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How To Push a Chinese or Vietnamese Supplier for Supply Chain Transparency

February 10, 2022 by Renaud Anjoran

How To Push a Chinese or Vietnamese Supplier for Transparency

As I have noted multiple times in the past, supply chain transparency, or at least the growing requirement for transparency, is a megatrend. More and more, buyers will need to know who makes the critical components, where those factories … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: assessing your supply chain, wider supply chain

Supply Chain Risk Management, Part 3: A Purchaser Supply Chain KPI Scorecard’s Benefits

May 22, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Supply Chain Risk Management, Part 3: A Purchasers' Supply Chain Scorecard

Most purchasers pay too much attention to the price of what they buy but fail to take risks into account. That's a very widespread issue. One solution to this might be developing a supply chain KPI scorecard, to force buyers to report on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supply Chain Risk Management Series Tagged With: balanced scorecard, supply chain kpi scorecard, supply chain kpis, supply chain management, wider supply chain

How To Ensure your Chinese Factory Purchases Good Components?

May 8, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

How To Ensure your Chinese Factory Purchases Good Components

One of the most common ways Chinese manufacturers enlarge their margin is buying substandard components. Any time a lot of money can be saved this way, the temptation is very strong. What can you do to avoid this risky behaviour from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: controls in the supply chain, ensure good component usage, substandard components, supplier improvement, supplier management, supply chain management, wider supply chain

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


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