11 April 2008
Three and a Half Kinds of Factories: Chinese factory profiles
Posted by Roger under: Chinese Suppliers .
There is a great article on the Silk Road International blog entitled “Three and a Half Kinds of Factories.”
- Purely Domestic. “Working with these factories can be both very rewarding and very frustrating. Usually they are excited about foreign business. They are willing to learn and they go out of their way to be good hosts. The problem is that they often don’t know what they don’t know about international standards. They think they know. But when it comes down to it, 9 times out of ten they either can’t or won’t meet the standards that are expected.”
- Mostly Domestic, Partly International: “What does a little more experience mean to you? It’s means your costs will be a bit higher. But it also means that your higher standards will be mostly understood and expected.”
- Purely International / Limited International: “There are some factories that claim to have a completely international clientele. I don’t want to call them liars, but the world is a pretty big place and while producing for Africa and the EU are both technically considered “international” I would submit that they are hardly comparable.”
Worth a read - Have a look at the full article here!
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