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Tips For Importers To Survive CNY 2022 [Podcast]

November 26, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

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...]

How To Check The Properties Of Steel? [Videos]

November 22, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

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]

November 19, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

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]

November 12, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

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

November 10, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

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]

November 5, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

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

November 3, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

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...]

Who’s liable for product safety, buyer or manufacturer? [Podcast]

October 29, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

In this episode… Renaud Anjoran is joined by two guests in this episode, Clive Greenwood and Andrew Wilson of WWMG associates, and they're going to get to the bottom of who is liable for product safety issues. Some importers work with … [Read more...]

The ‘Big 4’ Types of Chinese Factories for Quality Auditors

October 27, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

We have been auditing factories in China and some other Asian countries for more than 15 years. There is a checklist, a grading system, some nuances... and in the end what the client really wants to know is 'what kind of factory is … [Read more...]

How the right to repair movement & laws may affect manufacturers in future [Podcast]

October 22, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

In this episode... Sofeast's CEO Renaud Anjoran talks about the 'Right To Repair' movement that is gathering pace today. Consumers are calling for it and governments are starting to bring in legislation in order to steer the electronics … [Read more...]

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