An Industrial Secret of Ceramic Factory

Originally Written by Joy on 21/8/2016

Since some buyers keeps on bargaining for lower price for ceramics, I sincerely feel imperative to reveal some secrets of ceramic factory.

1. Rejection rate determines price.

Ceramic is distinctive compared to other materials like plastic or stainless steel. After being fired in the kiln at 1200~1380℃, many defects (cracks, pinholes, stains, grogs, debris, breaching) would took place randomly.

While the rejection rate from each factory and even each batch of output varies. Some output have 92% passing goods while others rejection rate is more than 50%.

That means, sometimes when factory agrees to give 10% discount to customer, however under the table, 10% rejects would be loaded in container.

2. Most factory workers especially those in quality selection department are paid by piece. That means for the workers, speed is money, quality is minor.

Many times, no matter how many times customer emphasizes the factory boss or sales to take care of quality, the received goods are far from satisfaction. Because quality is not something they can control.

That is also why third-party monitors like Joy and Ben are of crucial importance to the outcome that only standard quantity goods to be delivered.

3.Though many factories have been established decades ago, most workers are newly recruited on annual basis. That''''s to say, even in those long history factories, the labors are not as experienced as you expected.

Best regards,
Joy