As I wrote many times in past articles, it is difficult for most Chinese organizations to improve quality. And yet, simple tools have been widely known for several decades and can help greatly with improvement. Amazingly, most Chinese … [Read more...]
The Logistics of Exporting from China — Air and Sea
By Fabien Gaussorgues This is a follow up on our previous article entitled 'How to Send Small Quantities & Samples In and Out of China', based on my colleague Fabien's experience. This time we are writing about the best way to … [Read more...]
How to Send Small Quantities & Samples In and Out of China
By Fabien Gaussorgues Do you need to send samples to China, or to get small orders out of China? Do you want to avoid headaches and high costs? My colleague Fabien wrote some advice that will probably be helpful. 1. Sending samples into … [Read more...]
Chinese Manufacturers’ Failure to Sell on Amazon
I listened to an interesting interview of Peter Zapf from Global Sources on Evolution of Amazon and Sourcing from China on the Global From Asia podcast. According to Peter, all Chinese suppliers are interested in Amazon sales. However, … [Read more...]
International Payment to Chinese Factories (Q&A)
I had the opportunity to ask a few questions to Richard Bensberg, an expert in the field of international transactions. Richard is CEO of Remitsy, a payment service provider for global commerce. His focus is on enabling British and European … [Read more...]
QC Reporting: How Much Detail Do You Need?
Quality inspectors in different companies work in different ways. One important difference lies in the way they report their findings. Some don't report anything in written form, while others spend 2 hours a day doing paperwork. I can't … [Read more...]
Having Visibility into your China Supply Chain
A couple of years ago I wrote how some huge companies were demanding more transparency into their supply chains. I think they are setting a trend that will not get reversed. However, many companies are not following these best … [Read more...]
Improving Supplier Performance is Buyers’ Biggest Hurdle
I saw this poll result in a recent issue of the Quality Progress magazine (a publication by the American Society for Quality): Why is it so difficult for companies to push their suppliers to improve performance? I can think … [Read more...]
How to Shape your China Procurement Strategy
Ideally an importer wants all three of these benefits: High quality Fast delivery Low cost This might be achievable if you set up your own factory and if your organization is excellent at both engineering and manufacturing. … [Read more...]
What Chinese Factory Managers Don’t Understand
Have you ever been in front of a Chinese manager who has misconceived notions, yet won't change his mind? It happens to us all the time. Here are a few examples of concepts that are foreign to 99%+ of Chinese factories: Buying … [Read more...]
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