By Marshall Taplits馬歇爾taplits

Inflation in China is soaring and price increases are being exported to the developed world. 通貨膨脹在中國是高漲和價格上漲已出口到發達世界。 Customers are finding that factories are increasing prices almost weekly or biweekly depending on the product. 顧客發現，工廠越來越多的價格幾乎每週或每兩週一次，視產品。 Customers requiring their price quotes in US Dollars are finding their quotes only good for one or two weeks. 客戶要求其報價在美元已經找到了他們的行情不僅有利於一個或兩個星期。

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，您的分銷商或批發的客戶是不會接受的價格上升，每星期，也不是如果您所涉及的零售業將最終消費者所接受這一點。 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?即使他們沒有接受價格上升，這不是廉價的更新您的目錄，您的網站，重新培訓工作人員等給予的事實是真實的通貨膨脹和價格將上調，你如何能的最佳方案，這和盡量減少負面影響，您的業務？ Readers of SourceJuice are sending emails, asking what we recommend to help them through these difficult times.讀者sourcejuice是發送電子郵件，要求我們建議，以協助他們透過這些困難的時刻。

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.建議你採取一個良好的照顧，在您的產品銷售和採購和做一分析的方法，您可以降低生產成本，而仍保持質量您的產品。 We’ve developed a top 4 list that can help get you started with your analysis.我們已經制定了一個頂端4名單，可以幫助您開始與您的分析。

1. 1 。 Adjust Your Packaging Size, Colors and Materials調整您的包裝，大小，顏色和材料

Packaging often makes up a significant cost of the final good you’re manufacturing or sourcing.包裝往往彌補了顯著的成本，最後好您製造或採購。 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.有許多方法可以調整您的包裝，可以幫助您節省成本，在不影響最終產品，並在可能的甚至沒有的觀感與您的產品在市場上。

Are you using a metal case?您是否使用了金屬外殼？ Steel and other metals have increased in cost drastically.鋼鐵及其他金屬都有所增加的成本大幅。 If you’re using metal in your packaging, can you switch to plastic?如果您使用的金屬在您的包裝，你是否可以切換到塑料？ Can you produce a slightly thinner case if you need to continue using metal?你能產生一個略有薄的情況如果您需要繼續使用金屬？
Regarding colors, printing in many colors and with varying textures can add considerable cost.關於顏色，印刷，在許多顏色和不同的紋理，可以添加了相當大的成本。 Can you decrease the number of colors or textures in your packaging?你能減少多少的顏色或紋理在您的包裝？

Regarding size, can you make your package smaller?關於大小，你是否可以讓您的小包裝？ Can you take out some layers of packaging?你能採取一些層次的包裝？ Can you requiring a smaller number of different materials to be used, thus gaining economies of scale and simplified assembly?你能要求一個較小的數目不同所採用的物料，從而獲得規模經濟和簡化大會？

2. 2 。 Decrease Transport Distance Required for Final Assembly減少運輸距離所需的最後組裝

The price of oil and thus transportation is increasing.石油價格和運輸，從而增加。 With oil now well over $130USD per barrel, look for ways to reduce transportation distances.與石油，現在遠遠超過130usd元，降至每桶尋求方法，以減少運輸距離。 The most obvious example is to source closer to your final customer.最明顯的例子是，以源接近您的最終客戶。 However, even when you need to ship the final product long distances, you may still be able to optimize your supply chain here.不過，即使當你需要的船舶最終產品的長途跋涉，您可能仍然能夠優化您的供應鏈在這裡。

For example, do you manufacture a final product that requires the assembly of components from multiple factories in multiple locations?例如，你製造出最終產品，要求大會的組成部分，從多個工廠在多個位置？

If yes, you might consider consolidating your factories within more of a reasonable distance.如果是的話，您不妨考慮鞏固您的工廠更是合理的距離。 We’ve seen customers make their final product in Guangdong province but they have a ‘legacy’ factory in Tianjin for one of the components.我們已經看到顧客，使他們的最終產品在廣東省，但他們有一個'遺產'工廠在天津，為的組成部分之一。 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，他們要運行的一條線的產品，他們必須船舶貨物從天津到東莞，由鐵路或公路。 Once they relocate this factory to near Dongguan, they will save themselves costs on shipping as well as time.他們一旦搬遷，這間工廠附近的東莞，他們將可節省自己的成本，航運以及時間。

3. 3 。 Cut Out the Middleman剔除中間人

Trading companies and 3rd party companies have their place, especially when they act as project managers and quality assurance specialists.貿易公司和第三黨的公司有自己的位置，尤其是當他們作為項目經理和質量保證的專家。

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，如果您的產品需要多個組件和您所購買的某些組件，從貿易公司是沒有附加價值，降低他們出去！ Moving further back on the supply chain and working directly with factories will help you to get the lowest cost possible.移動進一步回對供應鏈和工作直接與工廠將幫助您獲得最低的成本可能。

4. 4 。 Push Back on Price Increases推回對價格上漲

Do not just accept any price increase that a vendor or factory comes back to you with.不只是接受任何代價，增加一個供應商或工廠回來給您。 You need to make sure that the increases they are requesting are legitimate.您需要作出肯定的是，增加了他們所要求的是合法的。

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.舉例來說，如果價格增加，因為增值稅退稅減少，你應該參考的增值稅退稅圖表，以確認您的產品，其實影響。 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.你也應該嘗試有工廠，證明給你，他們其實，即使支付的增值稅擺在首位，作為許多工廠不和所使用的這個問題的一種方式，以增加利潤。

With regards to currency fluctuations affecting price increases, try to start having the prices quoted in Chinese Yuan (RMB).對於貨幣波動的影響價格上升，嘗試啟動後，價格引述在中國元（人民幣） 。 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，您的經驗，仍然會波動，價格，但這些將是市場主導，作為反對而不必重新談判價格，定期與工廠。

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，如果扣除價格變動的，是因為原材料成本的增加，參考回到全球價格，並且一定要知道的增加，您的工廠是引用你是一致的，至少在一個合理的百分比，向的變化，在全球市場的商品。

SourceJuice sourcejuice is here to provide you with on the ground information from China, relevant to your sourcing and product development needs. 在這裡向您提供在地面上的資料，來自中國，有關您的採購和產品發展的需要。 Please visit our website and join our RSS feed or mailing list to keep updated with the latest trends in sourcing. 請訪問我們的網站並加入我們的RSS飼料或郵寄名單，以不斷更新的最新趨勢，採購。