All Roads Lead to China: Business News, Analysis, and Insights from China

For the past several weeks, China has been the punching bag of international supply chain management. The underlying problems are very serious ones as a number of people and animals have become sick and even died as a result of using goods that have been manufactured in China. There are dozens of news reports in […]

Part 3 really focuses on how buyers can ensure the quality of their products, and at this time there really is no greater topic of interest for many. [youtube width=”425″ height=”335″]http://youtube.com/watch?v=35NFwlAc3gA[/youtube]   The purchase order is the beginning of the vendor coordination process, not the end His strongest statement so far, and possibly in his […]

Following my pattern of posts related to the importance of supplier management in China, I found the below Youtube series entitled Sourcing Strategies China — Find the Right Suppliers Part 1, and the series is a must watch for anyone who has been able to see the forest from the trees and is still interested […]

This evening, I ran into this youtube post called avoid the middleman, and while it is really about developing an Ebay store, I think that graphics aside there are some takeaways here. [youtube width=”425″ height=”335″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt8gLfCgkYo&mode=related&search=[/youtube] In watching this 3 minute clip, the primary emphasis on removing the middleman is because you as a distributor can […]

this is a phrase I probably first heard from a cartoon character at the age of 2, and in the 30 years following that, I have heard it countless times. Never has it been more relevant though than in my last 5+ years in China as I have worked with companies looking to learn about […]

HR in China is always a hot topic among myself, clients, friends, & employees, and it has been for everyday of my 5+ years in China. Last week, Shaun Rein of CMR expressed his opinions in the article How Multinationals Err In China The essentials of the article are best summarized by Freight Dawg’s Eric […]

With 1.3 billion people in China, it is hard to imagine that there could ever be a shortage of labor in China. just think about that… 1.3 billion people. How can you run out of people? Well, for some industries, finding people is becoming a huge problem, and more and more I am being exposed […]

Following my post on venture capitalist realizing that they NEEDED to BE HERE, I have decided to follow up with a post dedicated to those buyers who still have 3-4 layers of trading companies in between themselves and their factories. For years, using trading firms was a common. For many, it was necessary as these […]