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China Factory Visit – Buyer Diary #26 Workers Payment Scheme

We asked one of our clients to give us their impressions at a China factory visit during procurement recently. Read below to get an idea of how they felt during this trip, regarding the payment scheme of workers. This is one of a series of blogs that we will title: Buyer Diary. Different factories adopt different payment schemes. These payment schemes are often catered to the different types of job scope, positions and qualifications. Today, we…

China Factory Visit – Buyer Diary #29 Life for Factory Workers

One of our clients asked us to audit a factory they were planning to work with. Read below to get an idea of how we felt during this China factory visit, regarding the daily life of a factory worker. This is one of a series of blogs that we will title: Buyer Diary. Many of you readers would most probably have no idea as to what a factory worker’s daily life would be like in China. This is written based on a factory audit that we have conducted r…

China Factory Visit – Buyer Diary #28 Increasing Productivity

We asked one of our clients to give us their impressions at a China factory visit during procurement recently. Read below to get an idea of how they felt during this trip, regarding the different ways to help increase productivity of workers. This is one of a series of blogs that we will title: Buyer Diary. Ever wondered what should be done in order to increase the productivity of your workers? This is one question that every factory would have…

China Factory Visit – Buyer Diary #23 Promo Gift Factory Workers Employment and Management

We asked one of our clients to give us their impressions at a China factory visit during procurement recently. Read below to get an idea of how they felt during this trip, regarding e mploying & managing promo gift factory workers. This is one of a series of blogs that we will title: Buyer Diary. Employing and managing factory workers are not as easy as it seems. Generally, promo gift factory workers are classified into different groups. The…

China Factory Visit – Buyer Diary #19 Building up Factory Network

We asked one of our clients to give us their impressions at a China factory visit during procurement recently. Read below to get an idea of how they felt during this trip regarding b uilding up a factory network. This is one of a series of blogs that we will title: Buyer Diary. Importance of Factory Network What is a factory network? It is basically a list of factory contacts which you work with or have a business relationship with. Building up…

Marketing Tender – Participating in A Bidding Exercise

A marketing tender is an offer to work or supply goods at a fixed price.   Marketing tenders are widely known as ‘bids’, especially in the USA.     This open and transparent process of competition is intended to promote a fair distribution of work amongst suppliers. ODM participate in tenders for the supply of marketing materials, but we also manage tenders for multinationals in order to select from key Chinese Manufacturers.   Conta…