INSIGHTS
Field notes from a sourcing desk in China
Practical writing for buyers: how factories really behave, how inspection really works, and how landed cost is really calculated. Written by the team doing the work, not by a content agency.
ARTICLESUpdated monthly
DEPTHNo 300-word listicles
READERSBuyers, founders, ops leads
01
Sourcing in China
How factory search actually works, how to read a Chinese quotation, and where the good factories hide.
02
Quality control
AQL explained, inspection checklists that hold up, and what to do when the report fails.
03
Logistics & trade
Incoterms, consolidation, duty and the arithmetic behind landed cost.
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Three to six new pieces a year, each written from an order we actually ran.
DDP vs FOB: which Incoterm is cheaper for a first order
DDP looks expensive on the quote and cheap on the invoice. FOB looks the opposite. The arithmetic that decides it, with a worked example.
AQL 2.5 explained: what an inspection report actually tells you
AQL is a sampling standard, not a quality guarantee. Here is how to read the numbers, what the defect classes mean, and when AQL…
How to verify a Chinese factory before you send a deposit
Six checks that separate a real factory from a trading company with a rented showroom — and the documents to ask for at each…
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