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Review your Business Performance in the Market – (Developing a New Product Series Part 19)

May 27, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

This is the final post in our series on the New Product Development process. Let's assume you have your new product selling and business is established. It is time to review how well you have done. How is your progress compared to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developing a new product series, New Product Development

Commercialization of your New Product – (Developing a New Product Series Part 18)

May 21, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

The commercialization stage of any New Product Development process is where the ‘rubber meets the road’ and the product you are manufacturing in China gets introduced into the market. This stage is actually the final stage of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developing a new product series, New Product Development

Test Marketing before Producing a Large Batch in China – (Developing a New Product Series Part 17)

May 14, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

Let's say you have iterated successfully until you got a good prototype, and you have ensured production can run smoothly. Before making a large batch and "pushing it onto the market", it is highly advised to spend a little time on test … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developing a new product series, New Product Development

Product Packaging Considerations for your Product – (Developing a New Product Series Part 16)

May 8, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

Many importers take the time to define their product expectations and to get good pre-production samples from their Chinese suppliers, but completely forget to specify the type of product packaging required. We classified this under … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developing a new product series, New Product Development Tagged With: packaging, types of packaging, uses of packaging

Technical Data Files for China Production – (Developing a New Product Series Part 15)

April 30, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

I wrote before about the importance of writing a product specification sheet. It is the bare minimum every importer should document. However, if you develop your own product and have it made in China, you should document additional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developing a new product series, New Product Development

Safety and Regulation Requirements china – (Developing a New Product Series Part 14)

April 28, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

Many companies develop a new product but totally overlook the safety and regulatory requirements that will apply to that new product. We have pulled some information from different sources to give you an idea of what to look out for here in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developing a new product series, New Product Development

Assembly Review after an Initial Product Build – (Developing a New Product Series Part 13)

April 23, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

Once a first assembly job has been completed, it is time to review the results. It is not only a matter of checking quality and giving feedback to the Chinese factory as you'll discover here in phase 5.8. (Remember that you can see the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developing a new product series, New Product Development

Initial Product Build – (Developing a New Product Series Part 12)

April 22, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

In phase 5.7 of developing a new product once a prototype has been tested, design iterations have taken place, and tooling is ready (if applicable), it is time to test whether quality products can be made at the right speed in the Chinese … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developing a new product series, New Product Development

Build Of Pre-Production Tooling – (Developing a New Product Series Part 11)

April 16, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

In many cases, manufacturing a new product necessitates the preparation of custom tooling. Therefore phase 5.6 is an important step. (Don't forget that you can see the whole series on developing a new product here.) The output from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developing a new product series, New Product Development

Design Review Iterations (New Product Development) – (Developing a New Product Series Part 10)

April 14, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

After building a prototype and subjecting it to functional tests, you will likely need to make revisions from both a functional standpoint in order to ensure the product actually meets the business goals as well as from a product … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developing a new product series, New Product Development

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