Another China Blog
QC: At which stage of production should you do quality control?
Guest Post: By Kevin Lee: Co-founder of Asianconn International I am going to start this blog like an America TV commercial just to make it more entertaining rather than depressing. Are you tired of getting crappy products from China? Are you tired of dealing with customers who constantly complain about the quality of your product?…
Read MoreLearn how an elite group of RMB trading hubs can save you 8% on your China sourcing.
In our blog post “Pay suppliers in RMB and save big” we explained how Chinese suppliers commonly build a “buffer” into dollar-denominated contracts to guard against exchange rate risk. This buffer is around 8% in some cases. That’s a lot of money. Paying in RMB is one way to avoid this 8% mark up. But…
Read MoreWhy suppliers intentionally ship defective products?
Excerpts from my interview with Thomson Reuters covering the impact of the economic slowdown, rising costs & payment issues when China sourcing. Why some suppliers ship defects on purpose Let’s say you don’t have an independent quality gate in place. Here is an example of a dirty trick suppliers pull and during my almost 20…
Read MorePoor Quality, Counterfeits, Bribery, Ethics…how bad is it really in China?
Sourcing in China? – How bad is it really in China? In the big picture, I think the situation is improving. Factories are getting better at communications and quality control. The Chinese courts are more serious about enforcing intellectual property rights (even if those rights belong to non-Chinese.) And the central government is declaring war…
Read MoreLess than 40% of goods sold online in China are authentic!
Alibaba is in the news again for the wrong reasons. According to this China Daily article, an inspection by the Chinese government carried out between August and October showed the following: less than 40 percent of goods from Taobao (owned by Alibaba) that were tested were authentic. This compared with 90 percent for JD.com and…
Read MoreChinese don’t trust Made-in-China, why would you?
Is China cleaning up the fake products? China Daily reports that 76% of China’s luxury consumption happens overseas. Even more telling is that while overall luxury consumption is down, the portion of overseas consumption has actually increased: Chinese people’s domestic consumption of luxury goods was 25 billion US dollars in 2014, down by 11…
Read MoreExclusive Video Tutorial: China Sourcing – Project Management
How to manage China sourcing projects? Project Management Tips from the Expert
“How to manage China sourcing projects”: A project management tutorial as presented at Global Sources’ China Sourcing Fairs in Hong Kong (Oct 2014) and Johannesburg (Nov 2014) by sourcing expert Mike Bellamy.
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