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What Supplier Development Process Makes Sense For Your Company?

January 26, 2022 by Adrian Leighton

What Supplier Development Process Makes Sense For Your Company?

If you purchase large amounts of products from supplier companies, you can have an influence on those companies. If you can get them to improve their performance using a supplier development process, for example, improve their quality or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: improving cost, improving quality, supplier improvement, supply chain improvement

How To Improve Supplier Performance? [Podcast]

June 25, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

How To Improve Supplier Performance? [Podcast]

In this episode... Renaud talks you through a common query that we get on a regular basis when customers ask us: "How do I get my suppliers to improve?" A recent survey of importers found that 70% said that their biggest challenge was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: improving quality, podcast, process improvement, supplier improvement, supply chain improvement, tips for importers

3 Vertical Integration Benefits: Transparency, Control, Speed

September 21, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

3 Vertical Integration Benefits: Transparency, Control, Speed

Last year I wrote about a very common problem in China Supply Chain Transparency and Monitoring: Not Getting Easier… and this year we are still lamenting that same problem: Further down the supply chain, unauthorized subcontracting is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: controls in the supply chain, speed, supplier management, supply chain improvement, supply chain management, transparency, vertical integration, vertical integration benefits

8 Elements of a Low-Risk Supply Chain in China [Free Webinar]

July 9, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

8 Elements Of A Low Risk Supply Chain In China webinar

Clients often ask us for assistance in improving their supply chain in China. For instance, it's common to hear that they aren't satisfied with poor quality, with missed timelines, or with unethical practices. If your supply chain is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supply Chain Tagged With: buying from china, chinese suppliers, supplier improvement, supply chain improvement, supply chain management

Supply Chain Management: Quality Inspections’ Role

January 4, 2018 by Renaud Anjoran

Do you sometimes feel that your company, your suppliers, and their own suppliers, are on different planets? Does information spread with difficulty through your supply chain? Nothing unique here. It is quite typical if you work with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supply Chain Tagged With: controls in the supply chain, developing suppliers, supply chain improvement, supply chain management


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

He is the CEO of The Sofeast Group.

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