The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading » Quality Control (QC)

Buying from China – The customer is NOT always right.

Roger — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:40:31 +0000

Having been both involved in the past with furniture sourcing and buying, and more recently operating a retail furniture store and factory (where I now must sell to those same types of furniture buyers), I suppose I can say I truly understand both perspectives. Though I must confess, that for the first time being the supplier, is [...]

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The saga of LinkWise Furniture, Conforama and allergies from your sofa

Roger — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:23:22 +0000

Melamine milk anyone? Once again, quality concerns are back in the headlines, this time concerning tainted milk (or shall I say for a second time, as this already occurred once before). Tainted, tainted, tainted. Its all about tainted. First we had fake baby formula. Then tainted pet food. There were recalled tires and lets not [...]

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Import Nightmares – Readers share their experiences when things go wrong

Roger — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:37:48 +0000

As any experienced importer can tell you, the logistics of transporting large quantities of product internationally across oceans, local borders and even more so through national customs, involves quite a lot effort. Things can go wrong. In fact, things frequently do go wrong. Customs can hold up your order, freight damage can occur due to [...]

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Brits Get Rich In China! A humorous look at business in China.

Roger — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:33:47 +0000

“Hilarious. Absolutely Brilliant. And a dead-on accurate depiction of what REALLY occurs in China.” As China develops (well, some parts of China anyways) and Starbucks Coffee keeps putting up more coffee shops (Did you know there are already 55 in Beijing alone?), its easy to forget what really lays just beneath the surface. For all the [...]

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Advice for “newbies” doing their first China orders.

Roger — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:12:25 +0000

A roundup of a few good articles I have recently come across which are worth mentioning – particularly for those who are new to China. People tend to forget that regardless of the industry you are in (For example, even the warm & fuzzy antiques, home furnishings & Chinese cultural products industry )Â [...]

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The problem of “Chaobuduo” (and how it effects reproduction furnitures)

Frederic — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:57:31 +0000

Chinese workers love to use the phrase Â¨cha bu duoÂ¨ (pronounced “Cha Boo Daul) which directly translates to Â¨not very far off (meaning approximately or roughly)Â¨ Unfortunately, in almost all case it usually works out to be not even close, in otherwords, “cha tai duo” (meaning way too far off). [...]

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Low Cost vs. Low Quality?

Roger — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:57:22 +0000

A simple comparison Comparison price shopping is common, in order to locate the best deal. A particular television model may be priced at $200 dollars at one store but found on elsewhere on sale for $20 less by the savvy shopper. Sure, pre and post sales service may differ slightly per retailer, but the actual [...]

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Ningbo/Shanghai Factories

Frederic — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:01:42 +0000

Having just returned from the Shanghai furniture show, hereÂ are my impressions of the Ningbo/Shanghai reproduction style furniture factories: Woods – (minus) The southern woods are definitely a poor substitute for the better ones from the North. One easy way to clearly feel the difference is to pick up one of those tall swoop-topped wooden stools [...]

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Another Chabuduo example

Roger — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:30:06 +0000

Here is another great example of “chabuduo.” Apparently the worker who put in the shelf though that chaobuduo really wouldn’t that big of a deal… Another Chabuduo example is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading

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