How importers can avoid problems with
supplies from China before the Chinese New Year
Shipping Your Goods Before or After the Chinese New Year Break
Chinese New Year 2021 is approaching, and as you may already know, factories are going to be totally closed for at least two weeks. When the workers start to return, it will take a few more weeks for them to get back up to full capacity. With that in mind, there are certain things importers should be cautious about in order to manage well their supply chain and have the level of quality they expect whether they choose to ship before the holiday or after.
V-Trust has been in the quality control industry for 20 years and has a strong track record of helping buyers overcome potential problems during this Chinese New Year celebration period. Our pre-shipment inspections and container loading supervision are also designed to ensure that the CNY rush in the factories does not affect the quality of our customers' products.
Before CNY
When it comes to placing orders to be delivered right before the holiday, the risks of having quality issues are far higher than usual. Delivering the goods as fast as possible to meet customers’ deadline is factories’ top 1 priority during this time. This rush to finish the production of all orders before the holiday starts can lead to serious qualities issues, especially for new products and new designs which the factory might have no previous experience in producing it. According to our monthly statistics, there’s a sharp increase at defective rate for inspections conducted in December and January, and it is even more serious for new products.
After CNY
Placing orders to be delivered right after the holiday, on the other hand, can also result in headaches depending on the scale of the factory. Small and medium-sized factories, whenever they open their doors, will surely not be making all of their production lines available during the first month. The reasons why that happens is that, many workers decide to change jobs, cities, or even opt to stay in their hometowns, which is a new trend in China. It is very difficult for the factories to hire a large number of workers and train them in a short period of time. So, the main problem importers often face when they decide to ship the goods after the holiday is delay. It’s common for us to see cases which the goods were to be shipped in February, and they turned out to be ready to be shipped only in April or even later. Besides delay, it’s also very likely that the recently-hired workers will increase the defective rate of production due to their lack of experience. But it is safe to say that, though there is a bit of an increase of the defective rate during this period, it is not as high as it is during the last weeks of the Chinese Lunar year.
In order to avoid high defective rates and delays, it’s highly recommended to Increase your stock months before the holiday so it won’t be necessary to order from factories during this sensitive time. Forecasting far in advance is a valuable procedure to adjust production times and make sure your products won’t run out of stock.
In case you haven’t planned in advance and have to place an order now, it’s very important to put a quality management plan into place and communicate very well with factory and logistic company.
Being in the quality control industry for nearly two decades, V-Trust has plenty of experience in helping buyers overcome possible problems during this period of the year. Our pre-shipment inspections and container loading supervision are also to ensure that the holiday rush at the factories does not have an impact on the quality of our customers’ products.
For more information concerning quality control, please feel free to email us at marcin.nowak@v-trust.com
V-Trust has been in the quality control industry for 20 years and has a strong track record of helping buyers overcome potential problems during this Chinese New Year celebration period. Our pre-shipment inspections and container loading supervision are also designed to ensure that the CNY rush in the factories does not affect the quality of our customers' products.
Before CNY
When it comes to placing orders to be delivered right before the holiday, the risks of having quality issues are far higher than usual. Delivering the goods as fast as possible to meet customers’ deadline is factories’ top 1 priority during this time. This rush to finish the production of all orders before the holiday starts can lead to serious qualities issues, especially for new products and new designs which the factory might have no previous experience in producing it. According to our monthly statistics, there’s a sharp increase at defective rate for inspections conducted in December and January, and it is even more serious for new products.
After CNY
Placing orders to be delivered right after the holiday, on the other hand, can also result in headaches depending on the scale of the factory. Small and medium-sized factories, whenever they open their doors, will surely not be making all of their production lines available during the first month. The reasons why that happens is that, many workers decide to change jobs, cities, or even opt to stay in their hometowns, which is a new trend in China. It is very difficult for the factories to hire a large number of workers and train them in a short period of time. So, the main problem importers often face when they decide to ship the goods after the holiday is delay. It’s common for us to see cases which the goods were to be shipped in February, and they turned out to be ready to be shipped only in April or even later. Besides delay, it’s also very likely that the recently-hired workers will increase the defective rate of production due to their lack of experience. But it is safe to say that, though there is a bit of an increase of the defective rate during this period, it is not as high as it is during the last weeks of the Chinese Lunar year.
In order to avoid high defective rates and delays, it’s highly recommended to Increase your stock months before the holiday so it won’t be necessary to order from factories during this sensitive time. Forecasting far in advance is a valuable procedure to adjust production times and make sure your products won’t run out of stock.
In case you haven’t planned in advance and have to place an order now, it’s very important to put a quality management plan into place and communicate very well with factory and logistic company.
Being in the quality control industry for nearly two decades, V-Trust has plenty of experience in helping buyers overcome possible problems during this period of the year. Our pre-shipment inspections and container loading supervision are also to ensure that the holiday rush at the factories does not have an impact on the quality of our customers’ products.
For more information concerning quality control, please feel free to email us at marcin.nowak@v-trust.com
Where do the problems with the quality of supplies from China during the Chinese New Year come from?
Chinese New Year is regarded by most Chinese people as the biggest holiday throughout the year and in many cases it is the only holiday when they can reunite with their families and spend time at home.
Meanwhile many buyers anticipate it every year as the hardest time for purchasing as it brings big headaches with production and shipment delays as well as quality issues.
Most importers know that Chinese New Year suspends production facilities in the country and changes time frames. So in many cases the Chinese New Year can result in severe delays.
Therefore is always recommended to the buyers to apply proper preparations, otherwise the Chinese New Year may result in heavy losses for their businesses.
The first thing to be aware of is that factories stop mass production and sample development as early as one or two weeks before CNY.
While the Chinese New Year’s Eve takes place on a particular date, all suppliers start to halt operations around 10 days in advance. That’s why the mass production might be stopped much earlier than buyers anticipate: supplier’s subcontractors have also finished their working season.
Even though a factory office tends to be operational a week or two longer, mass production and production lines are no longer available.
Second, while the official holiday normally lasts around 5-7 working days, most workers remain in their home towns for an extra week or two.
That’s the reason why most suppliers are not back to operation until two, sometimes even three weeks after the Chinese New Year’s Eve and it may be hard to reach any representatives, including the sales people.
Eventually, everything gets back to normal. However, many manufacturers struggle to get back to a normal mode of operations in the weeks after the Chinese New Year. Depending on the number of workers departing in secret, severe disruptions across the supply chain can occur.
Finding and training a new batch of workers provides new challenges of its own. Skilled workers are, to a certain degree, replaced by unskilled ones who are recently hired.
That’s why the risk of quality issues is at its peak right after the end of the Chinese New Year.
This is just one of many reasons why it is never recommended to overlook your quality assurance and inspection procedures.
The other reason for the increase in Post-CNY quality issues is the large number of orders a supplier, and its subcontractors put into queue. This may include a backlog of orders from early December and onward, depending on the production time needed. This is stretching the suppliers’ capabilities to its maximum.
Right after Chinese New Year, V-Trust as always remains at your disposal to help you control the quality which is quite at risk while factories try to catch up with schedules and face labour shortages right after the holidays.
Source: blog.v-trust.com
For more information concerning quality control, please feel free to email us at marcin.nowak@v-trust.com
Meanwhile many buyers anticipate it every year as the hardest time for purchasing as it brings big headaches with production and shipment delays as well as quality issues.
Most importers know that Chinese New Year suspends production facilities in the country and changes time frames. So in many cases the Chinese New Year can result in severe delays.
Therefore is always recommended to the buyers to apply proper preparations, otherwise the Chinese New Year may result in heavy losses for their businesses.
The first thing to be aware of is that factories stop mass production and sample development as early as one or two weeks before CNY.
While the Chinese New Year’s Eve takes place on a particular date, all suppliers start to halt operations around 10 days in advance. That’s why the mass production might be stopped much earlier than buyers anticipate: supplier’s subcontractors have also finished their working season.
Even though a factory office tends to be operational a week or two longer, mass production and production lines are no longer available.
Second, while the official holiday normally lasts around 5-7 working days, most workers remain in their home towns for an extra week or two.
That’s the reason why most suppliers are not back to operation until two, sometimes even three weeks after the Chinese New Year’s Eve and it may be hard to reach any representatives, including the sales people.
Eventually, everything gets back to normal. However, many manufacturers struggle to get back to a normal mode of operations in the weeks after the Chinese New Year. Depending on the number of workers departing in secret, severe disruptions across the supply chain can occur.
Finding and training a new batch of workers provides new challenges of its own. Skilled workers are, to a certain degree, replaced by unskilled ones who are recently hired.
That’s why the risk of quality issues is at its peak right after the end of the Chinese New Year.
This is just one of many reasons why it is never recommended to overlook your quality assurance and inspection procedures.
The other reason for the increase in Post-CNY quality issues is the large number of orders a supplier, and its subcontractors put into queue. This may include a backlog of orders from early December and onward, depending on the production time needed. This is stretching the suppliers’ capabilities to its maximum.
Right after Chinese New Year, V-Trust as always remains at your disposal to help you control the quality which is quite at risk while factories try to catch up with schedules and face labour shortages right after the holidays.
Source: blog.v-trust.com
For more information concerning quality control, please feel free to email us at marcin.nowak@v-trust.com
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