“When everything has changed, do you choose to change or not? This is a question every entrepreneur should think about day by day. ”
A wailing foreign trade group I don’t know how long it has been. WeChat’s foreign trade community is full of frustration and complaints. Some reprimanded customers for being shameless, others complained bitterly against suppliers and hooligans, some attacked peers for vicious competition, and some complained that employees were not easy to manage … In short, life was difficult.
As a 26-year-old foreign trade entrepreneur. I have experienced and experienced the ups and downs caused by changes in the foreign trade environment. But in this ups and downs, the most important thing is your strategic choice and ability training. We cannot change the environment, but we can change ourselves! Our choices and decisions determine our own future. There is no declining industry, only rigid thinking and a team afraid of challenges.
My experiences and beliefs I still remember that the first time I went abroad to expand my market was in Germany in 1994. At that time, my newborn calf was not afraid of tigers and took the exhibits to Germany alone. When I arrived at the exhibition site, I found out how shabby my shabby booth was in the European and American exhibition area.
At that time, I was standing at the gate of the booth, pandering to every passing guest and inviting them to come in for talks, but no one paid attention. The only European and American person came to my booth and saw my offer and cut the price by half. This price is far lower than my cost. When I said I couldn’t accept it, he turned his head and walked away with a dirty word in his mouth!
This matter deeply touched me! So far, it is the most profound scene in my memory. Let me realize that even in an exhibition with such good traffic and orders, if my own strength is not enough, I can’t get customers’ approval and respect just by price and flattery. I am determined to sell the best products in China and make the dignity of Chinese people! Focus on product design, channel expansion, supply chain optimization, corporate image, customer service and brand building. Persisting for more than 20 years, Pan Tai Company has gradually formed its position in the outdoor garden tools industry.
Your choice decides everything.
I have always believed that a large part of the internal problems of enterprises are strategic problems in the final analysis. Looking back 15 years ago, foreign traders did not have so many complaints. Because it was an era of foreign trade dividends, entering the foreign trade industry was a correct strategic choice. At that time, foreign trade was booming and growing at an alarming rate. Under the impetus of such a torrent of foreign trade, even if you follow the crowd, you can achieve natural growth.
However, the external environment of the foreign trade industry has long been completely different. At present, supply far exceeds demand:
1) The cost of manufacturing in China is getting higher and higher. Many European and American buyers have already started to place orders in Southeast Asia with lower manufacturing costs, such as Vietnam and Indonesia.
2) The rise of e-commerce has diverted many orders from offline to online.
3) profound changes have taken place in the industry value chain. Now many Chinese enterprises have taken the initiative to go overseas to do localization marketing. Many orders have been intercepted abroad.
The current trade war launched by the United States has further aggravated the sluggish foreign trade situation. The essence of this trade war launched by the United States is that the two factions of the American elite, one of which is the financial capital represented by Wall Street, are moving their manufacturing out of China and into Southeast Asia, where they have already laid out their plans and are waiting for harvest. The other faction wants to move Chinese manufacturing back to the United States. The so-called “let the United States great again” to achieve their political goals is to prevent China from having a good life anyway.
Four New Capabilities of Foreign Trade Under such circumstances, foreign trade enterprises need to have four new types of capabilities to survive and develop.
Capacity One: New Manufacturing Capacity. The new type of manufacturing capability I am talking about includes two types:
The first is the scientific and technological manufacturing capability of lean production. That is, revolutionary mass production and manufacturing capability to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
The second is the flexible production and manufacturing capacity that can meet the needs of diversified and fragmented markets.
Capacity 2: R&D and upgrading capability. Is the ability to develop new products that originate from the pain points of users’ core needs. Product power itself has a lot of energy, so an enterprise with the ability to research and develop new products is an enterprise with strong market appeal.
Ability 3: brand and channel internationalization ability. Is to have an international perspective, ability and determination to go to the target market and find the customers behind the existing customers. In fact, it is to transform itself into a new generation of Chinese multinational enterprises capable of brand internationalization and channel internationalization.
Ability 4: Digital marketing ability. It is the ability to use community, community, social media, e-commerce and other tools to build channels for overall marketing in the digital world.
In the next five years, only enterprises with at least one of the above four abilities can survive. Only those who master more than one ability can live well. The rest of the enterprises can only endure and wait hard, eventually being eliminated by the market.
Then look at the enterprises around us, how many have such ability?
How many people have started to build this kind of ability firmly and continuously?
If you don’t make up your mind to change yourself, 80% of the foreign trade enterprises I mentioned are waiting to die.
Original Artical，Author：China Trade Agent，if repost，please give references ：https://offers-bg.com/80-of-foreign-trade-enterprises/
