The Case Against the Factory Visit — and the Four Occasions That Justify the Flight
Site visits to Chinese CNC suppliers have become a reflex, and a costly one. This opinion-led assessment sets desktop audits, third-party inspection and in-person visits against each other, explains what a shop-floor walk can genuinely prove, and identifies the narrow set of circumstances in which a UK buyer should absorb the airfare, the time-zone damage and the four lost days.