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China Stacker Crane Industry
Three years ago, we could not find any decent Chinese supplier of Stacker Crane for automated warehouses. In 2010, we have found several serious manufacturers of cranes that can be used in AS/RS systems. |
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Commercial and Professional Refrigerator Industry
We have found good suppliers of professional and commercial refrigerators and coolers: floor showcases for retail industry, professional kitchen fridges and refrigerators and many others. |
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China exporter of production equipment
After producing the cheap products for the world, China has started its transition to providing the production equipment and plants for other regions to produce cheap goods. |
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China to export high speed train to the US ?
One more evidence that China is moving up the value chain. Times are over when China only sold cheap stuff to Wal-Mart. It is planning to sell high speed trains to Califoria. |
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Business Pace in China
It is hard for Westerners to grasp the pace of change in China and its consequences on day to day business.
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China Water Treatment Equipment Industry
China counts very good suppliers of water treatment plants and components. Chinese suppliers are certainly an option to consider when looking for any water treatment system project. |
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Survey on China sourcing good practices
An interesting survey about what China sourcing practitioners are considering good practices. |
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Are China exporters suffering as much as reported ?
When reading all those reports about Chinese suppliers in troubles, everyone could get worried about what is going on. A correspondent from The Telegraph has done a site tour to discover what is really happening. |
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Foreign companies in China can also benefit from Sourcing assistance services
More and more foreign companies operating in China use procurAsia services. For them as well, we find better suppliers and improve their sourcing performances |
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Many companies successfully source from China
One third of 650 executives surveyed by Deloitte feel they are VERY SUCCESSFUL in sourcing from emerging markets. This is how they managed it . . . |
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China produces the Portable Electric Power Generators of the world
China is unbeatable when it comes to producing small electrical power generators. But amongst the many companies in this business only a few ones are reliable! |
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Don't select suppliers on a brochure or website
We visited recently a battery factory in Guangdong: Its nice factory pictures in its brochure proved to be far from reality! |
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An industry leader in the make
10th anniversary celebration of one of our suppliers: A real example of the amazing development of private business in China |
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Diesel Generators in China: an overview of the Genset industry
The best diesel gensets produced in China use world-class diesel engines and alternators. But the quality of the assembly and control system varies widely from one supplier to another |
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Sun & Wind Energy magazine article: "Quality standards rising in China"
A Sun & Wind Energy magazine article: The Chinese solar water heating industry is taking steps towards quality standards. Local management is still necessary |
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Good practices for Control Cabinets suppliers
procurAsia visited and evaluated many Control Cabinet suppliers in China. 3 examples illustrating the typical gap between the best suppliers and the others |
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China is the world leader of Solar water heating systems!
China has developed its own technology of solar water heating systems (the evacuated tube) and is by far today the world's biggest producer and user! |
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Small and medium Wind Turbine industry in China
Compared to a few years ago, some small wind turbine manufacturers have improved but as a whole, the iindustry is not mature yet. Importers without quality control in China risk meeting lots of quality problems. |
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Welding Robotization in Racking industry
This China Racking exporter manufactures pallet racks for manual & AS/RS warehouses & develops welding robotization for export products |
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Where is my product manufactured ?
Why a 5S compliant PBA assembly manufacturer with well managed SMT assembly lines & RoHS compliant lines in China makes sometimes substandard deliveries |
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Personal Protective Equipment
China sourcing trends: Working conditions in workshops vary widely. procurAsia short-lists only those involved in personnel's safety. PPE is a good indicator |
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Would you pick this supplier?
Nice catalogs, new facilities and listing in directory of suppliers in China are not indicators of the true quality of a supplier. |
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This is a Private Company, or isn’t it
On how some private companies still behave like the State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) they used to be. |
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An interesting experience of Quality Management in China
This typical Chinese manufacturer of Racking system for industrial warehouses requires on-site quality management! |
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Work environment: Lack of space in the workshop
A picture of a poorly managed Control cabinet manufacturer workshop in China: in the industrial controls & electrical enclosure ip nema cabinet industry. |
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A modern electronics factory in Guangzhou
An example of clean room work environment in China |
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An example of well managed factory in China
Some pictures from a well managed factory we have visited several times lately. |
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Racking factory in Tianjin: one of the worst factory we visited
Safety, work environment and warehousing: 3 pictures illustrating what type of worst practices a pre-qualification visit wil systematically reject! |
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Supplier development case study
Successful case of supplier development with a plastic extrusion company near Shanghai. Implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles |
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What you get is NOT what you see: Pictures on Chinese supplier's catalogs!
Identification of supplier in China: An professional looking catalogue or brochure is not the guaranty of a good supplier. A case of pictures from competitors |
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Warehousing practices in Chinese factories
2 pictures showing extremes in applying (or not) basic principles of warehousing in Chinese factories: procurAsia sorts out companies that effectively apply ISO principles |
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How some suppliers boost their client references!
Tips for buyers sourcing from Chinese suppliers: references claimed by the suppliers must be double checked |
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Looking for my supplier’s factory
Finding physically Chinese suppliers and their factories is a driving and orientation challenge the procurAsia team faces every week in Chinese industrial zones. |
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Is this the same factory I visited two months ago ?
Sometimes, several visits to a supplier are needed to evaluate the full scope of their capabilities, or lack thereoff. |
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Evaluate the quality of your supplier's management
Evaluating your supplier's management is very important. A real example illustrating how the competence & attitude of the management team is critical to the long term viability of a company |
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Are these figures for real ?
Tips for buyers sourcing from Chinese suppliers: Company numbers such as turn-over, headcount, production locations or last year production volume must be double checked! |
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Is my Chinese supplier really ISO certified ?
Why an ISO certificate does not mean quality audits are not needed |
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State Owned Enterprises in China
A reminder of why you normally wouldn't do business with a Chinese State Owned Enterprise (SOE): Their management is incompatible with Western requirements! |
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Chinese Companies Exhibiting in Europe
I attended an exhibition in Europe and I took the opportunity to pay a visit to the booth of each Chinese supplier present. A very interesting experience, indeed. |
No one is pretending that the process of finding, qualifying and contracting these suppliers is easy. In fact, it is paved with numerous challenges and pitfall. It requires a strong commitment, the ability to focus resources on the project and, often, a readiness to adapt some existing work practices. But the rewards are worth the effort: the creation of a sustainable competitive advantage with high barriers of entries. Companies in the industrial and high tech sectors that have developped strong ties with quality and reliable suppliers, have build a unique set of competitive advantages that will make them not only more profitable but also more flexible and more fit to face their business challenges.