10 Years: My 7 Big Quality Control Mistakes

Quality Control Planning. Dos and Don’ts

China Sourcing Academy (CSA) lecturer Mike Bellamy has been blogging for a decade. CSA selected the best 100+ posts (covering 18 different sub-topics) from his various blogs for their relevance to international buyers doing business with China. Each week we pick a topic and offer the best post about that topic pulled from Mike’s 100+ posts.

A comprehensive tutorial designed to help professional buyers improve their strategic sourcing and supply chain management

In other words, we hope to bring you the best of the best from the past decade of blogs!

Sub topics to be covered in the series: General Sourcing, Scams, Safe Payment Practices, VAT, Exclusivity & Distributor Agreements, Contracts & Legal Issues, Intellectual Property, Supplier Validation/ Due Diligence/ RFQ, Logistics, Quality Assurance, Project Management/ Vendor Coordination/ Communications, Ethics, Middlemen/Agents/ Consultants/Trading Companies/ Brokers, Business Formation, Small Order Issues, Labor Rates, Engineering, Compliance

This week’s topic/ selected blog posts:

Quality Assurance

QC: OK to be picky. But be professional.

Don’t end up looking like an Ass in the year of the Horse

Behind the scenes look at the recent QC recalls

Returning Products to a Factory in China

Why some buyers get good quality and others don’t

How did scissors get inside this soft toy?!!!

Protecting yourself through better Quality Control How to find a QC partner