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Sourcing Phase: Finding the right supplier to manufacture your products in Asia.

Roger — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:25:02 +0000

I am starting to get in the habit of re-posting (or at least parts of) my emails to customers / potential customers as I find I am repeating myself regularly. Though the recipient varies, the questions asked, expectations and preconceived perceptions are usually the same or similar. Today’s email was concerning sourcing potential suppliers (See note). [...]

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Three and a Half Kinds of Factories: Chinese factory profiles

Roger — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:33:34 +0000

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 [...]

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The pitfalls of China’s rough capitalism

Roger — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:53:06 +0000

Recently, I came across an excellent article on yahoo entitled “The pitfalls of China’s rough capitalism“which is noteworthy and worth commenting on. He just said he wasn’t too worried about the quality,” said Devereux, who declined the request. “They think: ‘Everything is made in China. Let’s just place an order over the phone.’” The article chronicles [...]

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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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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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