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Author Archives: Renaud Anjoran
Where is Chinese manufacturing capacity being relocated to in the Asia Pacific in 2023?
If we said that nothing is changing when it comes to outsourcing manufacturing to suppliers in China we wouldn’t be being entirely truthful. Now that the Covid pandemic is in the past, businesses are starting to look at where their … Continue reading
DFM for PCBA – 40+ Improvements
Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (or PCBAs) are a critical component for electronic products of all kinds as they’re home to many of the electronic components that, simply put, allow the product to operate. Manufacturing and assembling them is either done … Continue reading
Buying Lithium Batteries From China: Key Criteria [List]
Many of today’s consumer electronic products include batteries, so buying lithium batteries from China is a common requirement for many importers. But when you’re sourcing battery suppliers, what are the key criteria you’re going to need to research in order … Continue reading
Product Tooling: Possible To Avoid Paying for it in Full?
Getting product tooling for molded plastic parts and enclosures designed and fabricated is a large investment for most companies, often running into the tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Once you are coming to the close of the … Continue reading
Further confirmation that India’s exports to North America are booming
A fairly recent Journal of Commerce article titled: “Cheaper than China: India–US trade surges as sourcing slowly shifts away from China,” gives us even more confirmation that exports from the Subcontinent to North America are booming to China’s cost.
How To Get A Quotation For Manufacturing Your New Product?
Once you have made progress on the industrial design for your new product, of course, you want to have an idea of the cost to manufacture it. And also you want an idea of the investment to put down in … Continue reading
What’s the real Cost of Poor Quality and Reliability? [Podcast]
Sofeast’s head of New Product Development, Andrew Amirnovin, stops by to remind you how important quality and reliability improvement activities are during the new product development process before mass production starts. Yes, there’s a cost involved for the testing, inspections, … Continue reading
How to Claim Compensation from a Supplier? | Disputes With Chinese Suppliers Q&A (Volume 18)
Let’s say that for some reason your order from an overseas supplier, specifically one in China as we’ll focus on here, is completely unsatisfactory. You may wish to claim some form of compensation from them…but how is this done? Here’s … Continue reading
Our supplier is selling our product as their own! | Disputes with Chinese suppliers Q&A (Volume 20)
Question: We received a marketing email from our Chinese supplier showing one of our products and claiming it is theirs. What can we do? This used to be more common about 15 years ago when suppliers would show their customer’s … Continue reading
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Our Supplier Refuses To Ship The Goods We Paid For! | Disputes With Chinese Suppliers Q&A (Volume 21)
This dispute is a really serious situation that importers outsourcing manufacturing to Chinese suppliers pray that they never get into. This company (who became our client when asking us for help), unfortunately, paid a large downpayment on goods which, over … Continue reading
