You were emailing with your overseas suppliers about the new orders. The supplier was replying with their bank information. You were arranging the payment via wire transfer…

It is said there are hundreds of inspection service providers in China nowadays. Some of them, as big as SGS, Intertek or Bureau Veritas, are multi-national giants with more than 100 years history. Some of them, as small as self-employed inspectors, that have only 2 or 3 staff all together.

How to find your ideal quality control partner in China?

In a previous article, we’ve shared some tips on how to choose good inspection companies in China.

After selecting a good QC partner, how to make sure that the inspection company you’ve chosen will fully understand your product and your QC criteria? What information do buyers need to send to the inspection companies?

Did you ever imagine that your business partner who you have contacted for a long time can turn out to be an email hacker that wants to steal your payment?

We would like to share a story about exposing a hacker, which happened recently to one of our clients (overseas buyer), his Chinese supplier and us, V-Trust. This story has a happy ending, since we helped the customer to reveal the hacker before the customer transferred a large-sum payment to him, and thus would like to keep you alert when settling payments for your overseas purchases.

With strict virus-preventive actions and quarantine measures in China already within a month, every element of the supply chain industry is trying its hardest to get back on track within the shortest time possible. Being a part of this is both thrilling and uneasy, but crucial for recovery.

As of today, when writing this article (5 March 2020), the COVID-19 outbreak has sickened over 80,000 in Mainland China and spread to over 79 countries. Let’s see how is the situation in Vietnam with some Q&A:

Chinese government has implemented effective measures to contain the spread of the CoVid-19 and these measures have already shown positive results as there has been lower increase rate of new cases outside Hubei province in the past two weeks.

Authorities from the Health Department have forecasted that the outbreak will peak sometime this month and will be over by April. With the outbreak now being under control as a result of the efforts Chinese government has made to reduce the impact of the CoVid-19 epidemic, importers worldwide are more optimistic and factories started to resume its operations with the majority of them at a slower pace, and some even at its full capacity.

Here comes the last part of our article with this part 3. In the previous parts we had listed the best tradeshows and online platforms where you can find suppliers, we then gave practical tips to build your list of potential suppliers and assess them.

With this final article it’s now time to choose the ultimate supplier you will be working with!

This article takes around 6 minutes to read (≈ 1000 words). Looking forward to see you using the tips we are sharing below.

Selecting the right manufacturer is indeed one of the most crucial steps to bring about the success of an importing process. 

The right manufacturer is the one which can guarantee effective production procedures, accurate designs as well as lower costs. When you select a perfect supplier using the right methods, you can establish a cooperation that will add up to the growth of your company. If you make the wrong choice, however, you may not only lose the investment, but also lose the trust of your clientele, and this will eventually put you out of business.

This 2nd part of our article will be more practical than the 1st one, with many down-to-earth advices on how to judge if a supplier you find online or on a tradeshow is reliable, if you should really work with him. Many tips exist, we hope you can benefit from V-Trust 15 years’ experience!