Monthly Archives: June 2015

China’s Cheap Apple’s
Fabien Gaussorgues
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Questions are rising : are those cheap Iphones for real? What’s the trick? “Everything looks so right, so perfect ” Many questions but saddly just one answer. Few days ago, a supplier from Shenzen, the capital of electronic, contacted me offering the best, Apple and other Samsung’s merchandise at prices that can not be beaten. Obviously, it looked to good

30 % cost down: the power of Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Fabien Gaussorgues
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In today’s market every penny matters or should we say every RMB. Everybody wants to have the lowest cost and do the best margins, and we definetly know better about how to do it now. There are many simple ways… simple on the paper though. Step one : Reduce the production costs. In China, some suppliers would indeed send you

Supplier Background Check
Fabien Gaussorgues
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Procurement might seem to be an easy job for some customers. Click here and there. – Nice website outlook, Alibaba’s Golden medal, ISO 9001 certification… Elementary, my dear Watson! No doubt this supplier is by all accounts a respectable one. – Happily some buyers know there are many traps to avoid while sourcing goods. And the first pitfall is to find