How To Plan For A Successful Pilot Run?
We’ve written about the importance of pilot runs before here and here, so in this post, I’m mainly going to […]
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”) […]
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. […]
DFR Design For Reliability Guide & Implementation Secrets
I recently guested on Sofeast’s China Manufacturing Decoded podcast to discuss DfR Design for Reliability. We discussed the design for […]
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 […]
ISTA Package Testing: Get It Done Before Shipment To Protect Products
ISTA package testing is a form of packaging reliability testing that puts your shipping cartons through their paces to provide […]
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 […]
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 […]
UL Compliance: Does YOUR Product Need UL?
We recently shared a list of US Consumer Electronics Compliance Basics that importers should know about, especially, in this case, […]
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 […]
US Consumer Electronics Compliance Basics
This is the first post in a series and this time is about US consumer electronics compliance testing and regulations. […]
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 […]
Cost Of Poor Quality and Reliability: “Pay Me Now, or Pay Me Later.”
The cost of poor quality (and reliability) is a popular topic among quality and reliability professionals. A common argument occurs […]
Product Teardown and Design for Assembly and Disassembly Improve Product Reliability and Quality
How do continuous product teardown, disassembly, and reassembly, improve reliability and quality? Let’s find out here…
PCB Design or Enclosure Design: Which to do first?
Should you do PCB design or enclosure design first for your new electro-mechanical product? That’s a question which bugs many […]
