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How A Material Review Board (MRB) Works & Why YOUR Factory Needs One
Every day your factory receives products, materials, components, and accessories. Unfortunately, some of them aren’t going to be OK for …
Posted in Factory Management
Tagged factory management, manufacturing inputs, material suppliers, product quality, quality control, rework, scrap, supplier management
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How To Manage 7 Key Types Of New Product Manufacturing Risks
When developing a new and innovative product you need to get it to market and start getting a return on …
Posted in NPI Process
Tagged manufacturing risks, new product development, new product introduction, new product launch, NPI, NPI process, risk reduction
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7 Items To Include When Sending Technical Design Files To Your Chinese Supplier
In the past, I explained how to structure a product specification sheet to ensure the supplier knows what is expected regarding the …
6 Outcomes Of Signing A Strong Manufacturing Agreement With Your Supplier
As a buyer, you may be in a position of strength in front of a supplier. For example, your orders …
Posted in Manufacturing Agreements
Tagged IP protection, manufacturing agreement, manufacturing contract, NDA, NNN, working with suppliers
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Why Focusing on Manufacturing Costs Is Not Sufficient
You are developing a new product or buying a product that is being produced for you. Naturally, the manufacturing costs …
Posted in Product Development
Tagged getting to market, manufacturing costs, manufacturing in china, mass production, new product development, new product introduction, new product launch
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Best Practices To Follow When Qualifying Your Contract Manufacturer Or Component Supplier
Recently our Executive VP, Renaud Anjoran, discussed a number of the key best practices that importers should follow when qualifying …
Posted in Sourcing suppliers
Tagged contract manufacturer, qualifying suppliers, sourcing, sourcing from china, sourcing suppliers
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What NPI Process Does Agilian Follow?
When you work with us to help develop and manufacture your new product in China we follow our own 6-phase …
Posted in NPI Process
Tagged new product development, new product introduction, new product launch, NPI, NPI process
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6 Terms You Should Specifically Negotiate With Your Contract Manufacturer
Finding a contract manufacturer who’s a good fit is just one part of the process of getting your new product …
Posted in Sourcing suppliers
Tagged contract manufacturers, manufacturing agreement, negotiating terms, sourcing suppliers
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How and Why To Switch Chinese Manufacturers [eBook]
In this new eBook, we explain to you how and under what circumstances you may want to switch away from …
Posted in Supplier Management
Tagged backup suppliers, changing suppliers, sourcing, switching manufacturers, switching suppliers
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List of Contract Manufacturers in China – Top 13 Factories
These days it’s easy to find article after article stating that manufacturing in China is on the way out. And that’s …
Posted in Sourcing suppliers
Tagged chinese suppliers, contract manufacturers, contract manufacturing, finding a chinese supplier, sourcing suppliers
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Factory Management: the 4 Main Roles in the Quality Department
China, as a whole, has 35+ years of experience manufacturing products for export customers. They have accumulated a lot of …
Posted in Factory Management, Product Quality
Tagged factory management, factory staff, hiring in factories, product quality, quality department, quality inspectors, quality management, quality manager
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The Differences Between Working With An ODM And Agilian Technology
In this post, we’re going to use a smartphone as an example product (although we work with customers to produce …
Posted in Sourcing suppliers
Tagged assembly in china, contract manufacturer, finding a chinese supplier, manufacturing in china, ODM, smartphones, sourcing suppliers
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7 DFM Tips for Designing New Products To Be Made in China
I was asked to prepare a presentation about Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and share number of DFM tips for the …
Posted in NPI Process, Product Development
Tagged design for manufacturing, DFM, new product development, new product launch, NPI, product development, product development process
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7 signs of a poorly managed China factory [Infographic]
Our Executive VP, Renaud Anjoran, is a Quality Assurance expert and he put together these 7 signs of a poorly …
Posted in Supplier Management
Tagged factory management, sourcing suppliers, supplier management
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The Conundrum of Investing in Tooling Before a Final Prototype
In most new product development projects for electro-mechanical products, there comes a time when the company (and its investors) need to make …
Posted in NPI Process, Product Development
Tagged golden sample, new product, new product development, prototyping, tooling
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