Door Shawn hij Yuxun

Sourcing van China heeft van een ongecompliceerde, kosten-gedreven benadering van gedetailleerdere en strategische verscheidenheden geëvolueerdj. Terwijl de recente productrappels schenen om de geen Chinese uitvoer beïnvloed te hebben die op algemene cijfers wordt gebaseerd, nochtans zijn wij over het anecdotische bewijsmateriaal voorstellen anders gekomen.

Ongetwijfeld werd de aanvankelijke sourcing rente teweeggebracht door de bekende lage direct (zoals die voor arbeid als land of huur) en indirecte kosten van China, zowel (teruggegeven onder een horde aansporingen van de overheidsuitvoer, zoals gesubsidi�ërde brandstofkosten, de terugbetalingen van de de uitvoerBTW, niet-belasting en/of belastingsvermindering).

In de loop van de jaren heeft de oefening van statisch, per punt prijs-gedreven modus operandi aan verfijndere degenen geëvolueerda. Bijvoorbeeld, wenden vele kopers van de V.S. nu een verticaal of lateraal geïntegreerdeS benadering, of allebei aan. Lees de rest „Recentste Sourcing van China Tendensen“ of post een commentaar

Door Richard Kaye

De fout vele mensen maakt bij in dienst nemen van fabrikanten of kopen van producten in China goedkoop moet denken. Laagste kosten-laagste prijs, de korting van de kortingskorting. Er zijn een veel beter alternatief en één geen dat de handelaren momenteel exploiteren.

Laat bijvoorbeeld een paar schoenen nemen. Bijna 50% van alle schoenen die in het UK worden verkocht komen in China voort. Nu omvatten de kosten betrokken bij de productie van een paar schoenen de kosten van materialen, d.w.z. 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.

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