by Insight | Nov 25, 2020
What is the Role of Factory Audits in Supplier Quality Management? As an importer, you have requirements that you expect your suppliers to meet. Perhaps you’ve put together specifications to define your product’s materials, measurements, components, and other...
by Insight | Mar 11, 2020
Does Conducting Social Audits Make You Socially Responsible? Since the 1990s, a large percentage of global manufacturing has moved to developing economies, helping companies in the already developed world accomplish their goal of reducing production costs. However,...
by Insight | Sep 25, 2019
Since the U.S.-China trade war started in early 2018, many importers in America and elsewhere have been re-examining their supply chains and considering moves to other countries. One of the biggest beneficiaries of the trade war has been Vietnam. The country has seen...
by Insight | Sep 17, 2019
A number of years ago, one of our customers, a big-box retailer, informed us of a problem they were having with one of their products. As they were looking at the product on the shelf, they realized that some boxes had one shade of their brand’s signature color, while...
by Insight | Aug 19, 2019
Is the Quality of Products Made in China Really That Bad? There is a common perception in the West that China only makes poor quality goods. This is evidenced by the fact that there is no shortage of Internet memes like the one you see below. Sure, there are...
CPSC RECALLS