Ever since the New York Times did an article, Wary of China, Companies Head to Cambodia, on companies leaving China for Cambodia, there has been media and play and real life discussions on how "everyone" is leaving China for places like Cambodia or Thailand or Vietnam or Mexico or Indonesia or Taiwan. First, let's look
Product manufacturing in China's coastal regions has become increasingly challenging for manufacturers and buyers alike. Wages and rent have risen dramatically over the past five years while at the same time the economies of major buyers have suffered severe setbacks. This has put tremendous pressure on the small and medium businesses that make up the
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Got an email from a client with a link to a list of Chinese manufacturers to avoid. The list is described as an extensive list of companies that scam their customers or mishandle their orders, built up over the last few years. The client wanted to know what I thought of this list. I told
Got an email from an attorney/client/friend yesterday with a link to an IndustryWeek Article (Why Is China Cheaper?) and a note saying that I needed to give this "CLB's dumbest article of the month award." We do not actually have such an award (should we?) so for that reason alone, it is not in contention.
I have always thought it a mistake for a company not to have a quality control inspection done of its China products before shipping. The Quality Inspection Blog has a post, How much does an inspection in China cost? that puts the need for QC inspections into focus. The post starts out talking about the
A reflection on Gibson Guitar’s shift from Kalamazoo to China, exploring how one iconic brand mirrors the broader hollowing out of American manufacturing—and the evolving landscape of global production.
