By Dan Harris When a company comes to one of our international manufacturing lawyers for legal help, we invariably ask them about their potential or actual overseas product supplier(s). We do this because of how critical it is that they choose the right manufacturer for what they will be doing. … [Read more...]
Flexible manufacturing in China: How to set it up
By Renaud Anjoran It is easier than ever for foreign buyers to have a manufacturer handle high-mix, low-volume orders, with short lead times. In other words, flexible manufacturing. … [Read more...]
The rules when manufacturing overseas
By Dan Harris International Manufacturing Turmoil Increases International Manufacturing Risks With all the turmoil created by the tariffs and the various other increasing risks of manufacturing in China our international manufacturing lawyers are being contacted by many companies seeking legal help after all has been lost. These are mostly … [Read more...]
Why pay close attention to your factory managers’ personalities?
By Renaud Anjoran A few years ago, I wrote an article on ‘7 Common Mistakes Revealed by Factory Org Charts‘. I described two issues I have seen many times in Chinese factories: … [Read more...]
How to form a China joint venture (Part 4): What’s Hong Kong got to do with it?
By Dan Harris This is Part Four of our new series laying out the issues companies typically face and the steps our China company lawyers typically go through when forming a China Joint Venture. In Part One, we talked about how despite the increasing difficulties with doing business in China (or perhaps because of those difficulties), our … [Read more...]