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 ...

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.

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.

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?

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 ...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.