Supplier background check: how useful is it in China? Recently, we got a case of a client willing to buy for $50k of motorized vehicles. He asked us to run a quick check of the company reliability as a safety measure. The particular supplier has a well-designed website where he exposes both “Alibaba gold” medal and the “Onsite check” mention
We all know business is about people. Heritage from the ancient age, when we choose to work with people we trust. Partnership or new venture has always been found within family, friends, colleague and peer group. In strategic sourcing, we tend to choose suppliers that we know the best and comfortable with, besides all the systematic process. The more we
I have always been surprised by the unique way many Chinese manufacturers / sales teams are addressing their leads by email. Even knowing the culture and history, email marketing for international business is quite different in China than the rest of the world. Typical examples I can divulge are introductions from people and companies I have never heard about, like: –
Following the ever increasing number of claims regarding scams and frauds buying remotely in China, even using protection programs like Gold Suppliers from Alibaba, the risk of using B2B platforms is still real. To answer your concerns, we establish a new simple and easy service to help the buyers taking right decisions before it is too late. The concept is simple, you like to buy
Using “ engineering sourcing ” term, it is generally understood as the methodology used to source customized and complex products for which technical knowledge and process understanding is key for decision. At SAOS, with two experienced engineers being operations managers, technical sourcing has been our main strength from the beginning. Therefore, not only we do aim at managing projects in a
Social media are an important part of the Chinese life. They have 597 million users at the beginning of 2013. In China, 91% of the online population has an account on a social media site, as compared to 67% in the USA. 88% of Chinese social media users are active on one social network at least. This is the case