Episode 7- Home development

On the way to Home Furniture & Home Décoration China Fair- 18 March 2007


BIG BIG Fair!


Mickey Mouse furniture, anyone?


Yong Xiang Furniture- 18 March 2007



The making of sofa in progress.


A complete set!

This episode, the students visits a Furniture Fair as well as a local furniture company called Yong Xiang Furniture Factory that is located in Shunde. Students spend about 2 hours roaming the Fair by themselves.

At Yong Xiang, a lady gives a short tour and a briefing to the students. The briefing includes details about materials used to make the sofa, cost of production per month, sales each month etc…Glenda finds out the reason for the separation of the 2 factory outlets. The separation is actually to avoid pollution. Glenda also realizes that in order to improve competitiveness, Yong Xiang does customization of sofas as well. This occur to Glenda that one has to be flexible in doing business in order to succeed.