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How To Define Your Quality Standard For Prototypes?
Not every prototype needs to be perfect, as they fulfill different purposes. We often discuss this topic with our customers …
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Tagged defects, product development process, prototyping, quality standard
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Visiting Agilian in Dongguan from Shenzhen [Guide]
Visiting Agilian from Shenzhen? Here’s what you need to know…
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Tagged directions to agilian, factory visit, visiting china
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How To Get a UL Certification Mark (or Equivalent) on Electrical Products?
Our customers often ask us how to get a UL certification mark for their products, and they often believe they …
Posted in Certifications
Tagged certifications, product safety, ul
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Transfer Manufacturing From One Chinese Factory To Another With Fewer Risks
Sometimes, if things have really gotten bad, you’ll need to leave your current Chinese supplier and transfer manufacturing to a …
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Tagged sourcing from china, switching manufacturers, tooling
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End Of Life Electronic Components: Managing The Risk Of Them Being In Your Product
Let’s focus on end of life electronic components. If you’re manufacturing an electronic product, it may be made up of …
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Tagged bill of materials, component suppliers, end of life
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Why Skipping Incoming QC Is a Source of High Risks & Costs
Most customers are well aware that incoming QC inspection (IQC) is one of the most important “quality gates”. Ensure the …
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Tagged incoming qc, product quality, qc, quality inspections
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Visiting Agilian in Dongguan from Hong Kong [Guide]
Customers often like to visit us at the factory, so here is some guidance to help you plan and have …
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Tagged directions to agilian, factory visit, visiting china
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What Is Your Product R&D Project’s Structure When Working With Agilian?
Agilian is a contract manufacturer that also supports customers with developing their products, too, before mass producing them. When you …
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Tagged product design, product development, product r&d, working
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DFM Approaches: OEM vs Contract Manufacturer
Both OEMs and CMs follow different DFM approaches. Let’s look at what Design For Manufacturing is, its benefits, and how …
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Tagged design for manufacturing, DFM, product design
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What does it mean to work on the basis of an open BOM with customers?
In this post, we’ll explain why access to your Bill of Materials (BOM) is so important, why some Chinese manufacturers …
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Tagged bill of materials, sourcing from china, switching manufacturers
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4 Types of Pre Production Prototype You’ll Make Before Production
For most electro-mechanical products, these are the main 4 types of pre production prototype (that are often called “final prototypes”) …
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Tagged NPI process, pre-production activities, prototyping
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SCRUM for Hardware Design and Development
Developing an innovative hardware product is a complex project. And most of those projects take much longer than initially planned. …
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Tagged agile design, hardware products, new product development, scrum
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How To Ethically Create A Similar Product To One Already On The Market?
Almost every product niche has a variety of different brands’ products to choose from which are fairly similar. OK, there …
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Tagged new product development, product design, product teardown
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Patents for New Products: Necessary for Inventors and Hardware Startups?
Inventors, entrepreneurs, startups, and SMEs with new product ideas for hard goods worry about when the right time to pursue …
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Tagged copycats, getting to market, intellectual property, patents
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How To Check If Your Manufacturer Is Overcharging You?
Sometimes you receive worrying pricing from the manufacturer you’re outsourcing production to. It seems like it’s too expensive. Maybe they’re …
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Tagged IP protection, manufacturing costs, sourcing suppliers
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