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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 Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
In this episode...
Renaud and Adrian investigate what China's current politics might mean for manufacturers with a supply chain there and if 'Zero China' is realistic or even possible. They also talk about minimizing supply chain disruption by following a China +1/many strategy, how to approach doing this, and suitable countries to look at. Finally, they gaze into the crystal ball and make some predictions about how worried importers with Chinese suppliers should be right now given everything that is going on in the world and China politically.
Show Sections
00:00 - Greetings and introducing the topic: Zero China.
01:52 - What is Zero China?
03:14 - Looking back in history at the origins of the 'China + 1' approach.
04:57 - Garment companies: early adopters of a diversified supply chain.
07:34 - After 2015 politics started changing in China...spurring businesses to adopt China+1/many policies.
18:29 - Looking at Apple as an example.
27:46 - How about SMEs with manufacturing in China? What options do they have now?
35:32 - How about pursuing Zero-China?
43:51 - Should Western companies with Chinese supply chains right now be panicking?
48:02 - Wrapping up.
Related content...
- Japanese companies explore how to go 'zero-China' amid tensions [Nikkei Asia article]
- The end of Apple’s affair with China [Economist article]
- Globalism 2.0: North American Importers To Move Supply Chains Out Of China Soon?
- Chinese Communism with North Korean Characteristics and “ZERO-China”
- Interested in sourcing components or suppliers in Vietnam, India, or elsewhere in Asia, but unsure where to start? Sofeast can help you.
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