When using a supplier from China for your Injection moulding or tooling needs there are things to take into consideration first. Here are our top 5 tips to think about before you book your plane ticket!
- Get a good interpreter who understands your industry.
You need to overcome the language barrier and make your supplier know what you want. Therefore it is no good having a green grocer trying to explain how to build a rocket.
- The devil is in the detail
Give your supplier as much information as you can from the machine the job is going into to material specs.
- Pictures say a thousand words
Sometimes it is easier to use pictures to explain what you want. Rather than long winded explanations. PowerPoint is an ideal tool.
- Once you have a good supplier stick with them.
Don’t bounce from one supplier to another chasing cost. Stick with your existing supplier and develop them. If need be have the difficult conversations about cost.
- Know your true cost
Remember to factor everything in. Now you are dealing with China everything is a variable that can sway heavily and fast from freight – material cost – exchange rate.