These days it seems more and more "hardware startups" are coming to Shenzhen and working with Chinese manufacturers to launch production of electronic products. And they typically find out that their supplier hasn't prepared correctly for … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
Surviving Higher Costs in China: Conference in Guangzhou
If you are in South China in early December and if you have an interest in sourcing-related issues, you should consider attending this conference organized by the European Chamber of Commerce: Profitable Sourcing – How to survive in a … [Read more...]
Managing QC Inspectors, Part 5: Avoiding Bribery
This is the fifth part in the series about the management of QC inspectors in China. I touched on the evaluation of quality inspectors, and it naturally brings up the topic of bribery. How big of a problem is corruption of inspectors in … [Read more...]
How HALT and HASS Can Help your Product Development Efforts
HALT and HASS are accelerated product reliability testing methods focused on finding potential defects in products. These acronyms stand for: HALT – Highly Accelerated Life Test HASS – Highly Accelerated Stress Screen If you are … [Read more...]
Managing QC Inspectors, Part 4: Evaluating their Performance
This is the fourth part in the series about the management of QC inspectors in China. Let's say you have hired the right profile, you have given them the right equipment and the right checklist, and you have provided them with the right … [Read more...]
How to Get SMT Machines Running Defect Free in China?
Surface Mount Technology (SMT) flowlines are by design highly automated and each of the process steps needs to be performing at an optimum level to ensure production of printed circuit board assemblies meet the desired Key Performance … [Read more...]
Functional Tests in an SMT Flowline
We outlined what can be checked in an EMS factory before, but we didn't go into the quality control points of what is really special about them -- the SMT (Surface Mount Technology) machines. In China, I have visited all types of PCB … [Read more...]
Managing QC Inspectors, Part 3: Training, Coaching, and Auditing
This is the third part in the series about the management of QC inspectors in China. Let's focus on the activities of training, coaching, and auditing inspectors. A few years ago I listed 7 ways inspectors can fail to notice quality … [Read more...]
Managing QC Inspectors, Part 2: Checklist and Equipment
This is the second part in the series about the management of QC inspectors in China. I am looking at two very important parts of the preparation. Common shortcomings Here are a few issues that I often see: A "golden sample" is … [Read more...]
Chinese- vs. Japanese-Owned Factories in the US: Main Differences
A journalist contacted me and inquired about the differences between Chinese-owned factories (a new phenomenon) and Japanese-owned factories in the context of new plants set up in the US. Interesting topic. Not unsurprisingly, Chinese … [Read more...]
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