There is another pressure due to the culture difference between the people in foreign trade and the people who is not.1 s1 G' d6 m! y1 C5 F. r
In a factory, this kind of difference performs as the misunderstanding between the export sales and the workshop and One of the most common is in the delivery time.& _0 t4 ] r0 a' K, a
They have no idea on consciousness and the penalty so they frequently delay the cargo ready date without any notification to you.
& V% {" v9 P& M& ^8 D& I* IMaybe the boss will help you to blame them and ask them to be quick in future orders but it seems that there is little effect.- {. Q, i3 U: u0 c( }# _; A, N
. K7 u' u( y( s! j9 _If you're in a trade company , the situation will become worse because the factory is not your sub-branch and the boss of the factory often have no sense on quality
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6 @0 U! q. s/ O* N+ dSome of the factory will give up the project only because the boss feel not so good on the detailed requirements from the foreign customer while they refused to be responsible for the penalty of this unexpected cancellation.; V) B7 |3 |8 N% _$ o
1 `# ]( n6 O5 k+ AThere is a figure of speech that we're the sandwich because it's sure that the the customer has no obligation to help you to deal with the bad relationship between you and your factory people so he or she will push you for the current order but the only thing you have is the helplessness. K' v0 L4 p4 r1 M }/ W9 i" j# ~
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In total , one of the biggest factor which brings bad effect on the smooth works is from the sense difference.: V, J: i* n7 b8 n' q( P+ x
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This always causes later shipment, bad quality of unconformity , penalty of re-inspection and these will all make your works so hard and so boring
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另外还有一个工作的压力来自于来自 外贸人和非外贸人之间的文化差异。
}6 k( U0 t% |; W& O% U3 d4 I. a在工厂里，这种差异表现为外贸部门与生产部门之间的误解，最常见的就是交货期。他们没有一点及时交货和因为推迟有可能有罚款的这种意识[注：国内对这种事情一般都是私下里谈，看交情，但老外的单子则不是，信用证过交期可能就失效了，或者有罚金等等]，所以他们频繁的推迟交货时间并且还没有通知给你。
& O- e |0 J. k. @如果你是在外贸公司（而跟下面的工厂打交道），那情况会更糟糕。因为工厂不是你的下属机构，而工厂的老板一般没有品质意识，缺乏诚信，甚至对商业伙伴最基本的尊重都没有。有些工厂仅仅因为老板对老外的详细的要求觉得不爽（注：有些老板认为外贸单能赚钱结果发现又是打样又是品质 或者发现成本算低了 不想做了） 就擅自放弃，并且不愿意承认因为这个未预料的取消给你造成的损害（你跟老外无法解释）
, q" q8 h3 K7 {" \" Z用一个比喻，就是我们是三明治。毫无疑问 ，客户没有任何义务去帮你处理你和你的工厂之间的关系所以他会催你执行当前的订单而你只有无奈。
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总的来说，意识上的差异是给顺利工作带来最大麻烦的因素之一。' E. s" }3 w) c1 P: q3 A# T4 c' T
这些差异往往导致交货推迟，品质很差，或者与订单不符，罚金，重验。这些都会使你的工作非常简单，非常无趣。[而且还要被上头骂！]. u+ j* @6 m9 B6 W5 a) {# u7 p
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3 r1 |4 @$ a1 M" T% B% s% d/ [- }+ D[以下句子无对应英文——总结一下，我们经常说的压力，象没订单，订单难做，钱收得慢等等 这都是外部的，来自客户的。还有一种压力则是来自于内部的，跟工厂啊生产那里的沟通，是一种工作意识和工作文化的差异，因为是一种先天的差异，往往不是说靠自己去跟踪去盯着就有用的，尤其是一些很烂的工厂，有时就是无赖，态度极其恶劣——外贸公司拿他们一点办法也没有————这就是我刚才写的]" c) X' \) h: T& h: g4 e
4 n6 |: E, P- m7 Y. f, y[ 本帖最后由 Kevin_von 于 2008-6-19 22:32 编辑 ]
