The Maison Brach library
Practical sourcing and importing guides
A library organised by subject, to understand the stages and prepare decisions for your project.
14 guides to explore
Product specifications that make supplier enquiries actionable
Use, specifications, variants and approval: an approach to preparing an import brief before contacting manufacturers in China.
Compare manufacturers using genuinely comparable responses
Build a framework for reviewing manufacturers' proposals: scope, capabilities, documents, variants and outstanding issues before selection.
Prepare compliance questions before sourcing
Identify the product, its use, market and supporting documents to have reviewed before contacting manufacturers in China.
Approve a sample with explicit criteria and reservations
Identify the sample, define the criteria and record outstanding issues to prepare a usable manufacturing reference.
The assignment brief for a pre-shipment inspection
Define the batch, defects, expected evidence and approvals to organise pre-shipment inspection.
Allocate roles before launching an import project
Distinguish project scoping, sourcing, purchasing, inspection and transport to prepare consistent contracts and operational discussions.
Prepare a trade fair in China as a supplier assessment stage
Define the products, organise questions and prepare trade fair follow-up to continue assessing manufacturers.
Maintain project follow-up during manufacturing
Product references, samples, milestones and changes: organise the monitoring of a production project in China with Maison Brach.
Verify a Chinese manufacturer before accepting its proposal
An approach to supplier verification: connect legal identity, production site, declared capabilities and evidence suited to your product.
Prepare packaging and the packing plan before shipment
Connect product protection, packed dimensions, labelling and handling conditions before shipping your production.
Prepare for the Canton Fair around the decisions you want to make
Choose products to examine, prepare meetings and use the responses: a Canton Fair visit brief focused on your project.
At CIFF, look beyond a piece of furniture's first impression
Drawings, finish samples, assembly and delivery constraints: prepare a CIFF visit that serves your furniture project.
Prepare for the CIIE around your development plans in China
Prepare for the CIIE around a market development objective. Organise your product presentation, contacts and follow-up to meetings.
Choose a trade fair in China according to the product you want to develop
Furniture, fabrics, beauty, electronics or general sourcing: choose a trade fair according to the questions to resolve and prepare the corresponding assignment.
Titles shown: 14 of 14
- Project scopingProduct specifications that make supplier enquiries actionable
- SourcingCompare manufacturers using genuinely comparable responses
- CompliancePrepare compliance questions before sourcing
- QualityApprove a sample with explicit criteria and reservations
- QualityThe assignment brief for a pre-shipment inspection
- OrganisationAllocate roles before launching an import project
- Trade fairsPrepare a trade fair in China as a supplier assessment stage
- OrganisationMaintain project follow-up during manufacturing
- SourcingVerify a Chinese manufacturer before accepting its proposal
- LogisticsPrepare packaging and the packing plan before shipment
- Trade fairsPrepare for the Canton Fair around the decisions you want to make
- Trade fairsAt CIFF, look beyond a piece of furniture's first impression
- Trade fairsPrepare for the CIIE around your development plans in China
- Trade fairsChoose a trade fair in China according to the product you want to develop
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