China Signed the World's Largest Trade Agreement

by Polly Chen on 1 Dec 2020 | 0 Comments
In this week's roundup, let's learn about the RCEP, how to upgrade packaging to reduce waste, and Walmart's "pop-up" fulfillment centers.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Packaging

Plastic Packaging: How It Hurts and Why It Needs to Change

by Polly Chen on 15 Sep 2020 | 0 Comments
In this week's roundup, let's learn about how to reduce plastic packaging, Vietnam's incentive terms and how fashion supply chain can become more sustainable.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Packaging

China Retaliates with New Tariffs on $75 Billion of U.S. Goods

by Polly Chen on 8 Sep 2019 | 0 Comments
Learn about China's tariffs on $75 billion U.S. goods, Hasbro's plan to phase out plastic packaging and Target's store-fulfillment in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Packaging

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 Import Ban on Recyclable Plastics One Year Later

by Maegan Burkhart on 17 Mar 2019 | 0 Comments
How China's import ban has thrown the entire global recycling industry into disarray, declining U.S.-China tech investment and quality value propositions in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Packaging

U.S. Importers Can Legally Avoid Tariffs with This Unknown Loophole

by Synnove Vandal on 27 Jan 2019 | 0 Comments
Tariff loophole for U.S. importers, tackling ecommerce packaging challenges and Cambodia garment industry improvements in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Social Compliance, Textile Products, Packaging

How to Meet Amazon Seller Requirements When Importing from Asia

by Fredrik Gronkvist on 5 Dec 2018 | 0 Comments
Meeting Amazon seller requirements isn't necessarily hard. But if you want to make a fortune, you must come well prepared. Putting in the time and effort now will help you successfully play ball in the major league of ecommerce.

Topics: Legal Requirements, Packaging

Amazon is Changing the Entire Packaging Industry

by Synnove Vandal on 2 Dec 2018 | 0 Comments
Amazon influences packaging, Myanmar garment industry, smartphone component suppliers, tense APEC meeting and China hacking U.S. IP in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Textile Products, Packaging

How Product Inspectors Use Quality Control Checklists

by Crystal Ge on 28 Sep 2018 | 3 Comments

Put yourself in the shoes of a product inspector for a second. Erase from your mind all the information you know about your product, your supplier and your customers. Now try to inspect your product for quality issues without that information.

Topics: Product Inspection, Acceptable Quality Level (AQL), Packaging, Quality Control Checklist

Tariffs Force Automaker to Pull New Model from U.S. Market

by Synnove Vandal on 23 Sep 2018 | 0 Comments
Automotive tariffs, consumer criticism of product destruction, India's manufacturing growth, how packaging influencing consumer satisfaction and fighting food fraud with blockchain in this week's roundup!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Packaging, Product Destruction

4 Critical Quality Controls For Cosmetics Packaging