5 Reasons to Perform a Manufacturing Audit in Asia
A Manufacturing Audit is a comprehensive yet cost-effective way to make sure your vendor is reliable and offers quality products whether you’re just beginning to ... Continue Reading
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Purchase Process
Purchase Process
5 Steps to Successfully Deal with Suppliers in Asia
The frenzy of April’s trade shows is far away now and you collected many contacts for a potential supplier deal in Asia. What do you ... Continue Reading
Purchase Process
Sourcing in Asia – 5 Critical Mistakes To Avoid
When sourcing in Asia, we all face certain challenges; every project is unique with its own pitfalls to take care off. Protect yourself against these ... Continue Reading
Purchase Process
Sourcing fashion garment suppliers in Asia and other continents
Asia is the current hot spot for all fashion garment buyers. High quality and low quality garments are purchased in this region of the world. ... Continue Reading
Purchase Process
Responsible sourcing in China
Strikes, suicides, accident in China factories manufacturing for big brands have shocked the world and affected the brands reputation as well as turnover. Responsible sourcing ... Continue Reading
Quality Management
Quality Assurance vs. Quality Control
International importers buying from Asia are often asked to assure the quality of their goods: after all, importers must legally take full responsibility for the ... Continue Reading
Inspection Process
Verify the CDF (constructional data form) of electrical appliances
Electronics imported into the European Union require importers to store documentation about the product for ten years. This information includes a technical construction file. Therefore, ... Continue Reading
Inspection Process
Inspector bribery, how to avoid the red pocket?
When selecting a third party company to perform quality inspections in Asia, the recurrent questions are: how can this quality control company avoid inspector bribery? ... Continue Reading
Purchase Process
How Do I Verify My Asian Supplier?
A couple of weeks ago, our friends at the China Sourcing Information Center (CSIC) wrote up an interesting article about the most common question they ... Continue Reading
Testing and Standards
Environmental Audits in Asia
There are a wide variety of activities that make up ‘environmental auditing.’ An environmental audit is a term that is used to describe evaluations intended ... Continue Reading
