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| China’s most significant public holiday has many importers asking themselves, how will my suppliers recover from Chinese New Year disruptions? Much to the bane of any importer’s existence, most factories in China close anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks for Chinese New Year. In rare cases, factories will work through it to keep custom···...[more] |
2014-12-18Process Auditing – The New Face of QC
| For many years, importers and retailers have been using third-party inspection companies to verify the quality of their products made in Asia. But inspecting products when they’re finished, or partially finished, can only do so much. That’s why a new trend is emerging in third-party inspection. Quality control is becoming more and more ···...[more] |
2014-12-18Manufacture With a Golden Sample
| Let’s say you’re manufacturing a widget. You believe you have a great widget or at least a lucrative plan for selling it. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be going through the trouble of producing it. So you send your design and your specs to the factory of your choosing and ask them to manufacture 10,000 widgets right away. No p···...[more] |
| Container Loading Monitoring is a service that centers around closely supervising the loading of merchandise or industrial goods into shipping containers. The loading of containers generally takes place at the factory where the goods were produced, prior to the container being sealed and delivered to the port for export. Container loading ···...[more] |
2014-12-18Top 5 Sourcing Mistakes
| Even with the advent of websites like Alibaba.com and MadeInChina.com, sourcing products from China can be a daunting task. This is a major reason why many buyers forgo sourcing altogether and rely on agents or trading companies to do the legwork However these websites and other forms of “remote sourcing” can be used effectivel···...[more] |
| Are you importing from overseas and on shaky ground with your supplier? At CPQ, while consulting for clients, one of the biggest mistakes we see is buyers not implementing a Terms & Conditions sheet for their orders. The downfall of not doing so is the potential to receive goods that do not meet your expectations, not receiving goods at al···...[more] |
| In recent years, we have been hearing a number of customers talk about how the quality of products from their suppliers has deteriorated from earlier shipments. Examples include color deviation, shoddy workmanship and unsightly packaging. As a customer, when you actually purchase goods from the vendors, what is your greatest concern: product qua···...[more] |
2014-12-18The Basics of Cookware Inspection
| How can you be sure if the cookware you’re manufacturing meets quality and safety standards? For someone unfamiliar with quality control for cookware products, even the basics of cookware inspection can be an elusive concept. I wanted to get to the root of some of the tests cookware quality experts typically carry out, major problems th···...[more] |
| Importers often insist on working directly with the factories that manufacture their products. There are many reasons why: factory-direct pricing, having a direct line of communication to the factory itself, and other benefits generally associated with “cutting out the middleman.” However, there are some significant advantages ···...[more] |
| What is your view on the issue of China product quality given last year's media coverage of recalls of China-made products? From his vantage point as a contract manufacturer, Mike pinpoints two key factors that contribute to sub-standard quality products from China and spells out steps for preventing it. I think there are two main trends beh···...[more] |
