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Do THIS Before You Start Mass Production! [Podcast]

June 24, 2022 by Adrian Leighton

Remember To Do THIS Before You Start Mass Production!

In this episode… Sofeast's head of New Product Development joins Adrian to talk about the NPI process for getting a new product to market and, in particular, the one key thing you need to do before you start mass production. This is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: compliance testing, NPI process, product testing, production processes, reliability testing, sourcing components

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

Product Safety When Buying from China: Avoid Negligence

June 16, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

Product Safety When Buying from China: Avoid Negligence

Dan Harris wrote an article about product safety (How to Reduce Your Foreign Manufactured Product Liability Risks) that will, hopefully, open the eyes of many people to the risks they are exposed to. I thought it particularly interesting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Product Compliance Tagged With: legal risks, minimizing risks, product compliance, product reliability, product safety, product testing

Why Do Importers Need Product Reliability Testing? [Podcast]

January 15, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

Why Do Importers Need Product Reliability Testing? [Podcast]

Product reliability testing is a must for importers who want to avoid risk... 2020 added considerable strain and difficulty to many importers' lives, so today, more than ever, it's so important to implement measures to protect your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Risk Management, Uncategorized Tagged With: laboratory testing, product reliability, product reliability testing, product safety, product testing, risk reduction

Investigating the Causes of Product Failure and Improving Design

October 26, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Investigating the Causes of Product Failure and Improving Design

You conduct reliability tests on your new products. You and your suppliers do product inspections and laboratory tests on mass production orders. Your customers probably give you feedback on the issues they find on what you ship to them. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Product Compliance Tagged With: improving product design, product defects, product failure, product failure causes, product reliability testing, product testing, quality engineers, reliability testing, testing lab

Factory Testing Facilities | Vetting Chinese Suppliers (Part 8) [Podcast]

October 14, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

Factory Testing Facilities | Vetting Chinese Suppliers (Part 8) [Podcast]

Why do we look at the factory testing facilities when vetting a Chinese supplier? A great question here is: "How can my supplier know that the product they're manufacturing is good if they're unable to test that they reach my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: compliance testing, factory testing facilities, podcast, product safety, product testing

What Is Compliance Testing? [Podcast]

October 7, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

What Is Compliance Testing?

Why is compliance testing so important for buyers who import products from China?   Compliance testing helps assure your product's compliance with your market's product and safety standards. By conducting such testing, you'll be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Product Compliance Tagged With: compliance testing, developing new products, lab tests, Laboratories in China, podcast, product compliance, product safety, product testing, Product testing laboratories China, testing lab

Product Reliability Testing | 7 FAQs

July 27, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Product Reliability Testing | FAQs

If you develop, manufacture, or distribute a product that has to perform its intended function for at least a certain duration, you probably need to do product reliability testing. Otherwise, you may have no idea how soon the product will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: HALT, product reliability testing, product testing, reliability testing, reliability testing plan

Reliability Testing Plan For A Home Appliance (an Electronic Hairbrush) in China [Example]

May 31, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Reliability Testing Plan For A Home Appliance in China [Example]

So, you have found the product you wanted to re-sell on Alibaba or Global Sources. You feel the supplier will be fine. You had them audited and they seem reliable. They have the required certifications for selling on your market. Like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Quality Control Tips Tagged With: HALT, home appliances, product testing, recalls, reliability testing plan

How HALT and HASS Can Help your Product Development Efforts

November 3, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

Typical HALT process

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...]

Filed Under: Quality Control Tips Tagged With: defects, HALT, HASS, product testing, reliability testing


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