By Fabien Gaussorgues Selling on Amazon has been attracting more than 100,000 new companies a year! The 'Fulfillment By Amazon' (FBA) model is particularly interesting. However, we see the same issues coming back again and again. Here … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
Manufacturing Sectors of Dongguan, District by District
Foreign buyers often mention "Dongguan" without realizing how diverse that city is. It is actually a collection of loosely-connected districts: Source: Wikipedia I got some info from Wikipedia and asked my team for on-the-ground … [Read more...]
The Evolution of Hong Kong Trade Shows
Last weekend I visited the Hong Kong Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui East. I love to look at old photos and try to imagine how things were back then. Here is what the Hong Kong trade show looked like in the late 1960s (there were … [Read more...]
Why Chinese Factories Focus on Inspection, Not Improvement
In an article I wrote on the CMC blog (China Manufacturing Quality Control: Cost Case Study), I broke down the typical costs of the quality organization in a medium-size Chinese factory. I addressed 2 common misconceptions: To reach … [Read more...]
How To Cooperate With Your Chinese Supplier, Part 20: Sending Money to a Chinese Factory: Don’t Get Confused
I noticed that two topics are particularly frustrating to importers, when it comes to paying Chinese factories. One is the ever-changing company names. And the other is the need to send a bank slip after a wire. They are tightly linked, … [Read more...]
HuaQiangBei in the Electronics Supply Chain
Last week, a journalist asked me questions about the electronics market located around HuaQiangBei road in the center of Shenzhen. If you have an interest in the electronics industry (and electronic components are embedded in more and … [Read more...]
Shenzhen, the Best City in China for Manufacturing?
Many Hong Kong people still shiver when they hear "Shenzhen". It used to be a very poor patch of land along their border with the mainland. Unsurprisingly, Hong Kong people were seen as an easy target for Shenzhen criminals. But things have … [Read more...]
Archives of Old Articles
So far, I have published 848 articles on this blog since January 2009. One big drawback of the blog format is that old content gets buried... Even if it is still very relevant and useful. I took a few hours today to go through those old … [Read more...]