This is a guest post by Jo Van Landeghem, Quality and Safety manager for global retailer C&A. Jo and I have exchanged emails a few times and I like his approach that I find refreshing and interesting. -- What is Quality? Calidad, … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
Testing the Concept (New Product Development) – (Developing a New Product Series Part 4)
This is the 4th in the series of 19 articles helping you through the New Product Development process. We will be moving on to the third phase now: Phase Objectives Concept testing is carried out after the idea screening. The … [Read more...]
The Stage ‘Gate’ Review Meeting in the NPD Process – (Developing a New Product Series Part 3)
In the previous article, we mentioned that there should be a Stage Gate Review meeting between each of the development phases. Here in part 3 of the series, we will look at the guidelines for these Stage Gate Reviews. (Don't forget that you … [Read more...]
Screening Ideas for New Product Launch – (Developing a New Product Series Part 2)
This is the second in the series of articles helping you through the New Product Development process. Phase 1 (idea generation) was described here. (Don't forget that you can see the whole series on developing a new product here). Here … [Read more...]
Reducing the Costs of Poor Quality in China [Conference]
If you import products from China, have you calculated what poor quality costs you? As the buyer, you probably have to pay for: QC inspections (because you can't trust your suppliers' quality) Unsellable products that you receive … [Read more...]
Developing your own Product and Getting it to Market – (Developing a New Product Series Part 1)
One popular method to follow when developing your new product is to apply a phased step process as developed by Robert G Cooper. The different phases are shown in the diagram below. We are kicking off a series of articles that will … [Read more...]
5 Trends for the Quality Profession when Dealing with Chinese Suppliers
I was invited to contribute an article to the Retail Sourcing Report prepared quarterly by CBX Software. Here is a presentation of that report: CBX Software’s Retail Sourcing Report provides research and analysis aimed at informing … [Read more...]
Chinese Supplier Background Check: How useful is it?
I wrote before about ways to run a background check on a Chinese company. We recently had an interesting experience and it serves as an interesting example for those buyers who are afraid of lies and trickeries so common in this part of the … [Read more...]
Comparing Wages Across Asia to Make Sourcing Decisions
When choosing whether or not to source from a given country, many factors should be considered: the proximity of materials & components suppliers, the network of processing and assembly factories, infrastructure, wage levels, labor … [Read more...]
How to Fire Bad Managers in a Chinese Factory
In our consulting work, clients often ask us about the most frequent reason why improvement projects fail. The response is always the same: "A few managers will resist any form of change and will block any improvement initiative. If the … [Read more...]
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