I talked with a client who was working in a Taiwanese factory established in Guangdong in the early 1990s. It had been set up recently — production was previously done in Taiwan. Their facility was making products that require metal, rubber, plastic, and textile parts. At the very beginning, all these parts were coming in full containers from their old Taiwanese suppliers. Over a few years, they convinced all their main component suppliers to set up production in South China, in order to … [Read more...]
Quality Assurance, Product Development, and Purchasing Strategies in China