There are currently many suppliers of Branded and Promotional USB
Memory Sticks. This makes it a fiercely competitive market, which bodes
well for the consumer as this naturally leads to lower prices. However,
this also puts a lot of pressure on suppliers to reduce their costs.
Some suppliers take this too far so it is important to consider factors
other than price when choosing your USB Memory Stick supplier, four
important considerations to take into account are:
- Speed of Service
- Quality of USB Memory Sticks
- Financial Stability of Company Supplying Flash Drives
- Reputation.
Speed
of service will largely depend on the company's business model. Many
companies claim to have fast turnaround times, but when asked to supply
large amounts of branded USB Memory Sticks they fall short on initial
promises and the turnaround times go up 2 or 3 times. Other companies
who have more control over their supply chain will live up to their
promises and these are naturally the companies you'll want to choose.
Quality
control is crucial for products that will end up representing your
company. It is important to find a supplier that understands this and
won't cut corners or send you defunct goods. For instance, some USB
Flash Drive suppliers cut costs by using refurbished NAND flash memory.
This is generally less reliable than brand new NAND Flash. It may save
you money, but do you want the product you've given to a client
failing? This is not going leave your company in a good light, and once
they've thrown the USB Stick away they're no longer carrying your
companies name around with them.
As with any company you're going
to enter into a financial relationship with it's always prudent to run
a credit check to make sure it's not going to go under in the next
month or so, if it does you're unlikely to get your money back. As
mentioned earlier, this is a very competitive industry and insolvency
is not that uncommon, if your supplier goes bankrupt you wont only lose
the money you paid them you'll also miss your deadline.Reputation
speaks volumes, if a company has delivered similar sized orders of USB
Memory Sticks in the time frame you want many times before, they can
probably do it again. |
