Sofeast Knowledgebase Blog

Some companies who develop their new products from scratch choose not to use sourcing agents, and they genuinely don’t feel that it’s necessary. But is this a wise move? Let’s unpack it…

Renaud and Andrew Amirnovin, Sofeast’s Head of Compliance and Reliability, are talking about the Boeing 737 Max 9 airplane that has been in the news again following a very frightening incident where part of the body blew out leading to … Continue reading →

Many importers who outsource their manufacturing or buy products off-the-shelf from Chinese manufacturers do so on a ‘buyer beware’ basis. There’s an almost unspoken belief that if things go wrong, it will be very difficult or even impossible to get … Continue reading →

Adrian and Renaud tackle the big question of cost versus quality and how they both affect each other in manufacturing. You’ll learn common Chinese attitudes towards them, the long-term power of lean, and some achievable levers that can bring you … Continue reading →

Adrian and Andrew Amirnovin kick off 2024 by going through 7 key New Product Introduction tasks you need to be aware of to get a positive outcome before mass producing your product. If this is the year you bring a … Continue reading →

The EU Batteries and Waste Batteries Regulation (2023) is going to impact a lot of the electronic products we work on for our customers if they are to be sold in the EU from about 2025; especially portable electronics. Battery … Continue reading →

Here’s the monthly update from Sofeast’s sourcing team who has been tracking the costs of commonly used raw materials from China for the past year to help you understand where the market is right now. If you or your supplier … Continue reading →

Adrian and Renaud return for the last podcast of 2023, a bumper episode where they go through 13 quality strategies you can adopt to achieve consistent product quality. They’re roughly split into pre-production and post-production strategies, so settle down and … Continue reading →

According to the December 2023 WSJ article: Apple Aims to Make a Quarter of the World’s iPhones in India (Paywall), Apple will be expanding production of iPhones and other products like Airpods, which were only made in East and South … Continue reading →

Adrian hosts and Paul Adams, one of Sofeast’s senior engineers joins him to talk about how to add surface textures to plastic injection mold tooling and get the finish that we want on our plastic molded parts.   Listen to … Continue reading →