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21 Assumptions About Buying From Chinese Suppliers To Avoid

August 6, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

21 Assumptions To Avoid When Buying from Chinese Suppliers

Many buyers who are seeking to manufacture products in China tend to make assumptions about buying from Chinese suppliers that are seldom valid here, and it can be quite dangerous. When I started spending a lot of time in Chinese factories, what I saw blew my mind. A foreign buyer simply can’t imagine what is sometimes going on behind the scenes. I'll say that China is the land where everything is possible... from the worst to the best. I wrote 21 common assumptions below, in categories, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: assumptions about Chinese manufacturers, commercial negotiations, new product development, product compliance, qa, QC, quality systems, supplier background check, supplier development, vetting suppliers

Sourcing from China 101, Part 3: How to Verify a Manufacturer

November 16, 2017 by Renaud Anjoran

If you have followed the advice about identifying potential suppliers in part 2, you may have found a few interesting suppliers. The next step is to confirm that they told you the truth and that they are reliable. Even if you place one-shot orders, you should spend a little time to check if a potential supplier is legitimate. You don’t want to fall victim to a scam, do you? Screening these suppliers and verifying the last candidate(s) How to verify a manufacturer? There are three main … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing from China 101, Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: background checks, chinese suppliers, factory visits, finding chinese suppliers, meeting suppliers, supplier background check, verify manufacturer

Chinese Supplier Background Check: How useful is it?

February 18, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

I wrote before about ways to run a background check on a Chinese company. We recently had an interesting experience and it serves as an interesting example for those buyers who are afraid of lies and trickeries so common in this part of the world.   One of our regular clients was planning to buy for $50,000 of motorized vehicles. They asked us to run a quick check on the supplier's company as a safety measure. Apparently, all was in order. The supplier has a well-designed website, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: chinese suppliers, due diligence, supplier background check


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