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How Automation Shapes the Future of Manufacturing and Distribution. [Book Discussion]

August 30, 2024 by Adrian Leighton

How Automation Shapes the Future of Manufacturing and Distribution. [Book Discussion]

Renaud recently read Christopher Mims' book, Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door, Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy, which explores the global supply chains responsible for getting products from factories in Asia … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supply Chain Tagged With: automation, books, logistics, supply chain management

New Product Launch: Planning & Discovery Phases Are So Important 

July 26, 2023 by Renaud Anjoran

New Product Launch Planning Discovery Phases Are So Important

I read an interesting book recently: How big things get done, by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner. The authors have amassed a large database of “big projects” — from roads and high-speed train lines to airports and nuclear power plants — … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: books, DFM, new product launch

Benefits of Product Design Optimization (Taguchi Method)

March 27, 2023 by Renaud Anjoran

Benefits of Product Design Optimization (Taguchi Method)

I wrote extensively about ways to proactively improve a product's design, in order to avoid quality, reliability, and safety issues. It involves reliability engineering, fail safe designs, and a variety of other objectives to take into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: books, new product development, product design

How Running China like a Business is the Recipe for Economic Domination

December 2, 2022 by Adrian Leighton

How Running China like a Business is the Recipe for Economic Domination

Dr. Allen J. Morrison & Dr. J. Stewart Black are two American leadership, strategy, business and manufacturing experts who have recently written a new book "Enterprise China: Adopting a Competitive Strategy for Business Success" which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China Insights Tagged With: books, diversifying sources, sourcing from china

How good DFM and DFA Help with Production Cost & Quality

June 21, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

product design for manufacture and assembly

I have been reading 'the' reference textbook on the concepts of DFM and DFA (design for manufacturing and design for assembly). It's great for design engineers (especially on the mechanical side), for NPI program managers, and for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: books, DFA, DFM, new product development, NPI, product design

A Textbook on Design for Manufacturing and the NPI Process (EVT-DVT-PVT)

February 22, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

A Textbook on Design for Manufacturing and the NPI Process (EVT-DVT-PVT)

I am halfway through this book and I thought many readers would enjoy it: Product Realization: Going from One to a Million by Anna C. Thornton. Here is the book's presentation by its publisher: Product Realization: Going from One to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: books, DFM, DVT, EVT, new product development, new product introduction, NPI, NPI process, product design, PVT

Fixing Problems at the Root: ‘Upstream Thinking’

March 28, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Fixing Problems at the Root: 'Upstream Thinking'

I have been enjoying the book Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath. It is not really a business book, as it covers many examples outside of business, but it does a great job of arguing in favor addressing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Process Improvement Tagged With: books, fixing problems, root cause analysis, upstream thinking

A Good Way To Analyze Data to Drive Process Improvements

January 13, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

measures of success mark graban

I just read the book Measures of Success by Mark Graban, and I found it does a great job of covering the basics of how managers should work with data. His whole approach is largely based on concepts from Don Wheeler's books. If you are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Process Improvement Tagged With: books, data, process improvement, process improvement tools, process improvements, root cause analysis


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This is a blog written by Renaud Anjoran, an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer who has been involved in chinese manufacturing since 2005, and his team.

He is the CEO of The Sofeast Group.

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