What is driving China's tech dominance? How are they innovating today? Who are some key tech industry leaders? How is technology caught up in the US-China trade war? We answer these, and more, questions here as we look into how China rose … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2024
Switch Away from a Manufacturer at the First Signs of Trouble
I found myself warning a lot of companies recently about working with unsuitable manufacturers, and I thought I’d write about it. It usually unfolds this way: The buyer designs a new product and finds a manufacturer located in China … [Read more...]
10 Horror Stories Buyers from China Face (and How to Overcome them)
Everyone has heard worrying stories about when things go wrong with Chinese suppliers, and they can be true. You could be affected if you're just plain unlucky, but you can take steps to avoid the risks of being scammed, IP being misused, … [Read more...]
Why Quality Fade Is A Danger We May Not See Coming
Quality Fade is an insidious practice where the supplier reduces your product quality over time almost imperceptibly in order to cut costs and make more profit. We can all agree that being supplied with products that don't reach our quality … [Read more...]
How to protect PCBAs in electronic products?
An electronic product's PCBA is its heart and nerve center rolled into one. It is the circuit board that contains crucial components that allow the device to think, move, operate, and function as normal. So, it stands to reason that it … [Read more...]