Comments on: Even if it’s not your fault… http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2010/02/03/even-if-its-not-your-fault/ Your Branch Office in Asia Sat, 12 May 2012 06:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pudding and Chopsticks - No, no, no, you don’t color correct by your eye.. http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2010/02/03/even-if-its-not-your-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 Pudding and Chopsticks - No, no, no, you don’t color correct by your eye.. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:43:01 +0000 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/?p=752#comment-1680 [...] via http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2010/02/03/even-if-its-not-your-fault/ [...] [...] via http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2010/02/03/even-if-its-not-your-fault/ [...]

]]> By: David Dayton http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2010/02/03/even-if-its-not-your-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 David Dayton Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:32:48 +0000 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/?p=752#comment-1676 Like I said above "there is no incentive to try new things." I do not think in any way that the problems are culturally Chinese--like I said above, I have the same issues with factories in Thailand and India and Vietnam too. I have people that share the same expriences with me from SoAm too. But systemically, and the system we're talking about is the Chinese one, there are issues across industries and so one can easily (over)generalized to a large group, if not a culture. Like I said above “there is no incentive to try new things.”

I do not think in any way that the problems are culturally Chinese–like I said above, I have the same issues with factories in Thailand and India and Vietnam too. I have people that share the same expriences with me from SoAm too.

But systemically, and the system we’re talking about is the Chinese one, there are issues across industries and so one can easily (over)generalized to a large group, if not a culture.

]]> By: hanmeng http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2010/02/03/even-if-its-not-your-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-1675 hanmeng Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:12:41 +0000 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/?p=752#comment-1675 I want to argue that failure to try new things is culturally Chinese, but I would prefer to believe that it's really a matter of incentives. I want to argue that failure to try new things is culturally Chinese, but I would prefer to believe that it’s really a matter of incentives.

]]> By: Renaud http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2010/02/03/even-if-its-not-your-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-1674 Renaud Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:32:28 +0000 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/?p=752#comment-1674 "if you want to solve the problems (or even know about them) you have to be here and you have to ask the right questions" - Very true. Two days ago, a buyer of wooden boxes told me this: he went to a factory to see his products, and he noticed the color was off. The factory said "when we got the wood, it had a moisture problem, but we couldn't wait until it got dry because you didn't give enough time". THEY (or the sub-supplier they chose) were at fault, but they didn't tell the buyer and they said it was HIS fault... “if you want to solve the problems (or even know about them) you have to be here and you have to ask the right questions” – Very true.
Two days ago, a buyer of wooden boxes told me this: he went to a factory to see his products, and he noticed the color was off. The factory said “when we got the wood, it had a moisture problem, but we couldn’t wait until it got dry because you didn’t give enough time”. THEY (or the sub-supplier they chose) were at fault, but they didn’t tell the buyer and they said it was HIS fault…

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