What are the difficulties you might faced, when deal directly with the China manufacturers or suppliers?
Communication As we understand that language barrier is the most impediment when you are managing a global trade. After China joined WTO, there are a lot of manufacturers, start to employ an English-Speaking representative, in order to have a better communication. However, you will still found that their language fluency and effectiveness vary widely. Furthermore, some of the technical concepts, material names, etc. are not easily translated. Time Zone Difference There is a big time difference between China and the UK and USA. Therefore, if you are work directly with the China firm, you will find that your problems or question will only reply after twenty four hours. Find a Right Factory You will find a bit difficulty to find a right factory, to custom your product in China. This is because at China is not like UK or USA, where you can easily to get a reliable factory from yellow pages/Thompson Directory. You might think that you could found a perfect manufacturer to produce your produ
