Category: Order Control
Streamline Important Specifications in Your Supplier Communication
Feb 28, 2019 | Back to the Basics, Client Import Education, Order Control | 0
When you, the importer, send important specifications to your overseas suppliers, avoid being...
A Few Ways Problems Creep into an Overseas Manufacturing Order
Jan 21, 2019 | China Manufacturing, Order Control, Sourcing | 0
Everything appears to be in order. The supplier seems cooperative and sent over the quotation just...
Book Your Shipments out of China NOW if you have not Already
Dec 28, 2018 | China Management, Client Import Education, Order Control, Order Process | 0
Book your China shipments now! It’s that easy. If you’re reading this on Friday...
5 Things All Great Importers Do
Dec 21, 2018 | Manufacturing, Order Control, Order Process, Sourcing | 0
Great importers consistently do the same things in their projects. Offshore projects that crumble...
5 Things to Check Early in the Sourcing Process
Dec 17, 2018 | China Manufacturing, Order Control, Sourcing | 0
As we’re rounding out 2018 and about to enter 2019 here’s a batch of “things to...
Ways to Customize a Private Label for Less…
Dec 13, 2018 | Manufacturing, Order Control, Private Label | 0
Here are some ways to customize your private label item for less. Less what? Less development,...
Sourcing Aspects that Buyers Underestimate
Dec 11, 2018 | Buyer Perception, Order Control, Sourcing | 0
From the newest buyer to “Asia experts” that have imported for decades, there tends to...
Customization and Your Private Label Product
Dec 10, 2018 | Order Control, Private Label, Sourcing | 0
How will customization come into play with your private label product? Are you thinking to...
Lack of Knowledge Leads to False Quality Expectations
Dec 5, 2018 | Buyer Perception, China Manufacturing, Order Control | 0
Importers and would-be-buyers tend to enter a project in default mode. Here’s the default...
Why is the Supplier Refusing to Make Sample as Asked?
Jul 27, 2018 | Order Control, Order Process, Sourcing | 0
Sometimes suppliers will say they will make the sample. But it won’t include… the...
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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