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In this episode… Chinese New Year is a tricky time for importers. 2021 has seen the continuing pandemic, sea freight costs skyrocketing, and logistics systems crumbling. High material and component costs and chip shortages have added gas … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2021
How To Check The Properties Of Steel? [Videos]
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We've explored the different types of steel that you may source from China in this blog post before, but once you have sourced it, how do you check the properties of steel to make sure that it reaches your specifications? Testing. That's … [Read more...]
4 Situations When Your Product IP May Be Threatened [Podcast]
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In this episode… "Who's looking at my product idea in order to copy it and sell it in competition with my original?" This is a question that keeps hardware startups and entrepreneurs awake at night, as they know their innovative product … [Read more...]
Why Reliability Testing Is So Important [Podcast]
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In this episode… Products failing in the field is a huge problem for manufacturers, especially if they could lead to accidents or injury. With this in mind, Renaud is joined by Andrew Amirnovin, Sofeast's head of New Product Development … [Read more...]
North American Supply Chain Problems: Major Constraints
Last week, we recorded and published a podcast entitled Why Are American Logistics Struggling In Late 2021? which goes into detail about the various North American supply chain problems and is getting a lot of downloads. In that podcast, … [Read more...]
Why Are American Logistics Struggling In Late 2021? [Podcast]
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In this episode… There's been a lot of talk in the media about America's broken supply chain. Rising costs, shipping delays, lack of port capacity, internal haulage issues, and more have dogged importers throughout the pandemic and are … [Read more...]
Incoterms 2020: Simple Rules of Thumb To Pick the Right Term
Clients often ask us what their incoterm options are when it comes to shipping by sea. Our typical answer is "most buyers go for FOB, so that's probably what you want to do". But that's a bit short. Let's look in more detail at how to … [Read more...]