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Development Prototypes for Parts Issues and Limitations

Development Prototypes for Parts: Issues and Limitations (2 examples)

In a previous article about the quality standard for prototypes, we explained why most development prototypes don’t need to look …

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Product Design Cost 10 Factors That Affect Electronic Products

Product Design Cost: 10 Factors That Affect Electronic Products

Our head of new product development, Andrew Amirnovin, shares 10 factors that impact your product design cost (with a focus …

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SCRUM for Hardware Design and Development

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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How To Ethically Create A Similar Product To One Already On The Market

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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Cost Of Poor Quality and Reliability: “Pay Me Now, or Pay Me Later.”

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 …

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PCB Design or Enclosure Design Which to do first

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 …

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Product Development Lifecycle Why and How to Reduce its Time

Product Development Lifecycle: Why and How to Reduce its Time?

Let’s look at how to reduce the product development lifecycle time and the benefits of doing so to importers who’re …

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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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Why NOT To Work With A Manufacturer Until You Have Mature Product Designs!

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 …

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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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New Product Development In China: 4 Tips To Go Faster

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 …

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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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How To Manage 7 Key Types Of New Product Manufacturing Risks

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 …

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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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