ショーンHe Yuxun著

中国からの調達は簡単な、費用運転されたアプローチからより精巧で、より戦略的な変化展開した。 最近の製品の回収が全面的な図に基づいて中国の輸出高に影響を与えなかったようではない間、私達が事例証拠の提案に他では出くわしたどんなに。

確実に最初の調達の興味は中国の悪名高い安価によって、指示する両方(労働のためのそれらのようなおよび土地または賃貸料)および間接誘発された(、助成金を支給された燃費のような政府の輸出刺激の無数の下でされて、VATの払い戻し、非課税や税減少を輸出しなさい)。

長年かけて練習は静的な、アイテム当たりの価格運転されたやり方からより洗練された物に展開した。 例えば、多くの米国のバイヤーは今縦または横に統合されたアプローチを、または両方を用いる。 「最も最近の中国の調達の傾向」の残りを読むか、またはコメントを掲示しなさい

リチャードKaye著

間違いは多くの人々中国で製造業者か購入プロダクト従事させることが安く考えることいつであるか作る。 最も低く最も費用低い価格、割引割引割引。 貿易業者が現在開発していない1および大いによりよい代わりある。

例えば靴取得を許可する。 all the靴のほぼ50%は中国にイギリスで起きる販売した。 Now the costs involved in manufacturing a pair of shoes include the cost of materials, ie. 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.)”

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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 >>