I read several times that it is easier to manage an employee than an external service provider. There are cases where this is wrong, though. Thousands of small to midsize importers pay a sole employee in China or in Hong Kong, to work … [Read more...]
Examples of inspection checkpoints [infographic]
About 2 weeks ago, I published a very useful infographic about QC inspection checklists. I hope as many importers as possible start using this framework, if possible before they issue purchase orders to their Asian suppliers. To show how … [Read more...]
Price increases in China: data from Global Sources
Global Sources just published the results of a survey of Chinese suppliers (Expect higher China prices in months ahead). I reproduced the most interesting findings: The rising costs of materials & components are pushing export prices … [Read more...]
Is your factory improving its processes?
Chinese factories tend to focus on "making production", rather than working on improving their processes. In their vast majority, they try hard to get new customers and grow their business, even when a few improvements in their processes … [Read more...]
Is it really interesting to produce in china?
The China Law Blog came up with an article (China Manufacturing: "We're Bringing It Back Home") that gives a few examples of American companies repatriating their China activities: We are working on shutting down a large American service … [Read more...]
Exercise in a Chinese factory
Two days ago, I was in a factory in Shenzhen. I had just selected the cartons to check, and I was going to the inspection room. It was around 10am. Then the music started, and everybody got up to exercise. It was so funny, I shot this … [Read more...]
Does anybody in the QC industry use the statistics correctly??
When I started doing inspections, I purchased a licence to the ISO2859-1 standard before I even received the first payment from my client. Working on the basis of irrefutable statistics appeared to be indispensable. It seems like the … [Read more...]
The advantage of a dedicated inspection room
Many Chinese factories have no dedicated area for third-party QC inspections. We often sit down in the packing department (because that's where the cartons generally are), or in a meeting room (because that's where we can get a large table … [Read more...]
How to prepare a QC inspection checklist [infographic]
![How to prepare a QC inspection checklist [infographic]](https://qualityinspection.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/shutterstock520432087.jpg)
I love to help importers define their product requirements in details. Engineers working on new product developments call it a "product quality manual". In the quality assurance industry, we call it a "QC inspection checklist". I have … [Read more...]
Making a hard-to-copy product in china
There is a line that I heard several times, and that makes me cringe: "well, our product is difficult to manufacture, but the good side is that it will be hard to copy". I don't give ANY value that that "good side". If the product is … [Read more...]
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