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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

6 Steps and 1 Key To Reduce Subcontracting Risks in China

December 14, 2016 by Renaud Anjoran

6 Steps and 1 Key To Reduce Subcontracting Risks in China

I wrote before that the vast majority of Chinese manufacturers find it natural to subcontract certain orders. There are two main problems with this: It seems like a disproportionate number of quality issues occur on batches on which a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ethical Sourcing Tagged With: managing Chinese suppliers, subcontracting, supply chain management, wider supply chain

Chinese suppliers’ lack of reliability: 5 tips for importers

April 24, 2012 by Renaud Anjoran

Chinese suppliers' lack of reliability: 5 tips for importers

You import from China. You sell to customers who want the right quality at the right time. You know that, if you can't deliver, they will go elsewhere. And, on the other hand, your suppliers say "we'll try our best, don't worry". And you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: china suppliers, common problems with Chinese suppliers, sourcing suppliers, supplier reliability, supply chain 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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