
Poorly Made in China
An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
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Paul Midler
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Paul Midler
An insider reveals what can - and does - go wrong when companies shift production to China.
In this entertaining behind-the-scenes account, Paul Midler tells us all that is wrong with our effort to shift manufacturing to China. Now updated and expanded, Poorly Made in China reveals industry secrets, including the dangerous practice of quality fade - the deliberate and secret habit of Chinese manufacturers to widen profit margins through the reduction of quality inputs. US importers don’t stand a chance, Midler explains, against savvy Chinese suppliers who feel they have little to lose by placing consumer safety at risk for the sake of greater profit. This is a lively and impassioned personal account, a collection of true stories, told by an American who has worked in the country for close to two decades. Poorly Made in China touches on a number of issues that affect us all.
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I will next say that I find the negative reviews from Chinese nationals unsurprising. The truth hurts. And can sometimes be offensive. But that doesn't make the truth less true.
The book is obviously a work of fiction using the author's personal experience's as a backdrop. No company in their right mind would hire someone not already familiar with shady China factory process to deal with Chinese factories just because they have an MBA and can speak Chinese fluently. But you get that point by the first chapter and keep that "fake naivety" in mind as you continue through the book.
From the very beginning, I was familiar with the author's experiences. I too had been to a factory that was set up to show productivity only to disappear the next day. Funny thing is, they weren't even good at faking it in my case. My coworker and I watched workers pull products out of boxes, unwrap them, inspect them, re-wrap them and insert them back into boxes. This process somehow required six people on a slow moving conveyor belt. We laughed.
And the constant quality fade without passing savings on to the customer is sadly too true as well. When problems crop up in the field and you ask what was changed, the answer is almost always "nothing". Until you can do your own failure analysis and show where the cost-down was done, the factory will continue putting out the faulty product. And once caught, there is no repercussions. No accountability. Just "it won't happen again".... and then it inevitably does happen again.
Whether you already do business in China or plan to, this is a good read. If you have similar experiences to the author, there are some good "oh yeah.. I remember when that happened to me" chuckle. The rest of you will just gasp in dis-belief that business actually can be run this way.
Now for the critique on the audio book specifically: Mr. Midler should stick with writing and not reading. Paul's voice is droning and without any kind of inflections. I have nightmares as to what a book NOT written by Paul Midler would sound like if Mr. Midler were doing the reading.
Accurate story. But poorly read.
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A peak behind the curtain
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Great detail
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Eye openong
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Must read - Intl business and everyday consumers
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The author's narration was great I only can recommend it to all entrepreneurs.
One of the best books…
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Absolutely eye opening
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Good Read
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A good illustration of author’s view from his perspective from the inside.
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Overall good
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