Quality Control For Your China Products
It has been awhile since we have written on China product quality issues. As regular readers of this blog know, we are of the view that companies outsourcing to China must focus on 1) choosing the...
View ArticleChina Playing Tug-Of-War On Drywall. It’s Typical.
Joaquin Sapien, a ProPublica reporter has been churning out really top flight in-depth stories on the Chinese Drywall situation almost since its inception. If you have any interest at all in Chinese...
View ArticleChina QC Inspection. So Totally Worth It.
I have always thought it crazy for a company not to have a quality control inspection done of its China product before shipping. Yes, crazy. The Quality Inspection Tips blog has a post, entitled, “How...
View ArticleThe Five Steps To Successfully Buying Product From China.
Co-blogger Steve Dickinson and I had a wonderful dinner the other night with Renaud Anjoran. Renaud Anjoran is the founder of Sofeast, a quality assurance firm that assists small- and-medium importers...
View ArticleHow To Find And Deal With Chinese Manufacturers.
Very helpful post over on the Foreign Entrepreneurs in China blog, entitled, “36 Tips on How to Deal or Negotiate with your Chinese Suppliers.” I urge you to read the entire post, but I particularly...
View ArticleThe Grim Reality Of China Quality Control (QC)
I have certain articles I send clients and potential clients in response to their questions. One of my favorites (and the one I send when anyone asks a question relating to what it is like dealing with...
View ArticleWho Succeeds With China Product Sourcing?
Had lunch the other day with a long-time client who has been involved with international outsourcing for more than twenty years and involved with sourcing product from China for at least ten. We talked...
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