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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

ISTA Testing: Do It And Stop Worrying About Product Damage In Transit

February 17, 2023 by Andrew Amirnovin

ISTA Testing Do It And Stop Worrying About Product Damage In Transit

After investing such a lot of time and money into designing, developing, and finally mass-producing their new products, importers don't want their packaging to be the weak link; and that's where ISTA testing comes in. Imagine that a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Logistics Tagged With: ista testing, packaging, reducing damaged products, shipping

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

Patents For Hardware Products: When Do You Need Them?

February 10, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

Patents For Hardware Products: When Do You Need Them?

Inventors, hardware startups, and other businesses with a new hardware product concept that they are aiming to bring to market are usually worried about protecting their product IP. One common question is about the need for patents for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IP Protection Tagged With: intellectual property, new product launch, patents

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

Answer these 11 Questions before you work with a Contract Manufacturer in China

February 3, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

Answer these 11 Questions before you work with a Contract Manufacturer in China

This post is for buyers who are sourcing a contract manufacturer in China for electronics, mechanical products, and other types of hard goods. In order to find a suitable CM who is a good fit and can be relied on, you need answers to these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: contract manufacturers, sourcing new suppliers

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

7 Key Product Tests You Need To Use

January 27, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

7 Key Product Tests You Need To Use

Using the 80/20 rule, senior engineer Paul Adams uses his own decades of experience to explore the 7 product tests (for hard goods, mainly) that have stood the test of time for him throughout his career because these few tests tend to … [Read more...]

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UL Certification: Does Our Product Need It?

January 25, 2023 by Andrew Amirnovin

UL Certification: Does Our Product Need It?

Sofeast's head of New Product Development and resident product reliability expert, Andrew Amirnovin, provides this introduction to UL certification. You'll learn what this testing is for, the kinds of products involved, who requires it, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Certifications Tagged With: compliance testing, product safety, safety certifications, ul

A Logical Development Roadmap for New Hardware Products

January 23, 2023 by Renaud Anjoran

A Logical Development Roadmap for New Hardware Products

I enjoyed reading the book Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making and I started suggesting it to some of our clients. The most interesting takeaway is the development roadmap that the author suggests is typical for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: hardware products, new product development

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