By Jacob Yount The summertime is heating up. Factories are getting busier than they were say even 2 to 3 weeks ago. Not-too distant Autumn orders should be in production and then there are those eventual jolly Holidays. Here’s some advice as we start a sizzling summer. Avoid going HOT and COLD during your projects. What’s hot and … [Read more...]
5 reasons you may (or may not) want to visit your overseas supplier
By Crystal Ge When is the right time to visit your overseas supplier? Do you need to plan a supplier visit just for supervising product inspections? … [Read more...]
Why good Chinese suppliers don’t reply to your emails / RFQs and how to fix that
By Liam Pratt – Easy Imex When sourcing from China, it’s important that your emails and RFQs to suppliers are formatted correctly. What tends to happen when emails/RFQs are formatted incorrectly is that you’ll get a low response rate from quality factories, i.e. the suppliers you want to be working with, and an outweighed response rate … [Read more...]
Urgent delivery? Obstacles that pop up
By Jacob Yount Urgent delivery is somewhat common in China manufacturing. … [Read more...]
Sourcing from China 101, part 15: How a factory can improve productivity
By Renaud Anjoran This is the last part in this 15-part series. Here we’ll focus on labor productivity in factories. … [Read more...]