27 Sep 2007 Business Product Recalls in Perspective--well, someone's perspective In response to the recall issues and a discussion about them, my friend Darrin Wilkey helped my put everything into perspective. Darrin wrote:Sure China
24 Sep 2007 Business Politics Two apologies are better than one With the double mea culpa by Mattel this week, there were two very interesting comments made regarding the reality in China. A great report on
20 Sep 2007 Business SRI's David Dayton Speaking at China Sourcing Fair in Hong Kong in Oct I'll be speaking at the China Sourcing Fair seminar about buying in China, specifically on evaluating suppliers in China, in October. The forum
17 Sep 2007 Business Thoughts on avoiding Quality Fade Every manufacture or buyer will, at some point, have to deal with quality fade of some type. But there are two types of quality fade.
13 Sep 2007 Culture Foreign First Impressions I just spent two weeks with four 60 year-old American professionals who have never been to Asia before. This group travels to Europe at