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Monthly Sourcing Highlights - May 2012

Sourcing News

Read these latest industry updates and developments in China & Asia:

• China's health and personal care suppliers gear up for challenging year

• China makers emphasize product innovation to fend off yuan appreciation

• Smart devices, mobile Internet-based content shaping consumer electronics: Samsung HK COO

• Taiwan component makers match demand from smartphones

• Li-ion, Li-polymer batteries & packs lead supply in Guangdong province

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Sourcing Fairs (Trade Shows)

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China Sourcing Fairs (live)

Sourcing Video

Project management and quality control: Make sure you get what you pay for

This video gives you advice on how to ensure your products ship at the agreed time and with the agreed quality.

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Ask the Experts

Get practical answers to critical questions on how to source effectively from China: Ask the Experts guide

Question: What can I do to protect myself in the event my China manufacturer does not make my product exactly as specified according to the samples provided?

Answer: Yes, you can state in a contract/PO that the agreed spec is based on the pre-approved golden sample. But even if you have a contract stating that the spec is per golden sample, you still have two big problems: Firstly, a physical sample can be interpreted in many ways. You may look at production and say it is "not per sample"; factory may look at same production pieces and feel that it is per sample... Continue reading

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Featured Sourcing Tips

Be Absolutely Prepared For Your Business Negotiations in China

If you want to conduct business negotiations in China, you better be absolutely prepared. You are far from home and cannot just run across town to fetch a missing document or your contract if you forgot to bring it along. Of course, you may be able to ask your staff, at home, to send you the missing information by e-mail but you may already have lost your face with your Chinese counterparts because you were ill prepared for the meeting. Therefore, first make a plan about what subjects must be discussed with each of the companies you are going to visit... Continue reading

By Klaus-Dieter Hanke at WebMediaBiz

Featured Sourcing Tips

Unreliable Chinese suppliers: 5 tips for importers

You import from China. You sell to customers who want the right quality at the right time. You know that, if you can't deliver, they will go elsewhere. And, on the other hand, your suppliers say "we'll try our best, don't worry". And you know that they are late, say, 40% of the time, and that their products are substandard or defective 30% of time. Oh, and they might subcontract production without telling you about it, which makes things even worse. How can you make demand less capricious, and make supply more reliable? Here are my 5 tips...Continue reading

Provided by Renaud Anjoran at Quality Inspection Tips

Featured Supplier Surveys

Exclusive look at data from Chinese supplier surveys conducted

Dr Neale O'Connor with the School of Business at the University of Hong Kong is interviewing 1000 suppliers in China to understand market trends and challenges.

Dr O'Connor has spent the last 18 months and over $HK300,000 on research, including a team of 14 interviewers, yet it could be months before the full 1000 interviews are complete. Luckily, in an exclusive arrangement with CSIC, our favorite professor is willing to give our readers a sneak peak. Check out some of the figures from the first 644 interviews with Chinese suppliers...Continue reading

Provided by Mike Bellamy at "China Sourcing Information Center"

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