Manufacturing safely in China is possible
This service is aimed at companies in a wide range of sectors that need to manufacture in China to reduce current production costs or to manufacture through OEM or ODM services, depending on whether it is an in-house product or a product that is already on the market.
Manufacturing in China: Getting started
China is known as the factory of the world and manufacturing in China is a success in terms of profitability in most cases. The price of labour is very cheap compared to other countries, which is why it is chosen by large multinational companies to produce and assemble their products.
In China we can manufacture on a smaller scale than these giants, but we must investigate and corroborate that it is the best option we can take, for this we must carry out our own or subcontracted study that allows us to evaluate the decision making and that goes through phases such as the location and filtering of suppliers, the selection of optimum prices, consultations with all the interlocutors for the calculation of costs, valuation of the total price in euros of the import to the warehouse, the aspects to take into account so that the management of the import does not involve any risk, the verification of the supplier and the documentary verification.
ODM and OEM, ways to manufacture in China
OEM (white label) is a modality in which the manufacturers make their products available to you, you can put your brand, unlike ODM in which the manufacturer sells its products with its brand. Whether a manufacturer lets you put their brand or not will depend on the amount of order you are willing to take on.
In order to start manufacturing in China and buy quality products, it is often not possible to find factories in China. ODM that offer these products or components in the desired qualities and at the best price due to the fact that they carry little-known brands that are difficult to pronounce, but which can be on a par or better than any well-known brand in the sector.
Manufacture in China an own prototype with absolute copycat or copy protection
When we want to manufacture our own prototypes or designs in China, we must take precautions to ensure that they are fully registered in terms of intellectual property and patents and trademarks, where appropriate.
If we want to manufacture a component by means of a mould, we must also take the necessary precautions to ensure that the prototype and mould will only be used exclusively for us.
Whether we are in one situation or another, we must ensure that the manufacturers accept our working conditions and sign the necessary confidentiality agreements, otherwise no information will be passed on.
How can we help you to manufacture your own product as well as OEM and ODM products in China?
Bull Importer will undoubtedly carry out each and every one of the steps described above to make manufacturing in China a success for your company. Bull Importer’s work is organised in a series of phases that go from the initial contact, knowledge and requirements that are necessary to take into account about the product in terms of quality, type of product to be manufactured, estimated initial purchase quantities, use of the product, required delivery times and other technical and knowledge aspects.
Once the previous part is completely defined, we will be able to establish a price list to carry out the action and we will be able to know the final prices with all the associated costs, that is to say, to know the price per unit of personalised and made-to-measure manufacturing. From this point on, the decisions will be entirely yours.
How long can it take to manage through Bull Importer’s intervention?
Experience tells us that we cannot commit ourselves to a response time, if we are talking about manufacturing OEM and ODM products in China, we are generally talking about approximately 30 days. We also know that this time can be extended later on, as modifications, colour changes, definitions of how the product should be presented, packaging, etc. can all take longer.
As for the times when we talk about prototypes, manufacturing by means of moulds or other techniques, the deadlines are also usually similar, but there are also delays due to modifications, changes in designs that improve the initial one and other times that finally delay the processes.
We also have to bear in mind that it is easy to do the above, then comes the whole process of giving legal form, especially in cases where the product is completely new and we have to obtain more specific costs such as customs duties.
The average time is usually around 3 months, which can be extended in some cases to 6 or more months. Once we have everything and we start with the import process, either on your own or through the intervention of Bull Importer, we have to take the following steps:
Study of European regulations and tariffs.
Unit costing of the product with all costs.
Inspection and pre-inspection.
Import management according to the agreed conditions including: study of the brand if applicable, opening of the documentary credit if applicable, definition of the shipping mark, drafting of the quality control and its implementation on site, contracting of national and international transport, contracting of the insurance of the goods and product liability, customs clearance, delivery to the indicated address(es).
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