Manufacturing and QC blog

Is Amazon Planning to Purge Your Small Business?

by Polly Chen on 9 Jun 2019 | 0 Comments

Learn about Amazon's small-vendor purging plan, how tariffs affect Christmas orders and Bangladesh garment workers' concerns in this week's roundup.

Best in Manufacturing – June 09, 2019

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Globalization

U.S. Blacklists Huawei in Trade War Move

by Polly Chen on 2 Jun 2019 | 0 Comments

Learn about U.S.'s ban on Huawei, relocating manufacturing lines in Vietnam and DHL's drone delivery service in this week's roundup.

Best in Manufacturing – June 02, 2019

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Sourcing

Trade War Escalates! U.S. and China Both Raise Tariffs

by Polly Chen on 26 May 2019 | 0 Comments

Learn about the rising tariffs, Starbucks' blockchain-based supply chain and Samsung's foldable challenges in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics

Supplier Fraud and Falsified Test Reports Cost NASA $700M

by Polly Chen on 19 May 2019 | 0 Comments

Learn about the supplier fraud that cost NASA, Foxconn's step to manufacturing wearables and Maersk's digital clearance platform in this week's roundup.

Best in Manufacturing – May 19, 2019

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Quality Control News

Malaysia is America’s New Plastic Waste Dumping Ground

by Polly Chen on 12 May 2019 | 1 Comment

Read about Malaysia's plastic waste dumps, Amazon Prime's one-day delivery and ethical problems in fast fashion in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing

Amazon to Close its Chinese Market, Focus on Cross-Border Sales

by Polly Chen on 5 May 2019 | 0 Comments

Amazon plans to close its Chinese market, Fisher-Price recalls its baby sleepers and robotics in supply chain in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing

Vietnam’s Workers Work 50 Extra Hours a Month to Make Living Wage

by Polly Chen on 28 Apr 2019 | 0 Comments

Read about the working conditions of Vietnam garment workers, Making Indonesia 4.0 plan and China's EV market in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Legal Requirements

“Get Real”: Fake Reviews Plague Ecommerce Sellers

by Polly Chen on 21 Apr 2019 | 0 Comments

How to identify fake reviews on ecommerce sites, Huawei's dominance of 5G and Italy joins the Belt and Road Initiative in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Globalization, Internet of Things (IoT)

China’s Trade War Choice: Airbus or Boeing?

by Polly Chen on 14 Apr 2019 | 0 Comments

Why did China place a huge order from Airbus, how to win the plastic waste trade war 3.0 and why Samsung's struggling in China in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Packaging, Globalization

China’s Small Factories are Losing Business, Despite Tax Cut

by Maegan Burkhart on 7 Apr 2019 | 0 Comments

Why China’s small factories are losing business, the importance of registering trademarks in China and how to digitize your fulfillment strategy in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Working with Factories