ب [شون] [ه] [يوإكسون]

قد تطوّر [سورسنغ] من الصين من [ستريغت-فورورد], [كست-دريفن] مقاربة أن أكثر مفصّلة وتشكيلات استراتيجيّة. بينما الأخيرة منتوج إستدعاءات لم يبدووا أن يتلقّى صدمت تصديرات صينيّة يؤسّس على أرقام إجماليّة, ولكن قد تصادف نحن قصصيّة بيّنة يقترح ال خلاف ذلك.

دون شكّ الأوّليّة [سورسنغ] أطلقت فائدة كان بالصين [لوو كست] شهيرة, على حدّ سواء يوجّه (مثل أنّ لعمل وأرض أو إيجار) وغيرمباشر (يرجع تحت ربوة من حكومة تصدير دافع, مثل يساعد [فول كست], صدقت حوض مبلغ معاد, [نون-تإكسأيشن] [أند/ور] [تإكس ردوكأيشن]).

على السنون قد تطوّر التمرين عمليّ من ساكن إستاتيكي, [بر يتم] [بريس-دريفن] [مودوس وبرندي] إلى أكثر راقي أحد. مثلا, كثير [أوس] يستخدم مشتريات الآن عموديّا أو جانبيّا يضمّد مقاربة, أو كلا. قرأت الإستراحة من "متأخّرة الصين [سورسنغ] اتّجاهات" أو عيّنت تعليق

بريتشارد [ك]

يجعل الغلطة كثير الناس عندما يشبك صاحب مصنع أو يشتري منتوجات في الصين يكون أن يفكّر بثمن زهيد. سعر منخفضة [كست-لووست], خصوم خصوم خصوم. هناك كثير خيار جيّدة وواحدة أنّ تجار يكون لا حاليّا يستغلّون.

مثلا يترك لقطة [ا] زوج الأحذية. باع تقريبا 50% من [ألّ ث] أحذية في ال [أوك] يتكوّن في الصين. الآن تضمّن التكاليف في يصنع زوج الأحذية يتضمّن التكلفة ال [متريلس], [إي]. leather, the cost of packaging, the cost of the overhead…rent rates electric etc, the cost of labour & management and of course the cost of shipping. However, think of this… the labour aspect of the combined costs is probably less than 10%. Read the rest of “Cheap or value added” or post a comment

By Blake Keller

Much thought and effort goes into the selection of vendors, but how much effort do you put into selecting an audit provider? Many potential clients begin their conversations with “We have tried third party auditors in the past…”

Does that sound familiar? I can’t tell you how to pick one company over another. Your particular industry and needs will determine who is right for you. What I can do, is give you some advice about audits in general.

An audit in general terms is an objective evaluation of product, processes, and/or systems. Most importantly, an audit is a comparison of actual performance to predetermined standards. Note, please the emphasis on predetermined standards, and the means to evaluate your auditor is clear. You must first specify to what standards you desire your supplier to be audited. Feel free to ask your potential auditor to what standard they will perform an audit. Read the rest of “Evaluating your Audit Provider” or post a comment

By Dan Harris

My friend Chris Carr, dean of the CalPoly MBA program and the brains behind the International Business Tour blog has a very thoughtful post, entitled, “Will Paying More Change Behavior And Make Someone More Ethical?” Thoughtful, but wrong.

The post centers on whether paying more gets you better performance and/or better ethics, and Chris pretty much says it does not:

“Some suggested that we could solve the problem of too many defective products coming from China by paying more to the Chinese suppliers that make this stuff. I questioned that assumption, and still do.

One example I gave in that discussion thread was that if paying people more solved the problem, then why does paying most good employees more still result in good performance, but not superior performance? (See Comment No. 29.) And why does paying most bad employees more money still get you bad performance, and not good performance? (If you feel that more money correlates to higher performance, come see me after you have hired, managed and fired more than a few people, and let’s compare notes.)”

Read the rest of “Why Paying More Is Good China Business” or post a comment

In the aftermath of the recent recalls of tainted and toxic China-made products, more than a few have speculated that manufacturers who have outsourced production operations there are no doubt rethinking their sourcing strategies and quality control processes, and, if some of the, shall we say, ‘more aggressive’ pundits are to be believed, even rethinking their continued presence there altogether. However, according to the results of a proprietary survey just completed by the smart cube, the pundits appear to be very much mistaken.

Read the rest of “Survey: Global Manufacturers Staying Put in China” or post a comment >>