Do you Source Product Like Your Brand or Customers are Watching?
When you source products from overseas factories, do you operate differently than how you normally...
Category: Manufacturing
Working with Overseas Vendors: A Balance of Professional Courtesy
In working with overseas vendors, buyers tend to fall off one side of the horse. They err too far...
Risks in Working with Smaller Factories in China
Working with smaller factories in China comes with it’s own unique set of risks. Processes...
5 Things All Great Importers Do
Great importers consistently do the same things in their projects. Offshore projects that crumble...
Ways to Customize a Private Label for Less…
Here are some ways to customize your private label item for less. Less what? Less development,...
More Thoughts on China Factory Closures
China’s factory closures are hot topic. Since this past summer up until now the...
Consistent Time Management and Your China Orders
China orders and sourcing projects seem to have less problems when there’s consistent time...
Signs That Mass Production May Not Go Well
Before mass production starts, there may be some telling signs that the project is not going to go...
Equip Your China Factory Sales Contact to be a Better Partner
Your China factory sales contact, the person you communicate with on a daily basis, is an...
Listening to Suppliers: What’s Not Being Said
When China suppliers give advice, it is not always done in a direct and obvious fashion. This is...
About Jacob
For 18 years, I’ve worked in China manufacturing. This blog is to help new buyers or seasoned importers better understand overseas suppliers, their culture, the manufacturing processes and logistics. I lived in China from '01 to '12 and now on the Carolina coast. I own and operate JLmade.
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