Two years ago in June 2020 international sea freight costs started their slow climb to unprecedented levels. No importers with supply chains abroad were safe from ballooning costs. Shipping from any manufacturing hub was affected, … [Read more...]
What Does A Good QA Program For New Electronic Products Include? [Podcast]
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In this episode… Renaud and Adrian explore what a good Quality Assurance program for new electronic products looks like. Any new products have greater risks, and in many cases, importers haven't been able to visit Chinese suppliers … [Read more...]
Planning for Quality & Compliance at the Product Design Stage: 3 Topics You MUST Focus On
A reader asked what he should pay attention to when he starts to work on a new product in order to avoid a very large “dumb tax” in the future. This is a good question, as there are many activities to undertake that will help your … [Read more...]
EU importer? Get ready for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation! (Part 1)
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In this episode… Sofeast CEO Renaud is joined again by Clive Greenwood of SMC GLOBAL Manufacturing Consultants, to talk about new EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation that requires businesses to improve their circularity, … [Read more...]
Basics of Supplier Quality Management: A Good Training & Book
From time to time, I skim through a book or training that covers a topic to see if there is a new angle that we might benefit from. This time, I picked the training entitled Seven Essentials in Supplier Quality Management by Evelyn Tan, … [Read more...]
Why You Need To Know Who’s In Your Supply Chain [Podcast]
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In this episode… Consider this: If you don't know who's making your key components or product itself, or even where they are, how can you be sure that your product will be of acceptable quality or compliant with market … [Read more...]
How To Verify that a Component’s FCC or CE Certificate is Legitimate?
If you are developing a new product, you need to pick standard off-the-shelf components and modules as much as possible and you need to consider compliance at this stage. If your product will include electronic components and will need … [Read more...]
How to Improve Product Quality from your Supplier? (6 tips) [Podcast]
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In this episode… Renaud explores how to improve the product quality you're getting from suppliers who you sourced and are now actively working with. This is a continuation of our series of podcast episodes on how to do your own … [Read more...]
Is It Possible To Get Credit from a Chinese Supplier?
We sometimes get this question from clients who don't have a long experience of working with Chinese suppliers: We have been customers for a long time but they still refuse to give us credit. Is that typical/normal? And the short answer … [Read more...]
The New Apparel Development & Production Process [Podcast]
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In this episode… Renaud is joined by another special guest, Belinda Jacobs founder of Techpacks.co, a company that has been helping soft goods designers and brands improve production & decrease waste, through tech packs since 2016. … [Read more...]
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