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How to source in China without losing the product brief

A practical sequence for turning product intent into supplier actions, sample decisions and an approval record the rest of the chain can use.

HQ Operating Team · 7 min readOpen article preview
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Sourcing & Quality

Supplier decisions, samples, inspection scopes and release records.

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