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Are YOU A ‘Hands-On’ Or ‘Hands-Off’ Buyer? [Podcast]

March 18, 2022 by Adrian Leighton

Hands-On Or Hands-Off Buyer

In this episode... Many importers are new to sourcing from China so we've been creating a mini-series of episodes that explores the sourcing process with advice and best practices from Sofeast's CEO Renaud Anjoran. In this series of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: hands on buyers, project management, Sourcing

How To Manage Chinese Suppliers based on Facts & Data

November 28, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

How To Manage Chinese Suppliers based on Facts & Data

If you buy products from a few Chinese suppliers, do you have a system for managing them? And do you use data for that? In this post, I'll show you how to manage Chinese suppliers using facts and data. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: buyers, chinese suppliers, hands on buyers, managing Chinese suppliers, purchasers, supplier improvement, supplier KPIs, supplier management

Hands-on buyers: qualifying factories and nurturing them

May 24, 2011 by Renaud Anjoran

Hands-on buyers: qualifying factories and nurturing them

Last week, I described what I call "hands-off buyers": those importers who don't follow all the precautions necessary when buying in developing Asia, sometimes by choice. Now I am going to write about "hands-on buyers", the opposite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: buyers, hands on buyers, precautions buyers take, sourcing from china, sourcing suppliers, supplier management, supply chain management


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