Quality_Fade:_China's_Great_Business_Challenge

'Quality Fade': China's Great Business Challenge

Recent media reports detailing a series of quality problems with Chinese-made exports -- pet food tainted with prohibited chemicals, toys covered with lead paint and tires that fall apart at high speed -- have alarmed the American public and resulted in a number of international product recalls. In this opinion piece, Paul Midler, founder and president of China Advantage, a services firm that provides outsourcing and supply chain management to U.S. and European companies, discusses what he calls "quality fade" and a number of related challenges that face Chinese manufacturing.

Source: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1776