In this episode… Andy Bartlett, a UK-based product designer, joins Renaud again to discuss the industrial design process in detail. Following on from a recent episode where he introduced what industrial design is and how to work with … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2022
How To Build Relationships With Suppliers? [Podcast]
In this episode… In this series of episodes, we’re exploring how to do your own sourcing from China, from finding suppliers for your products to getting them made. Today, how to build relationships with suppliers! It includes hard … [Read more...]
How To Keep Your China Factories’ Identities Secret
Last week I wrote How To Push a Chinese or Vietnamese Supplier for Supply Chain Transparency. And, of course, pushing suppliers for transparency is hard: In the vast majority of cases, Chinese suppliers (and, to a lesser extent, those in … [Read more...]
What Are The Long-Term Costs of Poor Quality & Reliability? [Podcast]
In this episode… Renaud is joined this week by two interesting guests who've been on the podcast before: Clive Greenwood a quality consultant at WWMG associates who is a Six Sigma Black Belt and has a special focus on medical devices and … [Read more...]
How To Push a Chinese or Vietnamese Supplier for Supply Chain Transparency
As I have noted multiple times in the past, supply chain transparency, or at least the growing requirement for transparency, is a megatrend. More and more, buyers will need to know who makes the critical components, where those factories … [Read more...]
What Does An Industrial Designer Do? [Podcast]
In this episode… British product designer Andy Bartlett guests on the podcast to explore industrial design in detail. An industrial designer is one of the important players in realizing your product concept and developing it so it is … [Read more...]
Fabrication and Assembly Under the Same Roof: Benefits & Limitations
Every week, several importing companies that are looking for a supplier reach out to us for help. In the past month, 3 or 4 of them were looking for a manufacturer for their new electronic product, and they had a specific request. They were … [Read more...]