A few days ago I published What Needs to Be Done Before Production Starts. I was careful to mention what is commonly done, not very common, or very seldom seen in Chinese factories. I guess most importers of consumer goods thought "we … [Read more...]
How to Check 100% of a Small Production Batch Before Shipment
As more and more companies purchase goods in China and sell them under the "Fulfilment By Amazon" model, we get more request for checking 100% of a production batch. And, to a certain extent, it does make sense. As I wrote before, FBA … [Read more...]
Managing Assembly for your Production in China
It often makes sense to let your supplier handle the final assembly, final testing & inspection, packing, and shipping processes (which I will collectively refer to as “assembly” in this article). Here are a few examples of cases … [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...]
What IT System for Managing Quality Inspections to Choose?
I have talked with people from many different companies that employ an inspection team. The way their quality department is organized can differ a great deal. But some elements are the same across 98% of companies. When it comes to … [Read more...]
QC Inspections: Why some Points are NOT Checked on All Samples
When it comes to random inspections (usually conducted based on AQL tables), the inspector has to check a certain number of pieces. For example, if there are 5,000 pieces in the whole batch, he/she has to check 200 pieces (in normal … [Read more...]
Defect List vs. Checkpoint List
I noticed many people confuse two things: the list of potential defects, and the list of checkpoints to follow during an inspection. What I see very often is a list of potential defects, but no list of checkpoints. There are 2 main … [Read more...]
3 Challenges Ahead for China Procurement Offices
The procurement offices (also called buying offices or sourcing offices) of medium to large size companies that import from China all seem to be under intense pressure. Many are restructuring, slimming down or on the contrary internalizing … [Read more...]
QC Inspections for Hand-Made vs. Machined Products
A reader asked me an interesting question: Every article I read on your blog assumes machined manufacturing and I wondered how would quality control be different with handmade products where human factor play the most important … [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...]
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