Mass Producing In Low Cost Areas

By Davina Cruella Sandwich

For many many years now, companies have been having their products mass-manufactured in Asia, usually in and around Southern China as this is now recognised as the global manufacturing centre of the world.

The main reason for this is because the currency in China (Yuan) is worth a lot less than British currency, American currency, or most other currencies for that matter.

So that's the main reason people source their products from China. Well, what more reason do you need to do something other than the fact that it will save you lots of money? There a a couple of minor disadvantages, and a few more advantages to boot.

There are only a few advantages, but I still think that they by far outweigh the disadvantages. The main one I have already talked about, the price. For every single GBP you get 11.2CNY (Chinese Yuan), so your money really does go a lot further.

Also, you can get in with the Chinese trading industry, and if you can become known among them, this can be infinitely advantageous. Another advantage is that you will undoubtedly wind up closer to the raw materials you need, hence you save money on that as well!

Now to the disadvantages, one of the main ones is the cost of importing your goods back to your base country. However when you compare the money spent on importing to the money saved on manufacturing, the overall process will still work out cheaper.

Also there's the time that the shipping takes, this could be seen as a greater disadvantage as, depending on level of demand, it could result in loss of turnover. Another disadvantage is that there may be some issues with production quality nearer the beginning of manufacturing as the factory staff become acclimatised to your product, but if you get a good sourcing company to do the communications for you, then you should end up with a high quality production line from start to finish. As well as that, it is difficult to predict what the local conditions are going to be like, financial or otherwise.

In summary, it is my personal belief that sourcing form low cost countries such as Southern China is far more advantageous to businesses than domestic sourcing. - 23223

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A great company to do all your import and manufacture with is Red House Global. They have had decades of experience and are well known among the Chinese traders, ensuring you the best price.