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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 …
Posted in Supply Chain Management
Tagged IP protection, manufacturing costs, sourcing suppliers
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Your Product is NOT Compliant in the EU or UK if You Don’t Have All of its Technical Files
Market surveillance authorities around the world, in particular the EU and UK, are expecting to be provided with an increased …
Posted in Manufacturing Agreements
Tagged compliance, manufacturing agreement, types of chinese suppliers
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Using One Turnkey Manufacturer vs. Several Suppliers for China Production
Are there any advantages for importers like entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs to working with a single turnkey manufacturer in China …
Posted in Sourcing suppliers
Tagged contract manufacturers, sourcing from china, supplier management
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11 Ways A Manufacturer Can Help Improve Your Product Design
There is a common belief among many importers that Chinese factories are unable to help during the design phase of …
Posted in Product Development
Tagged defects, product design, product testing
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Assembly Problem Prevention Checklist
Pilots follow a checklist before they fly. Same thing for doctors & nurses. But, for some reason, I see very …
Posted in Factory Management
Tagged assembly in china, assembly problems
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Why NOT To Work With A Manufacturer Until You Have Mature Product Designs!
When manufacturing new products in China there are several steps that just can’t be skipped, especially in the product design …
Posted in Lessons Learned for Fast Go-To-Market
Tagged new product development, NPI process, product design
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How To Work With A Contract Manufacturer Based In China?
In this post, I’m going to explain how to work with a contract manufacturer (CM) in China most effectively by …
Posted in Product Development
Tagged new product development, new product launch, supplier management, working with suppliers
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How to set product specifications?
During the course of our work with various customers from around the world, we’re sometimes asked how to set product …
Posted in Supplier Management
Tagged defects, product specifications, quality management, quality standard
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New Product Development In China: 4 Tips To Go Faster
There are many reasons for importers to find new product development in China difficult, and the more customized and complex …
Posted in Lessons Learned for Fast Go-To-Market
Tagged manufacturing in china, new product development, new product launch
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The 3 Hallmarks Of Capable Manufacturers
In this post, we’re going to explore how to find ‘good’ Chinese manufacturers to outsource the production of your products …
Posted in Factory Management
Tagged factory management, sourcing suppliers, transfer to production
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What Our BSI ISO 9001 Certification Means
When we set up Agilian’s manufacturing activities, we focused on a Minimum Viable Quality Management System, to ensure we covered the …
Why The Most Common Reliability And Safety Testing Standards Are Limited
Regarding the limitations of common reliability and safety testing standards, I came upon an interesting video from automaker Tesla recently: In it, …
Posted in Product Development
Tagged product testing, reliability testing
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How Many Product Samples Are Required For Reliability & Compliance Testing?
You need to be aware that during new product development, and also during mass production runs, a number of samples …
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Tagged product testing
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Crowdfunding Campaign Strategy: Activities Hardware Startups Must Do In Parallel
So you’re a hardware startup who’s about to launch a Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign and you need to prepare to …
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Tagged crowdfunding, new product launch
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What Can Entrepreneurs Learn From Dyson? [Case Study]
The autobiography of Sir James Dyson, British inventor of the wildly successful Dyson vacuum cleaner: Invention: A Life on their …
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Tagged intellectual property, new product development, product engineering
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