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Benefits of Product Design Optimization (Taguchi Method)

March 27, 2023 by Renaud AnjoranLeave a Comment

Benefits of Product Design Optimization (Taguchi Method)

I wrote extensively about ways to proactively improve a product's design, in order to avoid quality, reliability, and safety issues. It involves reliability engineering, fail safe designs, and a variety of other objectives to take into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: books, new product development, product design

Why the AQL Inspection System Is Still So Widespread

March 21, 2023 by Renaud AnjoranLeave a Comment

Why the AQL Inspection System Is Still So Widespread

In the 1930s, some smart statisticians at Bell Labs worked on an amazing amount of manual calculations to suggest sampling plans for product quality inspections. Over time, it became the topic of MIL STD standards and one of those plans … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Quality Control Tips Tagged With: 100% inspection, AQL, random sampling aql inspection

A Guide… To Guiding! How To Be Effective As A Quality Audit Guide? (with special focus on IATF 16949)

March 14, 2023 by Renaud AnjoranLeave a Comment

A Guide… To Guiding! How To Be Effective As A Quality Audit Guide? (with special focus on IATF 16949)

Guest post by Brad Pritts - a followup to How To Prepare For A Factory Audit? Note from Renaud: Let's say your factory is undergoing a quality audit requested by your customer. The auditor will arrive and you are advised to have a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: factory audit tips, guiding auditors, quality audit

How To Prepare For A Factory Audit?

March 7, 2023 by Renaud AnjoranLeave a Comment

How To Prepare For A Factory Audit?

From time to time, someone asks me for advice on how to prepare for a factory audit. Since we have run an auditing service for years, we have a few ideas about this. I collected some of my usual advice in this article*. *(I am assuming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: audits, factory audit tips, social compliance audits

Assembly Fixtures: A Valuable Productivity and Quality Tool

March 3, 2023 by Renaud AnjoranLeave a Comment

Assembly Fixtures: A Valuable Productivity and Quality Tool

  Assembly fixtures are very important tools used in the factory to provide better quality, faster, and cheaper production. Almost every importer will like the sound of those benefits! Checking fixtures are similar, but they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In The Factory Tagged With: fixtures, process engineering, process improvement, Quality

Process Engineering: Limitations of Most Chinese Suppliers

February 27, 2023 by Renaud AnjoranLeave a Comment

Process Engineering: Limitations of Most Chinese Suppliers

Recently we were discussing a project with a client whose engineers have been struggling with some key mechanical elements, due (in part) to a lack of precision of those elements. What happened? They have been requesting samples from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Process Improvement Tagged With: define tolerances, mechanical parts, process engineering, sourcing from china

6 Tips To Combat Common Recurring Quality Issues From Your Supplier

February 24, 2023 by Renaud Anjoran

6 Tips To Combat Common Recurring Quality Issues From Your Supplier

What happens if your supplier keeps manufacturing products with various defects, even though you have a quality standard that outlines your expectations? This tends to happen for the same reasons, so here are 6 tips to help you avoid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Quality Control Tips Tagged With: AQL, design defects, manufacturing defects, product quality

How USA & Canada SME Importers Feel about China in early 2023

February 14, 2023 by Renaud Anjoran

How USA & Canada SME Importers feel about China (in early 2023)

I recently got back from a trip in the Southwest and Northeast of the USA (for about 3 weeks), and in East Canada (for about 2 weeks). I haven't met a lot of clients for years (or ever) due to difficult traveling, so it was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supply Chain Tagged With: north america, sourcing from china, US-China trade war

Sourcing New Suppliers: 4 Key Risks You Need To Eliminate

February 8, 2023 by Renaud Anjoran

Sourcing New Suppliers: Four Key Risks You Need To Eliminate

Sourcing new suppliers in Asia to outsource your product development and/or manufacturing to is a very common activity for many businesses. But for buyers who are new to sourcing from Asia, the process can be worrying. Are you able to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: minimizing risks, sourcing tips

Why Following A Comprehensive NPI Process Pays Dividends And How Involved Buyers Need To Be

February 1, 2023 by Renaud Anjoran

Why Following A Comprehensive NPI Process Pays Dividends And How Involved Buyers Need To Be

New product introduction is a complex process to master, and SMEs and hardware startups we often work with find it very challenging and seek our help to devise and manage the different steps in order to get into mass production on time, on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: new product development process, new product introduction, NPI

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