GlobalTQM | Sourcing and Manufacturing product in China for all entrepreneurs by David Hoffmann

What happens when you're defrauded by your manufacturer?

How do you handle it?

How do you prevent it from happening?

What are the best practices?

Here's a true story I wanted to share with you.

It happened to us the other week.

In this episode of the podcast, you'll discover:

• How expensive being defrauded can get when sourcing from China.
• How you can expect some Chinese Manufacturers to behave in situations of fraud.
• What you should expect as a buyer doing business in China, because this situation never changes.
• The best practices for mitigating or, hopefully, eliminating the risk of fraud.
• And much more.

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As a business owner, I often wish someone had given a crystal ball years ago saying,

Well, I'm going to save you that fortune now.

In my client training, I share so many case studies where I go into detail about real situations that have happened to me, to friends of mine, cases we're defending, etc.

This is a real, first-hand experience. It's cost us tens of thousands of dollars.

And the reality is I could have stopped it all.

I could have prevented it all if I had spent a couple of hundred dollars on registering my trademark certificate in China.

And that's what I want you to do.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• The 3 main cases when registering your trademark in China is necessary
• The nightmare scenario you don't want happening to your brand online
• The easy way and the hard way to defend your brand and trademark in China
• International IP - is it valid in China?
• And more

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• For a full transcript of this interview, visit our blog.
• Get a free copy of our book, China Sourcing For Startups.
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In this episode of the GlobalTQM.com podcast, I had the pleasure of interview my business partner and mentor for over 20 years, Yaron Remen.

He’s a serial entrepreneur with the superpower of starting companies, growing them big, and selling them off.

To date, he’s sold 9 multimillion dollar companies!

Yaron and I have been doing business a long time in China.

And from time to time we like to reminisce and laugh about the good old days of doing business with the Chinese.

(You’ll understand why when you listen to the episode.)

I sat down with Yaron for this recording and asked him:

“Why do we even bother with contracts in China when they’re so hard to enforce?”

In this short yet knowledge-packed episode, you’ll discover:

• Your secret weapon if you want to enforce contracts with Chinese manufacturers
• What purpose a contract serves if you don’t have the means to enforce it
• Why doing business in China is just like doing business anywhere in the world
• The one sentence you need to add to your contracts to eliminate the “it was just a misunderstanding” excuse manufacturers like to use
• And more

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• For a full transcript of this interview, visit our blog.
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Transparency and accessibility.

That's what the internet brings to the table.

It's easier than ever before to access products and suppliers from all over the world.

This increases competition and puts downward pressure on margins.

How are you going to stand out from your competitors?

How are you going to stay profitable in the long-term?

You'll have to become more efficient...

Cut down lead times and be faster to market...

And always be ahead of the curve with better or more unique products.

In this episode of the podcast, David talks about the (positive) effects of E-Commerce and Digitization on the sourcing game.

You'll discover:

• What today's buyers are really thinking when sourcing products (no, it's not "how cheap can I get this?")
• The one key factor your business will live and die by...no matter which marketplace you're selling on.
• How to take advantage of the "shared brain" of a buying team so you can be more productive and efficient.

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• For a full transcript of this interview, visit our blog.
• Get a free copy of our book, China Sourcing For Startups.
• Book A free 15-minute consultation with our team.

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In this week’s episode, I share, along with my co-host Kevin, some valuable insights and pointers that could really help you – especially “ When Inspections Fail .”

We spoke in general about Product Sourcing from China, services available in China, and how doing business in China works. Some key points touched on:

• You can’t inspect quality into a product.
  
• It is better to catch a problem at the source (factory)
  
• What is the Best-Case Scenario when an inspection fails?
  
• What is “Commercial Release?”
  

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• For a full transcript of this interview, visit our blog.
  
• Get a free copy of our book, China Sourcing For Startups.
  
• Book A free 15-minute consultation with our team.
  

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