Everywhere I look these days in the Procurement field, there is information about Sourcing in China. I almost wonder why it took us so long to get to this point of Buyers looking overseas directly. Clearly, our local US suppliers have been getting items from there for years.
Is it some cultural bias we have? Do we harbor the impression that goods made overseas are somehow inferior to products made in North America? Did we feel that as long as we bought from Western Hemisphere companies, we were not contributing to a trade deficit regardless of the actual origin of the items?
Puchasing.com provides a great primer with lots of other resources cited in the article Do's and Dont's of Doing Business in China.
My personal caveat is plan ahead - way ahead - when it comes to lead times. See my article titled Waiting For Your SHip To Come In.
» Supply Chain Security - Part 2 from PurchaseRealm
The last entry looked at supply chain security in reference to containers crossing borders. There is another interpretation of the phrase supply chain security. It can also mean the assurance of an uninterrupted supply chain. Business... [Read More]
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