In February, after visiting some of our clients in North America, I wrote How USA & Canada SME Importers Feel about China in early 2023, in which I described three categories of importers affected by the trend of decoupling...
Let’s look into what the ISO 37301 compliance management systems standard is. This standard enables organizations and businesses to put in place an effective compliance management system where senior management is accountable, and supervises and improves it over time....
Over the weekend, I read a book called Risk: a User’s Guide. The authors, which include former general McChrystal, make an interesting point about the use of probability. First, let’s look at the traditional approach to quantifying risk...
Over the past 3 years, I have read a number of articles pushing importers to draw a supply chain map. They argue it is extremely important, to avoid getting caught by surprise again. (And most of those articles are...
A few days ago, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to do a video interview with the authors of the upcoming book Enterprise China, which analyzes the business strategy of Chinese firms in general (and their tight links...
The situation in Hong Kong, the US/China trade war, mistrust of China and attempts at decoupling, and other news stories are rightfully a cause of concern for importers with Chinese suppliers. But the manufacturing challenges you should be concerned...
Depending on your product, it may make a lot of sense to manufacture in China (for example, for complex products that need to be developed fast). But the risks of China IP theft haven’t gone away. I wanted to...
Recently, I watched a webinar entitled “China’s corporate social credit system: evaluating the impact on your supply chain”. It was organized by the European Chamber of Commerce in China, and the Head of Risk Consulting at KPMG provided some...
This is a blog written by Renaud Anjoran, an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer who has been involved in chinese manufacturing since 2005.
He is the CEO of The Sofeast Group.
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