Why Auditing your Suppliers’ Factories Will Cut Your Costs
In times of budget cuts, many hard-nosed executives request cuts in every line of every cost center. However, in some cases, spending more on preventive activities, and cutting drastically in some other budget lines, is a smarter approach. First, let’s look at your costs of poor quality Do you estimate them every year? Here are […]
Best Practices for Buying Offices in China & Asia [Q&A]
We recently interviewed Jürgen Weckherlin, a consultant in the field of procurement who specialises in increasing productivity and reducing costs, and got answers to several questions that explore some of the best practices for buying offices in China and Asia. Do you have a buying office overseas? Keep reading for the advice he shared… Q: In what processes of a […]
4 Fundamental Quality Improvement Tools
Over the years, we have tried many approaches to improve quality in Chinese factories and we’ve found that we are starting using the same quality improvement tools over and over with good success. What are the tools we’re using repeatedly to improve quality? Last week, again, a buyer of electronics confirmed they have also been […]
The Future Of Manufacturing? Digital Transformation.
I recently listened to this podcast from McKinsey on the future of manufacturing, and I’ll summarise some of the key topics and add some of my own thoughts on the points they made about the direction that the manufacturing industry is headed in.
Risk Management When Buying Products From Chinese Suppliers
Recently I was talking with a friend who used to run a buying office in Hong Kong, and he described how buying products from Chinese suppliers is, in good part, about risk management.
Quality Control For Manufacturers: How SynControl Changes QC Approaches
Here are 5 ways a factory can change its quality control approach and drive better business results with, and without, quality inspection software like SynControl…
Quality Inspection: Why an AQL Limit of 2.5% Means Nothing
Many Chinese suppliers try to reassure their potential customers by claiming they are certain to pass a QC inspection with an AQL of 2.5%. When asked for documentation that explains precisely what they mean, they usually have nothing to offer.
Quality Inspection Level & Sampling Lot: Making the Right Choices
Deciding what is in a sampling lot, choosing an inspection level… Most quality managers would say this is ‘Inspection 101’ and that their company does a good job at this.
Let’s look at how you can make better choices when it comes to setting a quality inspection level and sampling lots…
8 Ways Adopting Quality Inspection Software Gives Importers Great ROI
Do you work in a buying office? Are you requested to keep costs as low as possible? Do you need to justify how every investment will contribute to cut costs?
If implementing quality inspection software to improve your inspections is a solution you’re looking at, but you need to be able to show its ROI, then this article is for you.
