QIMA: supply chain quality services in Asia
Beating the competition most of the time means having products that overdue the expectation of the customers, therefore companies look at their supply chain in a way to source components and technology at a good price. Most of the time companies achieve good sourcing costs by looking at the market in the far east. In this way, they can remain profitable and sometimes that means "in the market". However, taking control of a complex supply chain setup is very difficult, and the cost of not doing it can be huge. We can list some causes of what can put the business at risk: Supplier is not properly qualified The production at supplier site is not qualified Parts are not inspected before their shipment Taking such conditions, companies have only a few chances to get control of their supply chain: Setting up an office in the region to support the supply chain operations Having dedicated resources to fly in and out and make the job done Using one of t...