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1/ Generally speaking, I would too. But, as someone who has products manufactured in China, I have additional insight into the situation and why it isn't just an issue of paying more. The first question I ask is, how much more?
Long ago, when I heard it was less expensive to...
Long ago, when I heard it was less expensive to...
2/ manufacture in China and have those products shipped to the United States, I thought it was only something that applied to large companies working with very high volumes. When I became a publisher, I quickly realized that was not the case. Even for small operations, such...
3/ as myself, the difference between manufacturing in China and manufacturing elsewhere was the difference between doing the project and the project never happening at all.
My experience is that a large number of people think that having a product manufactured in the United...
My experience is that a large number of people think that having a product manufactured in the United...
4/ States might cost them another 25 or 50 cents, or maybe a dollar, and they would pay that. That contributes to a narrative that "greedy companies" would take their manufacturing overseas to save a nickel or a dime. I have not found that would be the case in my...
5/ situation.
I find that the cost difference between having something manufactured in China and in the United States is the difference between having a viably-priced product and one that Americans will not pay for. In some cases, and this is not an exaggeration, it is the...
I find that the cost difference between having something manufactured in China and in the United States is the difference between having a viably-priced product and one that Americans will not pay for. In some cases, and this is not an exaggeration, it is the...
6/ difference between a product with a $20/$25 retail price and one with an $80/$100 retail price. The price difference between U.S.-made products and Chinese-made products can be vast.
But, price is only a secondary concern. The most important consideration is whether or...
But, price is only a secondary concern. The most important consideration is whether or...
7/ not you can find someone in the United States who can make your item at all. If you can't, then price comparison isn't even something you can do. Finding a U.S. manufacturer is far from trivial. In fact, you will find that many companies in the United States do not run...
8/ domestic manufacturing facilities. Rather, they are middlemen for Chinese companies, or at even a Chinese company's U.S. representative. The person you talk to may be in New York, but they send the work to China. Finding companies that actually manufacture the product...
9/ you want can be extremely difficult.
I regularly search out U.S. manufacturers for new products before going to China. My success rate in doing so is very poor. This is even the case for the t-shirts we are making now. Did I exhaust EVERY shirt manufacturer in the United...
I regularly search out U.S. manufacturers for new products before going to China. My success rate in doing so is very poor. This is even the case for the t-shirts we are making now. Did I exhaust EVERY shirt manufacturer in the United...
10/ States? No. But, we did spend several months looking for shirt manufacturers in the United States and we were told every time that they could not do what we wanted and that we should look elsewhere. So, we went to China, and in a week we had confirmation that they could...
11/ create what we wanted and started the process of sampling.
So, it is not just a question of price, but it is a question of whether or not the machinery, manpower, and know-how/ability to operate that machinery exist in the United States at all.
Thirdly, quality can be a...
So, it is not just a question of price, but it is a question of whether or not the machinery, manpower, and know-how/ability to operate that machinery exist in the United States at all.
Thirdly, quality can be a...
12/ huge concern. One might naively think that U.S.-made products would be higher quality than products made overseas. That is not necessarily the case. I recently had an experience making a product with a company that I really wanted to develop a relationship with here in the...
13/ United States. We willingly paid (much) more for the product to do it with the U.S.-based company, with the hope of developing a long-term relationship. However, at the end of the day, not only did we pay more, but that product was the one that we had the highest quality
14/ control issues with and the most customer complaints regarding. So, not only did we pay much more for the product, but the product we got was of inferior quality. Given those circumstances, it is not practical to continue to do business with them. If we want a product like...
15/ that again, we'll have to look at producing it overseas.
Therefore, the problem--if you think of it as a problem--of products not being manufactured in the United States cannot be solved by simply paying a little more for products. It is a much larger systematic problem.
Therefore, the problem--if you think of it as a problem--of products not being manufactured in the United States cannot be solved by simply paying a little more for products. It is a much larger systematic problem.
