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Identifying Potential Contract Manufacturers in China. -
Tom Lee (12)    
The supplier evaluation and selection process for contract manufacturers is substantial and begins with identifying potential candidates. Evaluating electronics contract manufacturers for "1st-cut" consideration is difficult even for well-experienced OEM's. The industry is complex and continually... ( added 10 days 20 hours ago.) |
Creative Strategies for Successful electronics manufacturer Outsourcing into ShenZhen China -
Tom Lee (12)
Outsourcing printed circuit board assembly, mechanical sub-assembly and complete finished products can contribute significantly to an electronic equipment company's profitability and return on investment.
Potential benefits include lower product cost, faster product introductions, higher... ( added 10 days 20 hours ago.) |
Six Steps To Success With China Sourcing -
Tom Lee (12)
1. Step One - You supply product information such as specifications, drawings, special material requirements, target price, quantities and anticipated lead-time. Note : Your target price times the quantity you are seeking should equal $50,000US or higher to make manufacturing in China... ( added 10 days 20 hours ago.) |
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The guideline to use Manufacturing Services in China -
Tom Lee (12)
Take time to build a sound relationship with your Chinese Counterparts.
Absolute trust must be established, since the Chinese have limited faith in the legal/court system. It takes time to develop trust. Plan on this stage of the process taking at least six months of continuous dialog.... ( added 10 days 20 hours ago.) |
Merging Commerce and Security: Integration That's Effortless -
Devon Wijesinghe (3) 
Whenever businesses implement new security processes, there's rarely ever a good reception from the employees. Management officials oftentimes remain cautious because any new processes that involve security integration slow activity down in certain departments, meaning that all projects will take... ( added 198 days 9 hours ago.) |
Knowledge Process Outsourcing in the Philippines -
Andre Vandenburg (3)
The advent of Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) is believed to be a by-product of the flourishing BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) industry. As BPO continually grows globally, it subsequently created a facsimile but with a hint of sophistication. While BPO is all about customer support and... ( added 271 days 10 hours ago.) |
What Else Can a Virtual Assistant (VA) Do for Me? -
Hal Warfield (73)
I recently used a VA (Virtual Assistant) for the first time. I'm a writer and speaker on numerous topics and I needed help getting some of my articles published. Not published in the traditional sense, but having them placed in "Article Banks" where they are picked up and re-published around the... ( added 1 year 21 days ago.) |
Perspective on India vs. China- BPO war -
Manu Tandon (56)
"It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice," was the statement by one of the most powerful man of China in last century-Deng Xiaoping. Over the last decade and a half, the world has seen radical transformation in global market place. The transition from... ( added 1 year 177 days ago.) |
Document Scanning in the Mailroom Offers Security, Efficiency and Savings -
 - Mitch Taube (15)  
Mitch Taube
Does this scenario sound familiar? At firms where document conversion processes aren't in place, valuable time is being spent opening and preparing mail for internal distribution manually. Because of the large volume of mail, important documents are often misplaced, left in unsecured settings, or... ( added 68 days 9 hours ago.) |
Why Document Indexing is Mission-Critical -
- Mitch Taube (15)
Mitch Taube
As you consider document scanning services for your company, you need to know the key ingredient to document management success. That ingredient is document indexing, the mission-critical step for efficient retrieval of scanned documents. A review of the benefits of document indexing will help... ( added 74 days 15 hours ago.) |
Don’t Hire A Virtual Assistant! -
- Tracy Collins (58)
We've all heard why you should hire a virtual assistant. It saves times, money, aggravation, and helps your business run smoother. However, we have never really heard why you shouldn't hire a virtual assistant, and I am here to change that. Virtual assistants are small business owners who enjoy... ( added 1 year 59 days ago.) |
Good Outsourcing Companies: how can you tell? -
Kristel Nicole Eniego (18)
What makes a good outsourcing company good? What should you look out for if you're looking for an outsourcing company to trust some of your business functions to? Cost is a factor, indeed it is but that doesn't mean you should sacrifice everything else for an easy-to-reach cost. Deciding to... ( added 1 year 174 days ago.) |
Offshoring To India: Protecting the Value of Your Investment -
- Karine Schomer (6)
You've established your India offshore center. You've navigated the initial transition hurdles. You have competent management in place at both ends. You've hired, oriented and trained the first employees. Work has started to flow between the onshore and offshore teams. No major catastrophe has... ( added 1 year 183 days ago.) |
The Digital Age -
Prudence Helders (27)
Is your firm leveraging digital technology?
You now have several new processes to consider using when you produce your firm's marketing materials. Although traditional production processes - genuine engraving, offset printing (a.k.a, lithography), and thermography (a.k.a., raised printing) -... ( added 66 days 14 hours ago.) |
Top Questions To Ask Before Hiring a Freelancer -
- J.R. Pittman (2)
In most of our freelance articles for business owners, we recommend interviewing your potential freelancer much like you would an employee. However, the fact remains that freelancers arent employees; situations can and will arise that normally wouldnt in a traditional employer/employee... ( added 170 days 11 hours ago.) |
Accounts Receiveables- When is A/R no longer considered an asset? -
Joslyn Smith (7)
Accounts Receiveables are supposed to be considered assets. Ask your accountant, bookeeper, college professor, or business owner. When is this "asset no longer an asset? Company A sells a large ticket item to Company B. This item that Company B purchased is something that adds value to the... ( added 314 days 9 hours ago.) |
Emr’s -
Ralph Bass (0)
Evil Menacing Replacements?
Electronic Medical Records is not something that will be in our future someday, it is very much present now. It’s all around us. Is it a good idea? To the home-based medical transcription industry, that is like asking horse and buggy makers what they think of that... ( added 1 year 89 days ago.) |
Dropship Websites Can End Your People Headaches and Set You Free -
- Kate Nowack (14)
Plenty of people are looking at dropship websites as a way of making money on the internet. There are a few ways you can use a website like this to help you with your efforts to make money from home, and kiss your commute goodbye for good. You can market your website on the internet in general... ( added 33 days 9 hours ago.) |
The Year Ahead: 2009 in Shared Services and Outsourcing -
- Jamie Liddell (3)
As one of the most remarkable years in modern economic history comes to an end, what will the next twelve months bring? We asked Shared Services & Outsourcing Network members to give their crystal balls a polish and take a look at the major events, trends, movers and shakers that they believe... ( added 307 days 19 hours ago.) |
Virtual Assistants are Revolutionizing the Way Business Services are Delivered, Everywhere -
Frances Palaschuk (0)
The Virtual Assistance Industry Has Experienced Tremendous Growth in 2008;
VAs are Revolutionizing the Way Business Services are Delivered, Everywhere.
The Media's Virtual Assistant Survey found at
http://www.vanetworking.com/survey conducted by VAnetworking.com gives
us a deeper... ( added 325 days 8 hours ago.) |
Q&A: Oscar Sañez, CEO, Business Processing Association of the Philippines -
Jamie Liddell (3)
SSON: Oscar, what is the purpose of BPA/P, and how does the Association operate to achieve that purpose?
Oscar Saez: The Business Processing Association of the Philippines was
created in 2004 by members of the BPO industry, in order to present a
single face of the industry to the world.... ( added 1 year 53 days ago.) |
Q&A: Peter Allen, TPI -
Jamie Liddell (3)
In April TPI, the world's largest sourcing data
and advisory firm, announced the findings from its quarterly analysis
of the global commercial outsourcing industry for the first quarter of
2008 and the previous six months. Worldwide it was the second-best
first-quarter performance ever for... ( added 1 year 53 days ago.) |
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