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Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Smart China Sourcing (Evaluating Suppliers)
  • Foreign Mental Blocks
    By David Dayton in "Silk Road International" While working in China is a completely new experience for most foreigners—and a completely foreign experience at that—there are some things that are, well, pretty easy to understand, I think, but that many new-to-China foreigners just don't seem to get. I've put together
  • Even if it's not your fault...
    By David Dayton in "Silk Road International" On of the things that I've learned, the hard way, about doing business in China is that as a (foreign) buyer when there are problems, even if they're not my fault, I'm going to be asked to pay for them.
  • Partnering with a Chinese factory: a sweet dream?
    By Renaud Anjoran in 'Quality Inspection Blog' Most new buyers coming to China want just one thing: to find one or two good manufacturers that they count on. They think “if I were a manufacturer, I would try to find a few stable customers and make their lives easy, and everybody
  • How to use supplier audits to ensure effective China sourcing
    By Mike Bellamy Among the biggest risks of outsourcing is ensuring that your supplier delivers according to your requirements. Overseas trading companies can disappear overnight or, after signing a contract with one factory, your goods may end up being produced at an unknown subcontractor. Fortunately, supplier audits can help to mitigate
  • Three and a Half Kinds of Factories
    By David Dayton in "Silk Road International" It goes without saying that not all factories are created equal. Not all factories with international experience are equal either. Certainly there is a level that you'd prefer to work with if price was constant. But this isn't a perfect world so we need

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