I found myself warning a lot of companies recently about working with unsuitable manufacturers, and I thought I’d write about it. It usually unfolds this way: The buyer designs a new product and finds a manufacturer located in China … [Read more...]
How To Manage Chemical Compliance: 8 Tips for Importers
We regularly provide advice to our clients so they know how to keep their products compliant. Recently the topic of restricted chemical substances came up a few times, and I thought I should put together all my general advice in one … [Read more...]
10 Common Disputes With Chinese Suppliers And How To Overcome Them!
Our clients sometimes come to us with problems and disputes with Chinese suppliers. We provide advice for them and others in a similar situation and bring awareness to common problems so they can be avoided in the first place where … [Read more...]
2024: What if Trump Came Back? New Tariffs for China?
Looking at the momentum of Donald Trump's campaign for the US presidency, people everywhere are starting to take the scenario of his returning to the White House seriously. And people involved in international trade are wondering, will he … [Read more...]
List of 15 Great Plastic Injection Mold Fabrication Companies in China
High-pressure plastic injection molding is one of the most common fabrication processes. Tens of thousands of factories in Ningbo, Shenzhen, and many other places have at least a few presses running near-continuously. If you develop your … [Read more...]
Mold Tooling Ownership: The term Chinese suppliers push for will shock you!
Recently, in an email exchange, we found this alarming example of a term in a plastic supplier's contract about mold tooling ownership: It got me thinking about the different expectations on both the manufacturer's and customer's sides … [Read more...]
Ensuring Supplier Transparency for a New Product Made in China
As I wrote before, there has been a big push for transparency in supply chains over the past few years. However, supplier transparency is hard to come by in China and very few buyers get visibility beyond their tier-1 … [Read more...]
Bangalore & South India Observations for Manufacturers (Dec ’23)
Last month in December '23 I travelled again to South India to investigate the manufacturing landscape there compared to China and, besides spending time in our office in Dharwad, I took a week to explore Bangalore (a key manufacturing hub … [Read more...]
IEC 62368-1 Standard (2023 version): What You Need To Know
Introduction to the IEC 62368-1 standard for electronic product safety The IEC 62368-1:2023 standard is the most recent edition of the technical standard that outlines safety requirements for audio-video products, IT and communication … [Read more...]
Evaluating And Validating A Supplier’s Quality The Right Way
Let's look at how a supplier's quality can be evaluated and validated so you know that they will supply you with parts and products that meet your expectations. … [Read more...]
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