QualityInspection.org

Quality Assurance, Product Development, and Purchasing Strategies in China

  • Home
  • Articles
    • How To Manufacture A Product In China (without losing your shirt)? [Importer’s Guide]
  • Best Of
  • About Us
  • Contact us
X

Don't miss a post

It's easy to subscribe to our newsletter where you'll receive weekly updates for professional importers and manufacturers on better understanding, controlling, and improving manufacturing & supply chain in China, India, Vietnam, and beyond.

5 Key IP Protection Approaches when Manufacturing in Asia

December 16, 2022 by Renaud Anjoran

5 Key IP Protection Approaches when Manufacturing in Asia

How do you protect your product IP and business interests when doing your product development and manufacturing in Asian countries? This is a common concern for entrepreneurs, hardware startups, and SMEs, and rightly so...after all, you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IP Protection Tagged With: china copycats, IP security, manufacturing agreement, NNN agreement, product development agreement, tips for importers

How To Fight Back Against Fake Goods In China Trade Shows

November 25, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

How To Fight Back Against Fake Goods In China Trade Shows

For all the talk about improvements in China's intellectual property protection, many importers are still facing very unethical behavior from their supplier base. And nowhere is it more apparent than in trade shows. The temptation for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal System Tagged With: China, fake goods, IP, IP leakages, IP security, supplier management, trade fairs, trade shows

28 Common Problems Chinese Suppliers Cause Importers

August 19, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

28 Common Problems Chinese Suppliers Cause Importers

I was thinking of the most common problems Chinese suppliers cause for importers, especially those developing their own products. And I noticed something interesting. Most of them all linked to the way information is managed. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: chinese suppliers, common problems with Chinese suppliers, communication, IP security, lack of visibility, product development, supplier management

How to Protect against Copies when you Manufacture in China

September 25, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

How to Protect against Copies when you Manufacture in China

For certain types of products (electrical, plastic injection etc.) Chinese manufacturers are often the best source. Production can be performed with relatively high quality and a relatively low cost. However, one of China's major weaknesses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: china suppliers, Copies, IP protection, IP security, manufacturing in China, sourcing from china


Weekly updates for professional importers on better understanding, controlling, and improving manufacturing & supply chain in China.

This is the official blog of Sofeast.com.

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

Hit the button below to get in touch:

Contact Us!

Subscribe to our email newsletter

Connect with us

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
sofeast
sofeast
sofeast

Latest Articles

  • Benefits of Product Design Optimization (Taguchi Method)
  • 9 Key Quality Management Challenges in China
  • Why the AQL Inspection System Is Still So Widespread
  • The Design for Reliability Process for Launching Reliable Products
  • Breaking news! China opens its borders to all foreign travellers!

Categories

  • Quality Control Tips
  • Sourcing New Suppliers
  • Supplier Management
  • New Product Development
  • Process Improvement
  • Ethical Sourcing

Archives

© 2023 QualityInspection.org