The First Step for Importing Goods
Date: Mar 4th, 2010 9:21:38 pm - Subscribe
Mood: industrious
When importing goods from China or any region of different culture, there are 3 major stages that are keys to profitable importing. They include Research and Tender, Sampling and Purchase Order Negotiation and Order and Delivery Management.
The 1st stage involved in importing goods is the Research and Tender process. This involves researching, locating, and certifying appropriate suppliers for your merchandise. This stage is the most critical area of the system for importing goods. To be effective at importing goods, you have to first lay the ground work. It is very easy to find manufacturers on the internet, sites like cnmake.cc and globalsources.com can supply you a wealth of suppliers for the merchandise you wish to import. However! The key issue to realize when importing goods directly from members of such websites is that usually a few emails is not sufficient to work out the good from the lesser manufacturers. When importing goods, some critical questions and procedures need to be followed. To ensure your potential supplier is not just another scammer, it will require you to do appropriate background checks.
The top 7 business sections worth investigating:
- CREDIBILITY - If possible request testimonials of previous customers.
- EXPERIENCE IN EXPORTING - Ask where they have exported to in the past? Are they capable of importing goods into western countries? e.g. Australia, America etc.
- QUALITY AND WORKERS SKILL - Can they can demonstrate the most complex and high quality merchandise they have manufactured?
- CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVEL - How fast do they respond to your inquiries? What are the qualities of their replies like?
- SUPPLIER CAPACITY - Are they to small or huge (e.g. MOQ (Minimum Order Quantities)? Will they be suitable to handle larger orders as your business grows?
- ABILITY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS - Ensure they can understand and follow your instructions and requests.
- WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY TO QUALITY STANDARDS- Make sure that the supplier is committed to building a long term relationship that includes making sure your quality benchmarks are delivered on any occasion when you are importing goods from them.
The initial stage for importing goods is often where the most effort is needed. Prior to investing in the sampling or manufacturing process, it is essential that you first manage the problems involved in importing goods by making sure you have found a factory that is reputable and suitable for your importing needs.
This is business basics 101. Yet most of businesses don't do it.
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The Cabin in My Dreams
Date: Mar 4th, 2010 9:12:08 pm - Subscribe
Mood: emotional
I have been dreaming of living in a little cozy cabin like the sweet ones in fairy tales, since I was a little girl.
Every morning, I wake up when the sunshine is on my face. I open the window and hear the birds singing in the trees. Have a deep breathe of the fresh air with the smell of grass and sing a word or two, which I hope would float into the mind of my sweet heart.
All the day long, I would like to climb the glossy and green hills, search the hidden strawberries and mushrooms and catch some little fish in the stream.
At night, soft and warm light penetrates every room in which I read a book in front of my myrtle desk. Or I play the piano for my parents and enjoy the charms of music.
How can my dreams come true?
It will be only a dream all my life. The reality grabs me tightly on the earth. Only can my dreams fly high up the sky where the sky is blue…
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What is Happiness...
Date: Mar 4th, 2010 9:00:50 pm - Subscribe
Mood: wishful
Closing the eyes and crossing the fingers. I pray for the happiness of our marriage.
Bless our marriage, oh God, as we begin our journey down the road
of life together. We don't know what lies ahead for the road turns and
bends. But help us to make the best of whatever comes our way.
Help us to hug each other often...laugh a lot, talk more, and argue less.
Help us to continue to enjoy each other as we did when we first met.
Help us to realize that nothing nor no one is perfect and to look
for the good in all things and all people including ourselves.
Help us to respect each other's likes and dislikes, opinions and
believes, hopes and dreams and fears even though we may not always understand them.
Help us to learn from each other and to help each other to grow
mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
Help us to realize that there is design and purpose in our lives
as in the world and no matter what happens to us we will hold on to each
other and know that things have a way of working out for the good.
Help us to create for our children a peaceful, stable home of love
as a foundation on which they can build their lives.
But most of all, dear God, help us to keep lit the torch of love
that we now share in our hearts so that by our loving example we may pass
on the light of love to our children and to their children and to their
children's children forever.
Amen.
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