Costs are always to be quoted as all-encompassing
delivered to your dock or sidewalk
DDP ("Delivered Duty Paid")
The
sweet spot
for printing in China is found
-- at 70%-to-80% cost reduction,
 
-- in high-value-added hand labor,
 
-- requiring close supervision.
China meets, very well, the sort of specs
which cost a lot, a lot more, to produce in America.
deduct 70% to 80%
deduct a lot,
from US printing costs
These savings are real.
From the startof our experience*** with Printing-
in-China, beginning there in
2008, every job-ticket
has been free of dispute, and successful in delivery.
That means, at a typical cost reduction of 75%, that each
$ 100,000 of total invoice paid to
the Chinese printer brought
$ 300,000 of cost reduction to our buyers,
comparing earlier invoices
for the same work produced here.
Connect with us
MaryCampanella@printeasy.net
(800) 562-0888
***In our experience, printing in China
is different from,
SAY, choosing
a silicon chip from amongst
current
deliverables of a manufacturer,
testing
a thousand,
and then ordering a million of exactly
that tested chip,
delivery
by FedEx Airfreight in,
SAY, four-or-ten
monthly shipments.
Printing
in China requires upfront planning
before
your
creative artwork
is complete;
clearly detailed communications-&-acknowledgement,
certainly including two-way
exchange of samples, all before suitable production time,
and then four-to-eight-week ocean delivery.
Printing in China is indeed a big cost
reduction:
it's also an investment of substantial
attention.
China is after all, a land where a broad range of
experience, combined
with relevant skills, have been so highly
valued that Kublai Kahn engaged
Marco Polo as uber-governor over a multi-district
region.
Turnaround time:
two or three weeks to produce,
varying with complexity of specs
and the supervision/skilled work required
plus time for
ocean
freight (4 weeks)
and Homeland Security clearance (0-4 weeks)
plus time for inland freight (1-to-5 days)
Safety, living a quiet life:
PrintEasy-China work offers New York jurisdiction,
all by phone and document to resolve any dispute
via the American Arbitration Association by mediation,
first;
then by arbitration, should it be that bad,
all by phone and document
(no personal appearance, no adversarial deposition).
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