HAS YOUR ORGANIZATION FACED ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WHILE TRYING TO SOURCE IN CHINA?

• Suppliers substituting local materials without the consultation of your engineering and metallurgical teams?

• A supplier outsourcing part of the manufacturing process (i.e. machining) when you were told everything was done in-house?

• PPAP data does not match the actual physical part layouts

• No provisions in contracts for raw material or foreign exchange movement?

• Lack of lot segregation or work instructions upon visitation

• The brochure looked great..the website even better..the plant was a hole in the ground

• Found out that you were really dealing with a trading company and not the manufacturer directly - creating unnecessary markups and lack of direct communication with the people making your parts

• Found out the your supplier has changed without any notice or approval by your organization

• Lack of timely response

• Found out that your "Advisor" utilized an online directory without ever visiting the plant and after you have spent countless thousands?