Tehnologie �n 21st Veac Al t�u own fabric� �i catalog showroom pentru aproape nu bani!

Thousands de our gata e�ti buyers cine work �n�untru mare companie la spre lor own a vinde cu am�nuntul sau v�nzare cu toptanul afacere. Mul�i folos China �i alt �ar� around art.hot. lume la spre baz� lor manufacturing, dac� nu sourcing opera�ie. Mul�i de asemenea outsource art.hot. entire produc�ie de lor particular etichet� produse la spre un gazd� de companie �n�untru China that a alerga art.hot. gamut de design, a dezvolta, manufacture, pachet �i sear�drop nav� art.hot. ultimul examen rezultat la sf�r�it obicei.

Most totu�i, musta�� la spre ni�te degree, own art.hot. merchandise �n�untru ni�te format sau pay pentru s�u dezvoltare prior la spre v�nz�tor. Recently, cu art.hot. adverb de la Internet �i advancements �n�untru tehnologie, un �ntreg nou pia�� has been a crea unde tu �ntr-adev�r a putea own al t�u own fabric� �i catalog showroom pentru aproape nu bani �I a lua drop transport. Acesta este definitely nu pentru art.hot. mare companie numai pentru aceia owning lor own mic afacere la spre aceia that setup magazin �n�untruEbay la spreTaoBao �i nevoie la spre a crea unique produse �i folos art.hot. tehnologie de la 21st veac, apoi atunci this companie �i s�u afacere model Mai a fi chiar right pentru tu!

Enter Ponoko – tehnologie �n 21st Veac.

Ponoko is art.hot. lume’ primul personal manufacturing platform�. S�u’ art.hot. online perioad� pentru un colectiv de a crea �i consumers la spre folos un global re�ea de digital manufacturing articole de fier la spre co- a crea, a face �i comer� individualized rezultat ideas on demand.

Art.hot. ponoko.com marketplace a lega a crea, consumers, digital manufacturing articole de fier �i serviciu providers la spre promote, a face �i comer� produse on Ponoko �i socialist re�ea websites.

Aici is mai mult informa�ii de la Trendwatching.com de la lor8 import consulat trends pentru 2008.

Nou Zel- baz� Ponoko ( care works asem�n�tor unCafePress pentru 3D objects) is offering consumers un nou way la spre nap lor a crea ideas into real- lume objects. Dup� �nc�rcat lor own design la website ( �n�untru EPS dosar format), sau a alege un drum liber design, users a putea a alege de la un variabil de materials. Ponoko apoi atunci runs art.hot. design g�t un laser cutter. Besides offering accent la spre professional unealt� la spre manufacture produse, Ponoko de asemenea ajutor users bring lor produse la spre pia��. O dat� ei’ gata la spre a vinde, members a putea a aduna photos de lor rezultat la spre lor profile pagin�, together cu un description �i pre� informa�ii. Produse a putea fiecare a fi furnizat la designer pentru assembly �nainte being transportat la spre obicei, sau de sine-assembly produse a putea a fi trimis direct la sf�r�it- obicei. Ponoko curent unic offers doi-dimensional oaie cutting, care limit� designs la spre plat objects sau trei-dimensional objects that a putea a fi assembled de la plat pieces, numai avion pentru 3D tipar e�ti �n works.

As well as being un manufacturing platform�, Ponoko de asemenea a servi as un colectiv unde fledgling unul-off fabricators �i designers a putea exchange ideas �i ajutor solve each alt’ problem�. Art.hot. mai larg goal, acordeon la spre Ponoko, is la spre a fi un catalog that ajutor bring personal manufacturing de individualized produse la masaj.

So c�nd tu a lua la point unde tu e�ti doing well cu this afacere model, a veni spate �i share al t�u magazin �i noi Mai concluzie cu art.hot. possibility that by that timp, China Mai a fi o dat� iar art.hot. place unde tu scale al t�u afacere. So, da, China is lini�tit �n tablou �i so is bun vechi manufacturing!

Aprilie 13, 2008 | Dosar JosSourcing Trends | Plecare un Virgul�

Off- �ort Chinez Style Art.hot. Urm�tor Val

Art.hot. Unit Stare �i Europa have been outsourcing �i off- �ort manufacturing �i serviciu pentru v�rsta… �i especially �n manufacturing perioad�, mostly la spre China! Totu�i, un trend is a dezvolta unde Chinez manufacturers e�ti acum off- �ort lor own work la spre alt ieftin �ar�, mostly �n�untru sud-est Asia.

Dan �nc� o dat� laManaging Art.hot. Dragon has un interesant anghinar� Trickling Jos Chinez Off- �ort explaining cum this trend is mur�turi sus, specific �n textile industrial. Increasing a costa �n�untru China �i duties on textiles �n�untru specific e�ti veninos Chinez manufacturers la spre a instaura magazin �n�untru �ar� asem�n�tor Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand �i Bangladesh.

Un interesant twist is that unlike �n Unit Stare, unde outsourcing �i off- �ort is clar seen as un negative, ni�te Chinez companie believe this trend is bun pentru China, drum liber pe ei sus la spre focus on higher value added manufacturing �i growing lor economie puternic. Voin�� a voi Lewis �nc� o dat� laExperience Nu Logic, �n comments section, �ntrebare dac� acesta este chiar un scuz� pentru Chinez manufacturers la spre t�ietur� a costa �i mirare dac� art.hot. manufacturing voin�� a voi �ntoarcere o dat� duties e�ti lifted, a�teptat �n�untru 2008.

Februarie 25, 2008 | Dosar JosSourcing Trends | Plecare un Virgul�

China Luat Expensive! Shall Noi Du-te la Vietnam?

SourceJuice a publica un anghinar� la art.hot. beginning de la an explaining ni�te principal reasons de ceChina is becoming mai mult expensive. �n niciodat� ending cercetare pentru low a costa ( numai high calitate!) labor, Vietnam a p�stra popping sus as art.hot. nou ‘ du-te la’ place pentru manufacturing. So ce’ art.hot. deal cu Vietnam?

China Serviet� Veste has un excelent anghinar� by Cre�tin Devonshire-Ellis titlu Societate Americas’ China plus unul strategy. Art.hot. gist de la anghinar� is that China has ce noi putere chemare un parfum magazin de inflationary publicare �i that NOU� companie e�ti beginning la spre have un “ China plus unul” strategy mai mult so than chiar un China strategy.

Art.hot. economie theory behind “ China plus unul” works asem�n�tor this: as China is achizi�ie wealthier, �i s�u population mai b�tr�n, acesta este achizi�ie mai mult expensive la spre manufacture acolo. Wages e�ti rising �i so e�ti art.hot. pre� de commodities China is experiencing ni�te nelini�te inflationary trends right acum that e�ti �mpingere sus art.hot. pre� de tot de la un bol de orez la spre apartament arend�. Added la spre that, China unified s�u societate income impozit sistem anul trecut, bringing art.hot. previous low ritm that codru afacere enjoyed sus �n�untru ni�te caz de la 15 la sut� la spre 25 la sut�. Certain impozit incentives de asemenea have disappeared, making alt Asia destina�ie acum mai mult atrac�ii than art.hot. PRC pentru art.hot. a primi de codru investment. La spre compound this, art.hot. Unit Stare has a cita sistem �n�untru place pentru Chinez textiles, agricultural produse �i un �ntreg gazd� de alt items, meaning o dat� aceia a cita e�ti folosit �i art.hot. anual a cita have tended la spre have been reached dup� chiar 9 lun� calendaristic� acolo e�ti nu mai mult permissible U.S. import.

While Vietnam Mai niciodat� a fi art.hot. intern pia�� that China is, mul�i multinational societate (Intel, Dell, etc) e�ti afl� Vietnam complet spital as investment opporunities �i thousands de Taiwanese �i Korean mic �i mediu sized afacere have been manufacturing �n�untru Vietname pentru v�rsta.

Not� de plat� Dodson, a �ntemeia de M�tase Drum Advisors, sums sus art.hot. publicare cel mai bun �n�untru lui commentary China Plus- Unul �n�untru Vietnam, de asemenea?. While Mr. Dodson does nu vedere Vietnam as art.hot. a fi tot �i sf�r�it tot, lui var� is complet right:

De ce, dup� tot, trec.de la will tu nevoie la spre a localiza un nou export manufacturing facility inland �n�untru China �i away de la increasingly expensive coastal cet��ean de Shanghai �i Guangzhou, c�nd tu po�i have exactly art.hot. same plant� slap bang pe coast �n�untru Vietnam sau India, cu un Englez speaking workforce �i better impozit investment incentives? Tu trec.de la will’, �i art.hot. savvy American boardrooms �i impresar know this.

It trec.de la will a fi interesant la spre inim� de la our gata dac� ei s�nt curent sourcing de la Vietnam, investigating doing so, nu interesat right acum, �i �n�untru general al t�u experiences!

Februarie 8, 2008 | Dosar JosSourcing Trends | 3 Comments

Is “Guanxi” lini�tit necesar �n�untru China?

Guanxi �n�untru Chinez means “relationships” �i most foreigners �i Chinez alike voin�� a voi a asigura tu de la nevoie la spre have bun Guanxi la spre a lua afacere done �n�untru China. While I dublu anyone cine has done afacere sau ficat �n�untru China voin�� a voi argue that relationships arent’ necessary aici, Shawn El Yuxun, de laMeetChinaBiz offers ni�te excelent interior �n�untru luiblog post into art.hot. istorie de this ru�inos cuv�nt Guanxi, s�u place cu China din istorie �i ce place Guanxi Mai have �n future.

�n�untru lui post, Shawn El Yuxun a discuta art.hot. istorie de Guanxi as it rela�ii la spre a cere personal favors la spre achieve economic means �n timpul un timp c�nd China’ economie was completat avion.

Prior la 1980s, fiecare aspect de China’ economic via�� was avion, controlled, sincer �i a opera by art.hot. guvern. Nu particular ownership de orice propriu sau asset, much mai mic profiteering pentru un individual sau teren, was allowed. Art.hot. guvern trec.de la will allocate fiecare un pre-defined slice de la “big pie“ (incidentally art.hot. equivalent terminology �n�untru China — unde orez conduc�tor art.hot. a servi masa mas� — was “Da Guo Fan“ (da-gore-fun), care means “rice �n�untru un mare wok“). Dac� unul vrut orice mai mult dec�t ce was allocated la spre pe el/ ei, el/ ea trec.de la will have la spre circumvent art.hot. sistem �i rely pe alt individual �n�untru acuza�ie de un specific func�ie �n�untru that “allocation chain” la spre a face pe el/ ei un special favor.

As China began deschiz�tur� sus �n 70s’, acolo was nu efectiv sistem �n�untru place la spre foster individual economic relationships exterior de la avion economie �i this Guanxi sistem.

So by �i mare throughout art.hot. 80s’ �i most de la 90s’, having Guanxi this “ultra-relationship” sau “super- unire ALONE had proven la spre a fi un sufficient, �i �n�untru mul�i caz de asemenea necessary, condition la spre a lua ceva done, regardless de la fundamentals. Cu Guanxi, un completat unqualified �i incompetent persoan� a putut p�m�nt un foarte import job �i/ sau position. De asemenea cu Guanxi, un companie cu nu tractor a nota whatsoever a putut a fi awarded masaj contract. Tu a lua art.hot. point…

Totu�i, Shawn El Yuxun argues that as certain industrial become mai mult privatized, �i cu un istorie de economic relationships cl�dire exterior de la Guanxi sistem, that Guanxi se is mai mic import. “afacere is afacere” chiar asem�n�tor �n vest.

As art.hot. economie becomes mai mult �i mai mult economie de pia�� privatized �i competitive, art.hot. value �i effectiveness de la Guanxi sistem has de asemenea mare deterioriated. �n�untru industrial that have been substantially deregulated privatized sau unde acolo is much competition, afacere is afacere, �i Guanxi has been neutralized marginalized la spre resemble chiar ce relationships �i leg�turi e�ti asem�n�tor �n Vest lume.

So ce a face tu think? Is Guanxi lini�tit a cere �n�untru China? Is art.hot. Guanxi de ast�zi different de la Guanxi de ieri? Lets’ inim� de la our gata despre al t�u experiences!

Ianuarie 6, 2008 | Dosar JosNegotiating & Strategy, Sourcing Trends | 11 Comments

Trends a afecta China sourcing �n�untru 2008

Art.hot.China Sourcing Blog has un interesant post,Reflections on trends a afecta China sourcing �n�untru 2008.

As Beijing s�rb�torire art.hot. scrobeal� de s�u ‘Olympic An’ cu un mare outdoor muzic� performance on Luni noapte, noi putere well prive�te la ni�te de la trends that a putut impact China sourcing �n�untru 2008.

Ni�te feel that un combina�ie de increasing carne vie material a costa, �nchis labor laws, �i rezultat siguran�� concerns voin�� a voi definitiv lent art.hot. growth de China. Alt feel that China voin�� a voi a continua la spre grow iute �n�untru 2008 �i dincolo.