Category Archives: Product Development

Drop Testing | 3 Tests That Can Save You A LOT Of Money

Drop Testing | 3 Tests That Can Save You A LOT Of Money

Here we’re focusing on product testing, specifically, drop testing using smartphones as a typical example of a consumer electronic product …

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Component Selection Should I Use Tried-and-Tested OR Cutting-Edge Components

Component Selection: Should I Use Tried-and-Tested OR Cutting-Edge Components?

Today budget cuts, tight schedules, and the Covid pandemic have caused a lot of companies to cut corners, even really …

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How To Work With A Contract Manufacturer Based In China

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 …

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The New Product Development Process in Electronics

An Effective New Product Development Process for Electronics

A new product development process typically entails how a product will be developed from concept all the way to production. …

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exploring the pilot run for components and products

What is the Pilot Run for Components and Products?

We previously discussed the importance of doing a pilot run before going into mass production, but in this post let’s …

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How To Make Prototypes In China (5 Key Steps & Objectives)

How To Make Prototypes In China (5 Key Steps & Objectives)

If you’re going to manufacture a mechanical and/or electrical product in China, this article will help you plan for the …

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Why The Most Common Reliability And Safety Testing Standards Are Limited

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, …

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How Many Product Samples Are Required For Reliability & Compliance Testing?

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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What Can Entrepreneurs Learn From Dyson [Case Study]

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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Best Practices When Sending Technical Design Files To Your Chinese Supplier

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 …

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Why Focusing on Manufacturing Costs Is Not Sufficient

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 …

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7 DFM tips for designing new products to be in china

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 …

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The Conundrum of Investing in Tooling Before a Final Prototype

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 …

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9 New Product Development Milestones For Hardware Startups

9 New Product Development Milestones For Hardware Startups

Are you a startup, and are you developing a new hardware (physical) product? Are you planning to raise money to …

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Product Design FMEA and Fault Tree Analysis_ Addressing Issues Preventively

Product Design FMEA and Fault Tree Analysis: Addressing Issues Preventively

The more novel and the more complex a product design is, the higher the risks of running into technical issues. …

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