Why Product Idea Validation Is Crucial Before Spending Big on Development
When businesses design and manufacture new products, the temptation to dive straight into development is strong. A promising idea comes […]
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 […]
What Is Your Product R&D Project’s Structure When Working With Agilian?
Agilian is a contract manufacturer that also supports customers with developing their products, too, before mass producing them. When you […]
DFM Approaches: OEM vs Contract Manufacturer
Both OEMs and CMs follow different DFM approaches. Let’s look at what Design For Manufacturing is, its benefits, and how […]
5 Tips for Increasing Profits on ‘Cheap’ Products
It doesn’t take long to find low-cost products online from a variety of Chinese manufacturers. I searched for ‘earbuds’ on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
dFMEA: 8 Secrets for a Successful Implementation
In this post, we’re going to explore the dFMEA or design failure mode and effects analysis. This is a must-use […]
7 Secrets Behind Low Product Return Rates
When products are returned by consumers this is a huge problem for businesses. In this post, I’m going to share […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
