• Home Culture Quality Sourcing Fairs

If the products have passed CE, do they still need inspecting?

By Peter Pan Mar 01, 2013 0 comments

CE marking is a declaration by the manufacturer that the product meets all the appropriate provisions of the relevant legislation implementing certain European Directives. It states that the product in question has been assessed before being placed on the market. This means that the product meets EU safety, health and environmental protection requirements. As a result, it gives companies easier access into the European market to sell their ...

Read more >>

Top 10 things you should and should not say to factories

By Jane Jan 24, 2013 0 comments

The key responsibility for buyers is to purchase goods at the appropriate quality, within a given time frame and at suitable price. First of all, you should make a factory database and establish strategic partnerships with the right factories.


How should you establish a favorable relationship with the factory? Proper communication is the most important factor, it can help develop a good supplier system and solidify cooperation. Let’s discuss the things you should and should not say to the factories when communicating.

Read more >>

Chinese suppliers: are they really that bad?

By Faith Jan 22, 2013 0 comments

Fake luxury handbags, replica mobile phones, custom-detained shoes and jeans, and everything that’s cheap and roughly manufactured in inferior quality: mainly thanks to some negative press and the low prices, when speaking of “Made in China’’, these negative images may always pop up first.

Read more >>

Trading Companies VS. Factories

By David Wu Jan 21, 2013 0 comments

When sourcing from China, which is the best choice; to deal with a trading company or directly with the factory?

The obvious choice would be to deal with the factory directly, because they should offer the lowest price. However, many buyers, including large chain stores are still using trading companies to source from China, and these trading companies are highly completive, but why?

Read more >>

Should I set up an office in Mainland China?

By Angela Jan 04, 2013 0 comments

A question that may come up for many importers, “Shall I set up my office in Mainland China?” For some midsize and large importers, it can make sense, in particular when a regular flow of production and shipments are concentrated in one geographic area. 

However, does it always make sense? Please refer to the following ...

Read more >>

Cultural differences between China and Brazil

By Henrique Dec 28, 2012 0 comments

With extraordinary speed, China has become Brazil's most important economic partner. In 2010 China was Brazil’s largest trading partner, accounting for over 15 percent of total Brazilian exports and supplying over 14 percent of its imports. Brazil has become a major supplier of iron ore and soybeans to the Chinese market, and exports to China increased almost thirty-fold between 2000 and 2010...

Read more >>

Helping Buyers Sleep Better: A day in the life of a V-Trust inspector

By Fred Cao Dec 28, 2012 0 comments

Sometimes clients ask how we actually work at the factory.  
Our slogan says: “Helping buyers sleep better”, and we have been bearing it in mind as a guideline when performing our job. We regard it not only as our slogan, but as a goal we are trying our best to achieve each inspection we conduct...

 

Read more >>

Top-10 Headphone Defects Every Buyer Should Know

By Tatiana Trukhina Nov 06, 2020 0 comments

Quality earphones keep your ears safe and music loud. To guarantee the quality to your customers, it is important to set a level of expectations for your supplier and define acceptable and unacceptable headphone quality in your order.

Read more >>

Top-10 Shoe Defects Every Buyer Should Know

By Mitchell Johnson Jul 01, 2020 0 comments

Everyone can appreciate the value of a good shoe. In order to retain and keep your customers happy, it’s important to maintain good quality standards for your products. The most efficient way to do that is to recognize the most common defects and proactively address them to avoid disruptions in your supply chain. To that end, we’ll share with you the top 10 defects that V-Trust inspectors always look out for in shoes during a pre-shipment or during-production inspection.

Read more >>

Improving Quality in the Product Value Chain

By Joao Barbosa Jun 24, 2020 0 comments

In terms of Quality Assurance & Quality Control, buyers usually focus all the resources available only on the supplier where their products are being produced at. Although it’s a practicable way to centralize it all at one location to lower costs and simplify the process, it’s very important to remember that many of the major quality problems occurred in the past are deeply embedded in faulty components from third party suppliers which it often results in faulty products, customer safety occurrences and recalls.

Read more >>
|<<12345678910>>|
Search
Topics
  • Culture
  • Quality
  • Sourcing
  • Fairs
Popular Posts
  • 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…

     

  • Sometimes clients ask how we actually work at the factory.  
    Our slogan says: “Helping buyers sleep better”, and we have been bearing it in mind as a guideline when performing our job. We regard it not only as our slogan, but as a goal we are trying our best to achieve each inspection we conduct...

     

  • 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?

  • www.v-trust.com

  • A member of qcandpack

    www.qcandpack.com

  • A member of QCDIY

    www.qcdiy.com

  • Smeta

    smeta.v-trust.com

  • Visit from Overseas

    For Overseas

  • Visit from Mainland China

    For Mainland China

Copyright ©1977-2021 All rights reserved 粤ICP备10217549号-3