By Marshall Taplits马歇尔taplits

Inflation in China is soaring and price increases are being exported to the developed world. 通货膨胀在中国是高涨和价格上涨已出口到发达世界。 Customers are finding that factories are increasing prices almost weekly or biweekly depending on the product. 顾客发现，工厂越来越多的价格几乎每周或每两周一次，视产品。 Customers requiring their price quotes in US Dollars are finding their quotes only good for one or two weeks. 客户要求其报价在美元已经找到了他们的行情不仅有利于一个或两个星期。

On the other hand, your distributor or wholesale customers will not accept price increases every week, nor if you’re involved in retail will the final consumer accept this.在另一方面，您的分销商或批发的客户是不会接受的价格上升，每星期，也不是如果您所涉及的零售业将最终消费者所接受这一点。 Even if they did accept the price increases, it’s not cheap to update your catalogues, your websites, re-train staff, etc. Given the fact that inflation is real and that prices will increase, how can you best plan for this and minimize the negative effects to your business?即使他们没有接受价格上升，这不是廉价的更新您的目录，您的网站，重新培训工作人员等给予的事实是真实的通货膨胀和价格将上调，你如何能的最佳方案，这和尽量减少负面影响，您的业务？ Readers of SourceJuice are sending emails, asking what we recommend to help them through these difficult times.读者sourcejuice是发送电子邮件，要求我们建议，以协助他们透过这些困难的时刻。

SourceJuice sourcejuice recommends you to take a good look at the products you’re selling and sourcing and do an analysis of ways you can decrease production costs, while still maintaining the quality of your products.建议你采取一个良好的照顾，在您的产品销售和采购和做一分析的方法，您可以降低生产成本，而仍保持质量您的产品。 We’ve developed a top 4 list that can help get you started with your analysis.我们已经制定了一个顶端4名单，可以帮助您开始与您的分析。

1. 1 。 Adjust Your Packaging Size, Colors and Materials调整您的包装，大小，颜色和材料

Packaging often makes up a significant cost of the final good you’re manufacturing or sourcing.包装往往弥补了显着的成本，最后好您制造或采购。 There are many ways to adjust your packaging that can help you save on costs without affecting the final product, and possibly not even the perception of your product in the marketplace.有许多方法可以调整您的包装，可以帮助您节省成本，在不影响最终产品，并在可能的甚至没有的观感与您的产品在市场上。

Are you using a metal case?您是否使用了金属外壳？ Steel and other metals have increased in cost drastically.钢铁及其他金属都有所增加的成本大幅。 If you’re using metal in your packaging, can you switch to plastic?如果您使用的金属在您的包装，你是否可以切换到塑料？ Can you produce a slightly thinner case if you need to continue using metal?你能产生一个略有薄的情况如果您需要继续使用金属？
Regarding colors, printing in many colors and with varying textures can add considerable cost.关于颜色，印刷，在许多颜色和不同的纹理，可以添加了相当大的成本。 Can you decrease the number of colors or textures in your packaging?你能减少多少的颜色或纹理在您的包装？

Regarding size, can you make your package smaller?关于大小，你是否可以让您的小包装？ Can you take out some layers of packaging?你能采取一些层次的包装？ Can you requiring a smaller number of different materials to be used, thus gaining economies of scale and simplified assembly?你能要求一个较小的数目不同所采用的物料，从而获得规模经济和简化大会？

2. 2 。 Decrease Transport Distance Required for Final Assembly减少运输距离所需的最后组装

The price of oil and thus transportation is increasing.石油价格和运输，从而增加。 With oil now well over $130USD per barrel, look for ways to reduce transportation distances.与石油，现在远远超过130usd元，降至每桶寻求方法，以减少运输距离。 The most obvious example is to source closer to your final customer.最明显的例子是，以源接近您的最终客户。 However, even when you need to ship the final product long distances, you may still be able to optimize your supply chain here.不过，即使当你需要的船舶最终产品的长途跋涉，您可能仍然能够优化您的供应链在这里。

For example, do you manufacture a final product that requires the assembly of components from multiple factories in multiple locations?例如，你制造出最终产品，要求大会的组成部分，从多个工厂在多个位置？

If yes, you might consider consolidating your factories within more of a reasonable distance.如果是的话，您不妨考虑巩固您的工厂更是合理的距离。 We’ve seen customers make their final product in Guangdong province but they have a ‘legacy’ factory in Tianjin for one of the components.我们已经看到顾客，使他们的最终产品在广东省，但他们有一个'遗产'工厂在天津，为的组成部分之一。 Each time they want to run of a line of product, they must ship goods from Tianjin to Dongguan by rail or road.每一次，他们要运行的一条线的产品，他们必须船舶货物从天津到东莞，由铁路或公路。 Once they relocate this factory to near Dongguan, they will save themselves costs on shipping as well as time.他们一旦搬迁，这间工厂附近的东莞，他们将可节省自己的成本，航运以及时间。

3. 3 。 Cut Out the Middleman剔除中间人

Trading companies and 3rd party companies have their place, especially when they act as project managers and quality assurance specialists.贸易公司和第三党的公司有自己的位置，尤其是当他们作为项目经理和质量保证的专家。

However if your product requires multiple components and you are purchasing some components from trading companies that aren’t adding value, cut them out!但是，如果您的产品需要多个组件和您所购买的某些组件，从贸易公司是没有附加价值，降低他们出去！ Moving further back on the supply chain and working directly with factories will help you to get the lowest cost possible.移动进一步回对供应链和工作直接与工厂将帮助您获得最低的成本可能。

4. 4 。 Push Back on Price Increases推回对价格上涨

Do not just accept any price increase that a vendor or factory comes back to you with.不只是接受任何代价，增加一个供应商或工厂回来给您。 You need to make sure that the increases they are requesting are legitimate.您需要作出肯定的是，增加了他们所要求的是合法的。

For example, if the price is increasing because of a VAT rebate reduction, you should reference the VAT rebate chart to confirm your product is actually effected.举例来说，如果价格增加，因为增值税退税减少，你应该参考的增值税退税图表，以确认您的产品，其实影响。 You should also try to have the factory prove to you that they actually even paid VAT in the first place, as many factories don’t and are using this issue as a way to increase profits.你也应该尝试有工厂，证明给你，他们其实，即使支付的增值税摆在首位，作为许多工厂不和所使用的这个问题的一种方式，以增加利润。

With regards to currency fluctuations affecting price increases, try to start having the prices quoted in Chinese Yuan (RMB).对于货币波动的影响价格上升，尝试启动后，价格引述在中国元（人民币） 。 Yes, you will still experience fluctuations in price, but these will be market driven as opposed to having to renegotiate prices regularly with the factory.是的，您的经验，仍然会波动，价格，但这些将是市场主导，作为反对而不必重新谈判价格，定期与工厂。

Additionally, if price changes are because of raw materials cost increases, reference back to global prices and make sure that the increase your factory is quoting you is in line, at least within a reasonable percentage, to the changes in the global market for that commodity.此外，如果扣除价格变动的，是因为原材料成本的增加，参考回到全球价格，并且一定要知道的增加，您的工厂是引用你是一致的，至少在一个合理的百分比，向的变化，在全球市场的商品。

SourceJuice sourcejuice is here to provide you with on the ground information from China, relevant to your sourcing and product development needs. 在这里向您提供在地面上的资料，来自中国，有关您的采购和产品发展的需要。 Please visit our website and join our RSS feed or mailing list to keep updated with the latest trends in sourcing. 请访问我们的网站并加入我们的RSS饲料或邮寄名单，以不断更新的最新趋势，采购。