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| • Where is MFI Based? |
| • MFI has offices in Los Angeles, USA as well as an office in Taipei, Taiwan ROC. |
| • What Countries Does MFI Operate in? |
| • MFI currently has representatives operating in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. |
| • What are MFI's Qualifications? |
| • MFI services are derived from strong academic backgrounds honed through years of business experience and application. All MFI consultants have advanced degrees in business and regional studies with tenured work experience in the Asia Pacific Region. We know Asia and we know business. |
| • How Can MFI Help My Business in Asia? |
| • MFI offers strategic solutions based on research and regional experience that can increase project efficiency while lowering financial risk and exposure. Our custom tailored services make it possible for US companies to successfully compete in the Asia Pacific market. |
| • What is Market Analysis? |
| • Market analysis is a documented investigation that assesses target population, competition, and demand for a product or service. |
| • Does My Business Need Further Market Analysis? |
| • Knowledge is the key to success in any business. A detailed market analysis will give you the proper foundation and tools to understand a foreign marketplace and identify business opportunities. Knowing your market's needs and how it is currently serviced provides you with key information that is essential in developing your business. |
| • How Can MFI Help? |
| • With local access to unaltered foreign data and trends, MFI can give you the insight and edge you need to be successful. Our detailed analyses give accurate and current depictions of market size, growth rate, trends, profitability, distribution, and cost structures. |
| • What is Marketing Strategy? |
| • Marketing Strategy is a process that allows a business to concentrate its limited resources on the greatest opportunities to increase sales and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. |
| • Does My Business Need a Marketing Strategy? |
| • When entering into a new market arena, a good marketing strategy can provide specific goals for positioning, pricing, distribution, and promotion. Focus and preparation are even more essential when operating in an unknown or foreign environment. |
| • How Can MFI Help? |
| • MFI, with its diverse connections in industry and media across the Asia Pacific Region, can help establish and develop a marketing strategy that can allow market penetration as well as long term brand recognition and growth. |
| • What is Export Compliance? |
| • Export Compliance is the act of following U.S. export controls and regulations (ITAR & EAR) during export transactions. |
| • Does My Business Need Export Compliance? |
| • All companies must ensure their exports are conducted legally. Compliance not only involves controlled goods and technologies, but it also involves restrictions on shipping to certain countries, companies, organizations, and/or individuals. If you export, you need Export Compliance; no exceptions. |
| • How Can MFI Help? |
| • MFI offers a broad array of Export Compliance services. From risk assessment and auditing services to that of training, MFI can help you design and maintain an effective compliance program. |
| • What is Project Management? |
| • Project Management is the methods and disciplines used to plan, budget, co-ordinate, monitor, and control a project in order to bring about both its completion and defined goals. |
| • Does My Business Need Project Management? |
| • In all successful ventures or projects success stems from solid planning and diligent management. In a multi-cultural environment spanning continents, detailed organization and management can become extremely difficult and nigh impossible without proper regional experience or training. |
| • How Can MFI Help? |
| • MFI has the experience, tools, and relationships to control and maintain all your transpacific projects. We offer detailed program management through all phases of production, and we know the logistics of market entry and product campaigns. MFI has the solution you need. |
| • What is Vendor Management? |
| • Vendor management is methods and disciplines used to coordinate, monitor, and maintain production schedules and delivery of a product or service. |
| • Does My Business Need Vendor Management? |
| • Monitoring vendors overseas can be difficult with both time zone differences and language barriers. The added challenge of working with the diverse quality standards produced in Asia further complicates this issue. Without a properly equipped staff, sourcing abroad can bring with it a great amount of risk. |
| • How Can MFI Help? |
| • MFI understands the pitfalls to outsourcing in Asia. We offer detailed production monitoring to prevent any unexpected delays in delivery along with on-site QA inspections services. MFI reduces your risk while improving efficiency so your products meet quality specifications and are delivered on time. |
| • What is a Liaison Service? |
| • Liaison services assist in and maintain communication between two organizations. |
| • Does My Business Need a Liaison Service? |
| • Communication across time zones coupled with language and cultural barriers often make it difficult to get across even the simplest of meanings. Without a proper understanding of regional language and culture, this taken into the business world is a recipe for disaster. |
| • What Countries Does MFI Operate in? |
| • MFI currently supports services in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. |
| • How Can MFI help? |
| • MFI offers a broad range of services that help facilitate communication, from E-mail translation and forwarding to foreign follow-up calls. We provide a detailed record of all communication to help you get the answers you need so there are no surprises! |
| • What Type Language Courses Does MFI Offer? |
| • MFI offers beginner, intermediate, and advanced language study for working professionals and firms. We offer a variety of class curriculum custom tailored to address your business needs and goals. |
| • What Languages are Available? |
| • MFI Currently only offers Mandarin Chinese (Simplified or Traditional). |
| • Where in The United States are Language Courses Available? |
| • MFI long-term classes are currently only available in the Los Angeles area. For daily seminars, please see cultural training and Seminar section. |
| • What Qualifications Do MFI instructors have? |
| • MFI's instructors hold advanced degrees in Chinese language and literature with vast bilingual teaching experience and language learning methods. |
| • What is Localization? |
| • Localization, in the broad sense, is the customization of a product or documentation for a particular country. This includes the translation of written material into the native spoken language as well as changes in name, marketing, or appearance to best suit the target country. |
| • Does My Business or Products Need Localization? |
| • A product or its marketing design often lose connotation or implied meaning when being directly translated into a different language or culture. In the past, this has seen some disastrous results that could have been prevented. With proper localization, your company and its products can smoothly bridge cultural diversity. |
| • How Can MFI help? |
| • MFI, with its team of experienced multi-national consultants, can help a western-based product or idea smoothly integrate into an eastern concept more easily accepted by Asian cultures. MFI integration by localization! |
| • What Languages Does MFI Support? |
| • MFI currently supports translation services for Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese, and Korean. |
| • What Types of Material Does MFI Translate? |
| • MFI's translation services covers the entire spectrum of written works, including: correspondence, contracts, marketing material, thesis and research papers, technical documents, formal letters and memos, press releases, etc. |
| • What Qualifications Do MFI's Translators Have? |
| • MFI's translators hold advanced degrees in foreign languages and literature, business, and/or marketing. Each translator has more than 5 years individual and professional translation experience. |
| • I Don't Know the Language, How Can I be Sure Its Accurate? |
| • All MFI translations undergo a stringent quality process to assure you get the most accurate and appropriate results. Every document is reviewed by 3 qualified linguists, one for each respective step: translation, editing, and comparative proofreading. The result is always a well-developed, smooth, and accurate translation; MFI takes care of the details so you don't have to! |
| • What is Foreign Business Etiquette? |
| • International business etiquette is a system of rules that govern the forms, manners, and ceremonies considered socially acceptable while conducting business involving foreign cultures. |
| • Does My Business or Sales Staff Need Training? |
| • As the global market becomes an increasingly important part of US-based companies’ sales growth, so does the importance on how you are viewed by international customers. The most important element of a successful business lies in the respect for regional, country, and cultural differences. Being perceived in the wrong way can have long term effects on both your image and your reputation. |
| • What Asian Regions Does MFI Offer Training Seminars For? |
| • MFI currently offers international business etiquette seminars for China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. |
| • Does My Business or Sales Staff Need Training? |
| • As the global market becomes an increasingly important part of US-based companies’ sales, so does the importance on how you are viewed by international customers. The most important element of a successful business lies in the respect for regional, country, and cultural differences. Being perceived in the wrong way can have long term effects on both your image and your reputation. |
| • What Asian Regions Does MFI Offer Training Seminars For? |
| • MFI currently offers international business language and culture seminars for China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. |
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