If you are purchasing products that are quite standard for the manufacturer and if the processes involved are simple, you can do like most importers: approve pre-production samples, write down the specifications, issue a purchase order, and … [Read more...]
How to Avoid Frightening a Factory with a Quality Inspection
Chinese suppliers are often quite flexible when they want a new customer's business. But they often refuse small orders, or orders with a low price, if they are afraid they will be "problem orders". One thing that frightens them is the … [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...]
Aligning and Calibrating In-Line and Final Inspections
Many companies employ a few inspectors in China and, in parallel, pay third-party quality assurance agencies. It makes a lot of sense but is not always done right. Usually, the roles are divided as follows. The in-house QA … [Read more...]
A Few Basic Guidelines for Inspections [Photos]
I usually can't show photos of the work we do since we are bound to confidentiality. But I have taken a few photos outside of work that I like. Guideline #1: Inspect Each Point Only Once In this photo, an airline company does its own … [Read more...]
How to Solve Your China Production Problems
As I wrote many times in past articles, it is difficult for most Chinese organizations to improve quality. And yet, simple tools have been widely known for several decades and can help greatly with improvement. Amazingly, most Chinese … [Read more...]
QC Reporting: How Much Detail Do You Need?
Quality inspectors in different companies work in different ways. One important difference lies in the way they report their findings. Some don't report anything in written form, while others spend 2 hours a day doing paperwork. I can't … [Read more...]
How Technology Will Support Quality Control [Infographic]
A few months ago we showed how the QC inspector job would get easier with the help of a mobile app. Today we want to show how the right technology will allow quality control departments to be better organized and to cut lead … [Read more...]
How to Prevent the Factory from Swapping the Goods after Inspection
In general, inspectors leave the factory after their job. They seldom wait for the goods to be repacked. There is an obvious risk: the manufacturer might swap the goods (for example, present a good batch for inspection and then ship a bad … [Read more...]
How HALT and HASS Can Help your Product Development Efforts
HALT and HASS are accelerated product reliability testing methods focused on finding potential defects in products. These acronyms stand for: HALT – Highly Accelerated Life Test HASS – Highly Accelerated Stress Screen If you are … [Read more...]
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