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Sourcing From China 101: The 15-Part Guide for New Buyers

March 19, 2018

Sourcing From China 101: The 15-Part Guide for New Buyers

I have recently published the 15-part ‘Sourcing From China 101’ series for new buyers who are starting to work with Chinese suppliers (and for more experienced people who want to double-check whether they are working in a smart way).

The 15 articles are listed below:

  1. Do You Need a Sourcing Agent?
  2. How to Identify Potential Suppliers?
  3. How to Verify a Manufacturer
  4. Second Choices vs. “Never Again”
  5. Negotiating With Chinese Suppliers: The Terms you Need to Discuss
  6. How To Keep Leverage Over Suppliers
  7. Pre-Production: Describing What You Want
  8. Project Management of Your Orders
  9. Check Quality Early in the Manufacturing Cycle
  10. Always Verify Quality Before Shipment
  11. Build Good rapport with Suppliers
  12. How Closely Do You Follow Your Productions?
  13. The 5 Steps to Developing a Chinese Supplier
  14. How a Factory Can Improve Quality
  15. How a Factory Can Improve Productivity

I hope it’s been useful. Obviously, I didn’t cover 100% of cases and I have left many things outside of this guide. Any comments and questions about sourcing from China are always welcome!


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Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: chinese suppliers, finding chinese suppliers, Sourcing, sourcing from china


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