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FCC Compliance Tips for Electronics

FCC Compliance Tips for Electronics

Agilian customers who are bringing new electronic products to market sometimes ask us to explain the FCC certification process so …

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UL Compliance Does YOUR Product Need UL

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, …

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US Consumer Electronics Compliance Basics

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. …

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11 Ways A Manufacturer Can Help Improve Your Product Design

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 …

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5 Main Reasons For A High Product Return Rate

5 Main Reasons For A High Product Return Rate

In today’s blog post we’re going to examine some of the key reasons for a high product return rate, so …

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You NEED to do product qualification BEFORE mass production!

You NEED to do product qualification BEFORE mass production!

Let’s discuss the ONE key type of activity that needs to happen during the NPI process in order to go …

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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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How to do Product Reliability Testing?

How To Do Product Reliability Testing?

We’ve written before about the importance of designing reliable products. That’s all very well, but a common question we’re asked …

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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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NPI Process #2. Why spending time in planning, before starting prototype work, can save a lot of time

Why spending time in planning, before starting prototype work, can save a lot of time

Many clients come to us with a product design and expect that we start building a prototype immediately, but in …

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