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Why You Need Mature Product Designs BEFORE You Find A Chinese Manufacturer

September 15, 2023 by Adrian LeightonLeave a Comment

Why You Need Mature Product Designs BEFORE You Find A Chinese Manufacturer

Find out where you need to be with new product designs before you approach Chinese manufacturers. We go through why immature designs are so risky and the work involved in getting designs that can be 'industrialized,' as well as pointing out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Product Design Tagged With: feasibility study, industrial design, mature product designs

From Prototype to Production: 7 Pitfalls for Tech Products

July 14, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

From Prototype to Production: 7 Pitfalls for Tech Products

If you have already done the hard work of building a look-alike and work-alike prototype, congratulations! However, there are still these 7 most common pitfalls you have to avoid while going from prototype to production... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crowdfunding Tagged With: crowdfunding, electronic product design, manufacturing contract, mature product designs, mechanical product design, pilot runs, product development agreement, product performance testing, product reliability testing, product testing, prototyping, tooling

The Design for X Approach: 12 Common Examples

March 15, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

The Design for X Approach: 12 Common Examples

The Design For X (or “Design for Excellence”) methodology lays out a number of design guidelines for reaching the product’s objectives. The idea is to review and improve the product & process design before the new product is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: design for distribution, design for manufacturing, design for quality, design for x, mature product designs, new product development, product design

How A DFQ Review Designs Quality INTO Your Product At An Early Stage [Podcast]

March 13, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

How A DFQ Review Designs Quality INTO Your Product At An Early Stage [Podcast]

What if you could reduce the chances of quality problems long before your product goes into production? A DFQ review can help you achieve this! What is DFQ? Design For Quality is where we review a number of factors that affect quality at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: design defects, design for quality, DFQ, improving product design, mature product designs, product design, product quality, quality improvement

Is Your New Product Design Ready for Manufacturing in China? [5 Questions]

November 21, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Is Your New Product Design Ready for Manufacturing in China?

There is a misconception in many people's minds. They think there are many manufacturers in China & Vietnam capable of, and willing to, do a lot of the development work for a new product they think is promising. That is true if … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: mature product designs, new product development, npd, product design, product development


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