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How To Know if Your China Factory Is Good?

August 3, 2016

Process ImprovementI hear buyers talk about their “good suppliers” and their “bad suppliers”, yet they are often unable to pinpoint what makes them “good” or “bad”.

  • Maybe one factory has better “systems”. But few buyers actually take the time to look into those “systems”.
  • Maybe they have more progressive management. They tried approaches that are unusual in their industry.
  • Maybe they simply have more recent equipment, which is easier to control and maintain.

That’s a lot of “maybes”.

At CMC we have developed a self-assessment tool that will help you pinpoint in what areas their performance is good, average, and below average.

Rate a factory by clicking here

You will get a score by email, along with links to explanatory articles.

If you purchase from a factory and you have visited it 2 or 3 times, you should be able to make educated guesses about about the questions.

Why not simply conduct a factory audit? Because an audit typically looks at only one area of performance. However, this assessment tool looks at the three main performance areas of any business:

  • Quality
  • Cost
  • On-time delivery

It doesn’t matter if the factory collects no data. If they have no preventive maintenance system, for example, you know right there that there is a problem. Their equipment will run until it is down. By that time, there might be an impact on product quality. And it probably delays the shipment.

I hope it’s helpful!

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This blog is written by Renaud Anjoran, an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer who has been involved in chinese manufacturing since 2005.

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