I noticed that inexperienced importers tend to look at obvious signals (prices, response times, quality of English...) when communicating with potential suppliers. But they often overlook the location of the factory. The export … [Read more...]
Explanations of Compliance Requirements When Buying in China
Here are some interesting or useful articles that I found recently. Product Testing and Certification when Buying from China Fredrik Grönkvist wrote a very good guide for importers who are not familiar with their country's compliance … [Read more...]
What Products are Very Hard to Buy Outside China?
I have talked to importers who can only purchase their products in China, and other buyers who can't find anything they need in China. How is that possible?. Actually the situation is very different depending on the industry. I tried to … [Read more...]
Sourcing Low Power Consumption Displays
With the trend toward more connected devices and the drive to smart watches, small displays that consume little power are becoming critical for more and more applications. When it comes to electronic products, the display is among the 2 or … [Read more...]
3 Types of Factory Evaluations for Purchasing in China
More and more importers discover that they can appoint an auditing agency to evaluate factories before they issue an order. But not all these evaluation services are equally helpful. I distinguish between 3 broad types of factory … [Read more...]
What QC Tools To Use for Problem Resolution?
Many buying offices in China struggle to have their QC inspectors (trained to assess conformity to a set of requirements) act as QA technicians (able to analyze problems and solve them). What type of training is appropriate? I think the … [Read more...]
Due Diligence for Buying a Chinese Factory
Most Chinese factories are so poorly managed, there are real opportunities for savvy buyers who plan to restructure the company and boost profitability. At the same time, there are real dangers to avoid, and serious due diligence is … [Read more...]
Amazon Does not Tolerate Low Quality Chinese Products
Many small businesses plan to buy products in China and sell them on Amazon as a Third Party Seller. It can form the basis of a strong, profitable business. But there is very little tolerance for quality issues. We did a simple … [Read more...]
Videos about Factory Improvement in China
A couple of weeks ago, I sat down with David Collins (consulting director of China Manufacturing Consultants, a company I am involved in) and we shot a few videos on topics related to factory improvement in the Chinese context. We have … [Read more...]
Beware of China Factories’ Pre-Christmas Rush
A few years ago we published Chinese New Year: how to manage the disruption?, since many quality problems show up in December and January. Basically, manufacturers rush to get the products on a boat before they close, and they don't pay … [Read more...]
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