Buyers are often focused on saving money, but it’s equally important to find ways to save time.
My friend and China expert Whit Kelly has come up with four common causes of project delay.
The good news is that all of these pitfalls can easily be avoided if the buyer elects …
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A picture is worth a 1000 words. In this case a cartoon answers a 1000 question.
During my 10+ years in China I have been preaching that if buyers remember only one thing when it comes to China sourcing, it should be that you are crazy not to perform some type …
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Most everybody knows that it is wise to get a feel for a potential supplier’s ability to produce a given product BEFORE placing a PO, but not every buyer knows how to organize a quality audit. Here is an overview of the process along with some templates from the QC …
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“e-sourcing” is a buzz word in the industry these days. The concept is that a buyer can leverage online tools to find and manage vendors in China. It sounds great in theory, but in practice a dose of “old school” sourcing is often needed as well. In …
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Here is a template (forged with my own blood sweat and tears) to improve e-mail correspondence among your staff / suppliers in China.
If you communicate globally via email with co-workers or suppliers in China, you probably have at some point become frustrated by the amount of time it takes to …
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