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Join Renaud Anjoran, Founder & CEO of Sofeast, in this podcast aimed at importers who develop their own products as he discusses the hottest topics and shares actionable tips for manufacturing in China & Asia today! WHO IS RENAUD? Renaud is a French ISO 9001 & 14001 certified lead auditor, ASQ certified Quality Engineer and Quality Manager who has been working in the Chinese manufacturing industry since 2005. He is the founder of the Sofeast group that has over 200 staff globally and offers services (QA, product development & engineering, project management, Supply Chain Management, product compliance, reliability testing), contract manufacturing, and 3PL fulfillment for importers and businesses who develop their own products and buyers from China & SE Asia. WHY LISTEN? We‘ll discuss interesting topics for anyone who develops and sources their products from Asian suppliers and will share Renaud‘s decades of manufacturing experience, as well as inviting guests from the industry to get a different viewpoint. Our goal is to help you get better results and end up with suppliers and products that exceed your expectations!
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Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
In This Episode...
Sofeast's CEO Renaud Anjoran is joined by Adrian from the team for a conversation about some of the things that smaller companies who are getting products manufactured abroad either cannot or will have great difficulty negotiating with suppliers in China, Vietnam, or other popular manufacturing destinations in Asia?
This list of 9 items will give you some idea about what is realistic if you're manufacturing lower volumes.
Show Notes
00:00 - Introducing the episode
02:24 - How do you define what a small importer is?
9 Things Small importers can't negotiate with suppliers in China & SE Asia
04:41 - 1. Negotiating with large contract manufacturers
10:34 - 2. Reserving production capacity for the mid- or even the long-term
13:56 - 3. Negotiating directly with large sub-suppliers
17:59 - 4. Gaining open-book visibility about the supplier and their costs, facility, etc
24:37 - 5. Forcing the factory to use your own ERP system
26:32 - 6. Negotiating ‘open account’ payment terms
28:08- 7. Negotiating product warranty & liability from the supplier
30:52 -8. The ability to physically shape the supply chain
32:25 - 9. Having their own teams on site all the time
34:17 - Wrapping up
Related content...
- 9 Things Only a Large Company Can Obtain in China/Vietnam
- Low Volume Manufacturing in China for Your New Product
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