According to a recent study, at least 90% of Québec manufacturers are concerned by the accelerated economic growth of China and other emerging Asian nations, which may either represent a serious threat to them or a true market opportunity.
What about your business?

CHINA AND OTHER EMERGING ASIAN COUNTRIES

Our Approach

Whether the Chinese threat is serious or the market opportunity is real, the professionals at Zins Beauchesne and Associates can help you determine the most appropriate course of action and show you how to implement it.

Our five-step process will help you make the best decisions in regard to China:

     Step 1: Identifying and understanding the threats and opportunities that China represents to you
     Step 2: Defining your strategic options
     Step 3: Choosing your strategic options
     Step 4: Mapping out your action plan
     Step 5: Implementing your action plan

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When it comes to China and other emerging nations, what sets Zins Beauchesne and Associates apart from other firms is our consultants' practical, hands-on experience. Click here for details.

Zins Beauchesne and Associates has partners and offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, as well as representatives in Taipei and Bangkok.

Our Services

Zins Beauchesne and Associates can:

• Help your business develop a comprehensive strategy in regard to China and other emerging Asian nations
• Guide your business through every step of this strategy
• Help your business implement an effective action plan
• Assist your business at the operational level

We can also help you select, assess and deal with other relevant players.

In concrete terms, what does this mean?

Zins Beauchesne and Associates helps businesses:

• Identify and evaluate options regarding production locations (keep them all in Canada, move them all offshore, hybrid situations)
• Identify and evaluate alternate supply modes in China, such as: sourcing, joint venture (JV), wholly-owned subsidiary or "wholly-owned foreign enterprise" (WOFE)
• Identify and evaluate potential industrial partners in China
• Obtain licenses and permits to set up a legal entity in China
• Negotiate with suppliers or potential partners
• Identify and evaluate alternate locations: construction (availability, cost, delivery lead times...), labour (cost, availability, quality...), taxation, logistics and transportation, etc.
• Adapt their organizational capabilities and innovation processes to their Chinese strategy
• Start up production units in China (technology and/or tooling transfers, hiring and training)
• Organize, monitor and control production (defining quality standards, establishing quality controls, monitoring order processes and export logistics from China)
• Evaluate the market potential of their products in China (demand and customer, market segmentation, supply chain and competition analysis)
• Identify and evaluate alternate distribution options in China
• Implement distribution networks in China

Contact us!

For a detailed presentation of our services or for further information, contact J-P Thiéblot in our Montréal office at (514) 861-0809, Ext. 1250, or at our Québec City office at (418) 626-2360.