I listed the useful articles I published between 2009 and now. This page is long! Feel free to keep scrolling to choose the categories and articles that interest you, or hit the links just below to quickly skip down to their respective … [Read more...]
What Are Your Non-Recurring Engineering Costs for Production in China?
Many importers want to have their own (customized) products made in China. One common mistake they make is forgetting to calculate the entire project costs. In particular, they forget about Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) costs -- many … [Read more...]
Your Chinese Manufacturer Can Help Improve Your Product Design!
There is a common belief among many importers that Chinese factories are unable to help during the design phase of a new product. As a result, the importer typically works on a design on his side and then asks the Chinese side to make it a … [Read more...]
4 Tips for Production Launch of an Electronic Product in China
These days it seems more and more "hardware startups" are coming to Shenzhen and working with Chinese manufacturers to launch production of electronic products. And they typically find out that their supplier hasn't prepared correctly for … [Read more...]
Managing your Product’s Life Cycle
Every product has a life cycle. Think of a car: it comes out on the market and attracts attention, then gets more common on the roads, then needs a redesign, and after some time most models' production gets stopped. When it comes to most … [Read more...]
Review your Business Performance in the Market – (Developing a New Product Series Part 19)
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...]
Commercialization of your New Product – (Developing a New Product Series Part 18)
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...]
Test Marketing before Producing a Large Batch in China – (Developing a New Product Series Part 17)
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...]
Product Packaging Considerations for your Product – (Developing a New Product Series Part 16)
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...]
Technical Data Files for China Production – (Developing a New Product Series Part 15)
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...]
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