Button batteries are by far the most harmful type of battery if swallowed by young children. It is estimated that about 3,500 button batteries are swallowed by young children each year in the United States alone.

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.

The whole point is not to find suppliers, today everyone with an internet connection can do it. We will rather focus on how you can find the right supplier and how you can judge if he is the right supplier!

More and more buyers choose a new way to import electronic products from China which is CKD/SKD format imports. This is mostly applied to developing countries as well as some countries in South America, Africa ect. 

Opening the shipping container doors and realizing that there’s a collapse of the goods inside the container is a very common nightmare which importers want to keep from happening at all costs as it is normally followed by big financial losses and in worse cases, serious injuries of the staff responsible for unloading the container.

Did you ever have difficulty in explaining your product requirements to supplier? Setting up a quality level for your production is not always easy.

Turn your attention to the tools you can use to assure quality and communicate it right even if you are based on the other side of the world!

Here comes the million dollar question for you - furniture importer and buyers! 

You heard about Vietnam, you know their furniture industry is booming and were told their price is competitive. Maybe you are even from the US and it is becoming urgent for you to supplement China?

One of the advices which experts give to importers is to correlate the supplier’s location with the industry geography in China. This is an easy way to estimate if this is a trading company or a real factory which would normally be situated in an area typical for this particular industry.

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?

A crucial aspect of choosing your LED products supplier is seeing if they have a well-equipped lab. The ones with more advanced in-house labs will have a better R&D and Quality Control capability, since they can check up components and products during all steps of its production. 

 What tests and equipment should your supplier provide to ensure better control of lighting quality? What aspects should be tested to check your product’s quality before import?