements that do not balanceThe reliability line opens fully, and both days and engagement value rise sharply

Suggested range by size and geography

  • Revenue between RMB 50m and RMB 500m is ideal. Below that, ability to pay is limited; above it, there is usually an internal audit function already
  • The decision maker is the owner or the finance lead — the shorter the decision chain, the better
  • For engagements requiring field verification, the same or a neighbouring city materially reduces cost

The best moment to walk in

  • Relocating, building a new line or replacing equipment at scale — the natural window for recomputing the cost structure
  • Just received a tax enquiry or a self-review notice — the most urgent need
  • Preparing to raise capital, bring in an investor or apply for a qualification — they need books that stand up
  • The owner has just replaced the finance lead — a new arrival wants to know what is really there

Ammunition

Nine problems that recur across manufacturing

These are the problems we meet repeatedly in manufacturing clients. Explain them clearly and you have earned the right to a conversation with a factory owner. Each is backed by a standard Yidao working paper.

#The problemWhy it is so common, and what follows
1Related-party purchasing and sales at a high share, with no pricing evidenceGroup entities supplying one another is the norm in privately held manufacturing, but almost nobody has kept the pricing rationale. Once an explanation is demanded, there is no same-period, same-specification benchmark to produce
2Scrap income never declaredEndemic in electroplating, hardware, machining and injection moulding. Income from offcuts, spent solution and scrapped tooling stays off the books for years, and the accumulated amount carries real risk
3Other payables used as an off-book accountThe account is carried indefinitely and only ever grows; in substance it is where off-book funds come to rest. It is also the easiest account to see through
4Year-end reversals reinstated after the turnA reversal in December and a reinstatement in January, used to smooth the year's profit. Comparing the voucher journal exposes the pattern immediately
5Construction in progress carried across year-endThe building or line has long been in production while the books still show construction in progress, understating depreciation continuously. Usually large, and it compounds year on year
6Equipment with no asset card and mismatched documentsContract, invoice and acceptance record do not agree, and sometimes an entire batch of equipment has no card at all. It bears directly on the supporting file for immediate deduction and accelerated depreciation
7R&D expenditure captured without disciplinePersonnel hours, material issues and equipment depreciation are captured without support, and the auxiliary ledger is disconnected from the filing schedules. A threat to continued HNTE status
8Abnormal input VAT reversal ratioInput tax on abnormal losses or on exempt activities not reversed as required, or a reversal ratio well away from the industry norm
9Inventory does not match the records and cost transfer is distortedFinished goods received into store diverge from production cost, and the movement reconciliation does not balance. The most central link in a manufacturer, and the most prone to failure

How to use this table: it is not there for partners to hand a client a conclusion — professional judgement is carried by Yidao's specialists. Its purpose is to let you name, at the first meeting, the thing the factory owner is actually worried about. When the other side realises you are describing their real situation rather than a generic pitch, the conversation moves from selling to diagnosing.

The ladder

From one health check to a long-term on-site relationship

A complete ladder from a low-threshold opener to a high-value engagement. The health check finds the problem, the engagement solves it, the retainer keeps the client. Delivery days are the standard basis; the fee is computed from days times the role rate, and we will provide the figures on request.

ProductDelivery daysIndicative feeWhat it solves
Manufacturing cost health check0.75XXXMargin truth at cost-object level, gaps in equipment asset cards, a three-tier risk list. Built to find problems, not to make money
Management dashboard pack9.5XXXTransaction-level margin, product and customer rankings, slow-moving stock, purchase price trends, rolling cash flow
Internal audit essentials12.0XXXRelated-party completeness, purchasing concentration, three-statement reconciliation, bank completeness, input reversals, individual income tax arrears
Tax risk scan and remediation13.0XXXTen-dimension invoice analysis, risk-domain scans across four taxes, remediation design per finding and a re-scan
Manufacturing cost and equipment assets17.5XXXMaterials, labour and overhead restatement, energy linkage, downtime and lost capacity quantified, asset cards matched to three documents
R&D compliance and super-deduction17.0XXXCapture across seven expense categories, auxiliary ledger, filing schedules, clawback exposure estimate
Policy relocation and replacementBy engagement valueXXXComputation of relocation income, evidence chain for replacement expenditure, equipment asset framework
Internal audit, full scope66.5XXXAll 34 working papers through all seven stages, including the audit report, draft internal control policies and the remediation tracker

On fees: the indicative fee for each product is computed directly from its delivery days times the role rate — it is not a guess. Roles are graded as data analyst, engagement manager and partner or specialist, and the rates are set out in the partner agreement and the engagement quote. The agreed price varies with the client's size, the complexity of the process and the completeness of the records; the engagement quote governs.

Working together

Three ways to work with us

We are not after a franchise fee; we are after good engagements delivered well. So there is only one principle: whoever creates the value takes it.

Referral partner

For people with manufacturing client relationships

  • You introduce the client; Yidao handles diagnosis, pricing, delivery and aftercare
  • Lead status is visible throughout — no black box
  • Client ownership is explicit, and we do not take your clients
  • We supply sample health check reports and talk tracks, so you need not know every technical detail

Referral only XXX | Active support XXX | Through to signature XXX

Delivery partner

For accountants, tax agents, internal auditors and cost specialists

  • Access the Yidao working paper library and take work orders by standard work unit
  • All 109 units state criteria, procedure, evidence tier and days — follow them
  • A specialist team reviews and backstops behind you; you do not carry the whole risk alone
  • Work orders route by type, so once you are fluent in one you keep receiving it

Paid per delivery day: XXX / XXX / XXX by role

Regional partner

For organisations with local industry and government relationships

  • Priority within the region, developing local manufacturing clients together
  • Full licence to the brand, the methodology, the tooling and the training system
  • Yidao sends specialists to support the first engagements until your team is running
  • Build the local process benchmark together — a long-term asset for both sides

One partner per region | Terms by discussion

What we provide

What you getWhat that means
Working paper library109 standard work units, seven stage gates, and the complete delivery methodology for all eight lines
ToolingNeishentong + CFAudit for audit work; Jingying Tongbao running locally (no data leaves the client's machine, which is the only reason clients install it)
Data capabilityTax data access across 31 provinces, generating a risk health check report automatically once the company authorises it, at very low marginal cost
Specialist backstopPolicy feasibility, proposals and pricing, review and signature — all carried by the Yidao specialist team
Training12 mature curricula, 320 training assets, and an 8-stage standard business process SOP
SettlementAccrued in instalments as the client pays, with each receipt triggering its instalment. Transparent, and never withheld

The process

How an engagement runs, and where you are in it

Six stages, each with an explicit owner. You can take part in the first two only, or follow it all the way through — how much you put in decides how much you take out.

S1

Lead

You find a factory worth taking on, apply the ten questions in section 04 for an initial view, and pass it to Yidao. We undertake to respond within 24 hours.

Partner leads

S2

Case diagnosis

A specialist assesses feasibility and sets the direction. Anything not viable under the rules is stopped here — that is quality control, and it protects you from spending time on work that cannot be done.

Yidao specialists

S3

Proposal and quote

Yidao issues the proposal and the quote for you to confirm. Discount authority is defined, so nobody waits on an approval chain.

Yidao and partner

S4

The client's internal decision

This stage tests how well you know the client — who decides, where it is stuck, what material will persuade them. Your value shows most clearly here, and we provide internal briefing material and specialists in the room.

Partner leads

S5

Signature and advance

Contract signed and the advance received. Commission ownership locks at this moment and does not change with staff movements afterwards.

Yidao and partner

S6

Delivery and collection

Delivery follows the working paper standard, and you may take part in delivery for a higher share. Each receipt from the client triggers the corresponding instalment of commission — nothing waits for the end of the engagement.

Yidao delivers / partner may take part

How settlement works

The share is graded by depth of involvement — referral only, active support, or carrying it through to signature — rising through the three, with the figures set out in the partner agreement.

If you take on part of the delivery, that is paid separately by the work units and roles you actually perform, at rates likewise set in the agreement. Review and signature responsibility stays with Yidao, and takes its corresponding share.

Each receipt from the client triggers the matching instalment of commission. It is not paid once per order, and it does not wait for the engagement to close. Lead status and settlement records are available to you at any time — no black box.

The above describes the settlement mechanism and is not a representation about income. The signed partner agreement and the engagement quote govern in practice.

Timing

Why now

Cost

is no longer optional

Margins in manufacturing have been squeezed to the point where cost has to move. Our clients are already computing electricity per unit and per tonne themselves — the demand exists; what is missing is someone who can tie it back to the ledger.

Compliance

is becoming a hard constraint

With digitalised tax administration, a company's financial position is close to transparent from outside. The risk shifts from whether it will be found to when it will be dealt with. Early is planning; late is defence.

Replacement

is opening a window

Capacity relocation, new lines and equipment renewal are happening together, and these are exactly the moments when recomputing the cost structure and doing the finance and tax work is worth most — and when we are most easily invited in.

Three forces arriving at once, and very few people in the market who can read the ledger, read the line, and are willing to sign. This window will not stay open indefinitely.

Questions

What you are probably wondering

Will Yidao take my client?

No — and we guarantee it by rule rather than by promise.

Client ownership binds to the partner's identifier when the case is opened and is locked by snapshot at signature; it changes thereafter only with written agreement from both sides. During delivery, Yidao specialists appear as backstop specialists and the client's point of contact remains you. This is not courtesy — protecting your client relationship is the precondition for you to keep investing, and the basis on which this model survives.

I do not know manufacturing cost. Can I still do this?

Yes — and that is exactly why we codified the methodology.

Start as a referral partner: all you need to judge is whether a factory is worth taking on (the ten questions in section 04). Technical diagnosis, proposal design, pricing and delivery are all carried by Yidao. Once you have run a few engagements and know the language and the problem types, consider moving up to delivery partner. By then all 109 work units set out the criteria and procedure for every step, with specialists reviewing and backstopping so you never carry the whole risk alone.

Is there a franchise fee or any capital to put up?

No. No franchise fee, no entry fee, no stock to hold, no deposit.

We are not after a partner's money; we are after good engagements delivered well. The only things you invest are your time and the client relationships you already have. The short-form tax risk report can serve as your opener, at negligible marginal cost.

How long until the first engagement?

The first health check report usually reaches the client within two weeks — that part is fast, because data retrieval and report generation are automatic.

The time from health check to signature depends on how urgent the client's problem is and how long the decision chain is. In our experience, clients who have received a tax enquiry, are relocating, or are preparing to raise capital decide fastest; clients who merely want a look around take longer to develop. That is why section 04 emphasises timing.

How is the client's data kept safe?

Three hard rules, written into the architecture rather than only into the contract.

The data does not leave the premises — Jingying Tongbao runs entirely locally with zero upload, and source data stays on the client's machine. Capture is read-only — no write access to equipment controllers, never wired into a control loop, no downtime risk assumed. Only aggregates go out — anything leaving the client is irreversibly de-identified and aggregated, and is not published at all where the sample is too small.

When is commission settled, and will it be delayed?

Each receipt from the client triggers the matching instalment. It is not paid once per order, and it does not wait for the engagement to close.

Manufacturing contracts are mostly paid in instalments, so settling against receipts is fairer to both sides: if the client changes course midway Yidao is not out of pocket, and you are not left waiting through a long engagement. Lead status and settlement records are available to you at any time.

How is personal income tax on commission handled?

For consulting commission in the tens of thousands, we suggest registering as a sole proprietor and taking it as business income — Yidao provides sole proprietor registration as a service anyway, so it is straightforward, and we can help you complete it. Smaller amounts can be paid through a compliant platform.

We settle this at the outset of the relationship rather than discovering, when the money is due, that the channel was never opened.

Can I work on only one type of engagement?

Yes. Work orders route by type, and you keep receiving whichever type you become fluent in.

In fact we encourage focus: a partner who masters the tax risk scan line usually does better than one who does a little of everything. Once that line is running smoothly, expand sideways.

How is regional exclusivity defined?

One partner per region. The territory is defined in the agreement, usually at prefecture-level city or industrial park level.

Exclusivity is tied to output: reaching the jointly agreed target within the period renews it automatically. We do not want exclusivity to become squatting — that helps nobody.

What if the client's problem is beyond what I can handle?

That is precisely why Yidao exists. Everything requiring professional judgement and accountability is carried by us — ruling on policy feasibility, designing the approach, audit defence, controversy representation, signing the report.

You do not need to be an expert in everything. What you need is to find the problem, build trust and move the decision along. The rest goes to the backstop.

Next

How to start

  1. Have a conversationNothing to prepare. We want to know what you have, what you are good at, and how you would like to work with us. It usually takes forty minutes.
  2. Commission a health checkPick a manufacturer you know well and we will run a manufacturing cost health check. You see what our work actually looks like before deciding anything.
  3. Run the first engagementYidao sends a specialist alongside you throughout, and you take part to whatever depth you want. The point of the first one is not the money; it is to confirm the method holds up with your client.
  4. Settle the long-term arrangementSign the partner agreement, setting out ownership, share and settlement rhythm. After that you can keep taking engagements, or move up to regional partner.

The one thing we ask of partners

Get the conclusion right and make the numbers real. Yidao's working paper discipline applies to everyone equally: a conclusion may not skip a tier, every figure must trace to a line in a source document, and whoever signs is accountable. It is the most valuable thing in twelve years of accumulation, and the precondition for handing it to partners at all.

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