What to do if you didn't inspect production and you receive a shipment of unsellable products? First, check if 100% of the goods are unsellable. If not, it might be worth the cost to sort the bad pieces out. Second, check if some of … [Read more...]
Chinese Suppliers’ Poor Understanding of Statistics
In China, in many product lines, a factory that makes 95% good products is considered a good factory. And its managers will not feel ashamed. Now, let's look at it another way. A factory that ships 5 million pieces a month, at a 95% … [Read more...]
A Great Guide to Electrical Safety Tests
We just found a very nice guide published by Slaughter, a manufacturer of testing equipment. This Guide to Electrical Safety Testing is free to access on the internet. Here is what it explains: What is class I and what is class … [Read more...]
Garment and Shoe Production in Asia [Country Comparison]
A few weeks ago, I discussed garment and shoe production in Asia with an executive who has great experience in the footwear and garment industries. They shared some insights about different Asian and African countries, as far as production … [Read more...]
How to Measure the Flexibility of the Plastic You Buy in China?
A client asked how the flexibility of plastics could be tested. One of our engineers responded, and I thought it might be interesting to reproduce it here. Better quality plastics are usually more flexible. There is NO standard value … [Read more...]
Challenges in Managing Quality Inspectors in China
I stopped counting how many people complained about their company's inspectors. It seems at least half the companies that employ their own inspectors in China are unhappy about the behavior and/or their working methods of some of their QC … [Read more...]
Strategies to Keep Costs Low when Buying in China [podcast]
My friend Mike Michelini recently invited me to talk on the Global From Asia podcast and to discuss the topic of 5 Biggest Challenges in Importing from China and How to Manage Them. We spent about half the time talking about ways to avoid … [Read more...]
Are ISO 9001 Certified Suppliers the Best in China?
Here are some interesting or useful articles that I found recently. Quality Management Systems in China Explained Fredrik Grönkvist asked me the following questions about certifications to the ISO 9001 standard (and to other QMS … [Read more...]
Writing Down Measurement Findings During an Inspection
When it comes to checking garments, or precision mechanical pieces, inspectors can spend most of their time checking measurements. And, in many cases, they need to write down their findings one by one. There are few common pitfalls to … [Read more...]
Advantages and Drawbacks of the ISO/TS 16949 Standard
One of our regular readers, Brad Pritts, sent me a note about yesterday's article. I thought it was a great follow up. Here it is. -- I've been working with ISO TS 16949 since its inception, and with its predecessor, QS-9000. I'd have … [Read more...]
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