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Reliability Data: How To Collect It, Make Better Products, And Cut Costs

September 23, 2023 by Adrian LeightonLeave a Comment

Reliability Data: How To Collect It, Make Better Products, And Cut Costs

What is reliability data and how can it be gathered and used to help you make better products and/or reduce your production costs? Let's find out...   Prefer listening to reading? Listen to the audio here.   What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Product Reliability

Why You Need Mature Product Designs BEFORE You Find A Chinese Manufacturer

September 15, 2023 by Adrian LeightonLeave a Comment

Why You Need Mature Product Designs BEFORE You Find A Chinese Manufacturer

Find out where you need to be with new product designs before you approach Chinese manufacturers. We go through why immature designs are so risky and the work involved in getting designs that can be 'industrialized,' as well as pointing out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Product Design Tagged With: feasibility study, industrial design, mature product designs

How Importers From Asia Can Build Better Systems & Processes

September 8, 2023 by Adrian LeightonLeave a Comment

How Importers From Asia Can Build Better Systems & Processes

E-commerce expert and host of the popular 'The Seller Process' podcast, Gianmarco Meli, shares his advice for SMEs who import products from Asia about building better systems and processes for your company if you're selling online via … [Read more...]

Filed Under: E-Commerce Tagged With: e-commerce sellers, improving systems, process improvement, sourcing tips

What is a Feasibility Study (during new product development)?

September 1, 2023 by Adrian LeightonLeave a Comment

What is a Feasibility Study (during new product development)?

We're exploring what a feasibility study for new products is, its benefits, and everything you need to know in order to implement yours. This will really help you to identify potential issues long before you manufacture your product, saving … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: feasibility study, product concept, product testing

How The Taguchi Method Leads To Consistently-Manufactured Products

August 18, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

How The Taguchi Method Leads To Consistently-Manufactured Products

The Taguchi method is a tool used in engineering and manufacturing to improve product and process quality and reduce defects at an early stage. It is a statistical analysis approach used early in the product development process that reduces … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Statistical Analysis Tagged With: new product development, process improvement, quality improvement, robust design, taguchi method

Cheap Battery Risks And Why New Laws Mean Their Days Are Numbered

August 11, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

China-based British compliance expert, Clive Greenwood, gives us the lowdown on why cheap batteries from China are risky and can be dangerous for consumers, and how compliance laws are changing so that using them in future will be almost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Compliance Tagged With: EU regulations, lithium-ion batteries, product compliance, product safety

Analyzing Reliability Problems in the News Recently: Titan Sub and Siemens Gamesa Wind Turbines

August 4, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

Analyzing Reliability problems in the news recently: Titan sub & Siemens Gamesa wind turbines

We explore two high-profile product reliability problems that have been in the news recently: the destruction of the Oceangate Titan submersible that catastrophically imploded near the wreck of the Titanic and the reliability failures of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Product Reliability Tagged With: product reliability, product reliability testing, reliability failures

EU Product Chemical Compliance and Tips for Buyers

July 28, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

Introducing EU Product Compliance & Tips for Buyers

Renaud welcomes our friend Fredrik Grönkvist of Compliancegate.com to discuss EU product compliance, in particular, harmful substances of note, common regulations or directives you need to comply with, and what we can learn from recent data … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Compliance Tagged With: EU regulations, importing to europe, product compliance, Sourcing

Can you be TOO trusting with your Chinese factory in the name of being partners?

July 21, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

Can you be TOO trusting with your Chinese factory in the name of being partners?

Some Western buyers who outsource their manufacturing (and product development in some cases) to Chinese suppliers think that offering a partnership where each side strives to be as friendly as possible and accommodate each other perhaps … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: chinese suppliers, manufacturing contract, supplier relationships

Answers to your questions about new product development, supplier bankruptcy, sourcing from China, and controlling product quality & reliability.

July 7, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

New product development, supplier bankruptcy, sourcing from China, and controlling product quality & reliability questions

Renaud answers four exciting questions from our podcast's listeners. We cover new product development, if and how to start purchasing and importing electronics, supplier bankruptcy, and tips for controlling product quality and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tips for buyers Tagged With: bankruptcy, new product development, product reliability, sourcing from china

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