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Tips For Buyers On A Budget Who Want To Start Manufacturing In China [Podcast]

July 23, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

Tips For Buyers On A Budget Who Want To Start Manufacturing In China [Podcast]

In this episode... You'll love this episode as it contains loads of helpful tips for buyers from China who're operating on a smaller budget from Sofeast's CEO Renaud and this week's guest, sourcing expert, Rico Ngoma from Source Find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: factory audits, logistics, lowering costs, manufacturing contract, new product development, podcast, product compliance, qc inspections, sourcing from china, vetting suppliers

Manufacturing Distributed In China’s Countryside: Pros & Cons

June 14, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

Manufacturing Distributed In China's Countryside: Pros & Cons

Have you inquired about a production facility, only to be told production is done "in the village"? That's quite common if you purchase arts & craft, Christmas ornaments, certain textile products, and similar goods, from Zhejiang all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: china suppliers, countryside, home workers, manufacturing in China, sourcing from china

How To Qualify A Contract Manufacturer Or Component Supplier? (Best Practices)

May 7, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

How To Qualify A Contract Manufacturer Or Component Supplier

In This Episode… We're often asked how to qualify a contract manufacturer or component supplier. In this episode, Renaud explores the best practices importers could follow when sourcing new manufacturers or suppliers in China, or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers, Uncategorized Tagged With: podcast, qualifying suppliers, sourcing from china, sourcing manufacturers, sourcing new suppliers

List of 12 Plastic injection mold fabrication companies in China

April 5, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

List of Plastic injection mold fabrication companies in China

High-pressure plastic injection molding is one of the most common fabrication processes. Tens of thousands of factories in Ningbo, Shenzhen, and in many other places have at least a few presses running near-continuously. If you develop … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers, Uncategorized Tagged With: injection mold fabrication companies, injection molding, mold fabrication, plastic injection molding

What Are the Factory Assessment Reports Shown on Alibaba Worth?

March 1, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

What Are the Factory Assessment Reports Shown on Alibaba Worth?

About 10 years ago, I remember Global Sources was listing "verified suppliers". Good idea. And their competitors followed suit, showing factory assessment reports and anything that can make buyers confident. And I am not sure that has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China Supplier Vetting Tagged With: Alibaba, factory assessment reports, factory audits, made in china, sourcing suppliers, verified suppliers

Tips For Continually Getting Good Results From A New Supplier | Vetting Chinese Suppliers (Part 11) [Podcast]

December 10, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

Tips For Continually Getting Good Results From A New Supplier | Vetting Chinese Suppliers (Part 11) [Podcast]

You've successfully vetted and started working with a new Chinese supplier. What's next? In our mini-series on vetting Chinese suppliers, you will already have learnt about due diligence, factory audits and visits, exploring testing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China Supplier Vetting Tagged With: China, chinese suppliers, podcast, sourcing suppliers, supplier improvement, supplier management, supplier performance, supply chain kpis

Pricing, Negotiation, Contracts | Vetting Chinese Suppliers (Part 10)

November 13, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

Pricing, Negotiation, Contracts | Vetting Chinese Suppliers (Part 10)

Getting quotations is a part of vetting new Chinese suppliers, too.  We have been creating a mini-series guiding you through effective vetting of Chinese suppliers that will help you to find the best possible manufacturer for your products … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China Supplier Vetting, Uncategorized Tagged With: China, commercial negotiations, negotiation, pricing, Quotes in RMB, rfq, sourcing fro china, vetting suppliers

Challenges for Moving Manufacturing out of China in 2020

November 3, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Challenges for Moving Manufacturing out of China in 2020

The US Congress and the White House have been pushing hard for "decoupling" from China. And a part of that objective is moving manufacturing out of China -- and ideally to reshore to the USA. It may be too early to draw a conclusion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: finding suppliers in se asia, moving production from China, relocating, relocating manufacturing, relocating production, reshore manufacturing, reshoring

Factory Testing Facilities | Vetting Chinese Suppliers (Part 8) [Podcast]

October 14, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

Factory Testing Facilities | Vetting Chinese Suppliers (Part 8) [Podcast]

Why do we look at the factory testing facilities when vetting a Chinese supplier? A great question here is: "How can my supplier know that the product they're manufacturing is good if they're unable to test that they reach my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: compliance testing, factory testing facilities, podcast, product safety, product testing

Picking a Contract Assembler in China: 6 Important Terms to Negotiate

September 1, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Picking a Contract Assembler in China: 6 Important Terms to Negotiate

Let's say you have found a CM that is a good fit for your needs, and you are about to give them some assembly work. I already made a list of the general terms you can negotiate. But what other terms can be considered specifically when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: CM, contract assembly, contract manufacturer, contract manufacturing, negotiation

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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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