Sofeast Knowledgebase Blog

British product designer Andy Bartlett joins our CEO Renaud once more on the pod to go through the industrial design process typically followed for new electro-mechanical products in detail, phases by phase. This is a natural progression from another recent … Continue reading →

One of our customers recently asked what kinds of electronic product inspections would be appropriate for their new product. Since a lot of businesses are developing and manufacturing electronic products, let’s explore this interesting topic here…

What is a product’s Cradle to Grave impact on the environment and how do we reduce ours in the name of becoming more environmentally friendly? We investigate this here…

It’s fairly logical that it’s better to have a good relationship with your Chinese suppliers than not! However, building that rapport, especially these days when access to China is limited and it isn’t possible to visit them, is easier said … Continue reading →

Our CEO Renaud is joined by Sofeast’s head of New Product Development, Andrew Amirnovin who has an electrical engineering background and keen focus on product reliability, and Clive Greenwood who’s a quality consultant at WWMG associates and is a Six … Continue reading →

Today’s consumers are increasingly taking a product’s eco certifications into account when making the decision to purchase products or not. How environmentally-friendly is the product? Does the company care about their carbon footprint? Is modern slavery an issue in the … Continue reading →

As we’ve written before, importers have a choice of supplier types when sourcing a manufacturer to outsource production to in China. Let’s assume that you’ve discounted working with an OEM or ODM, and your focus is on finding contract manufacturers … Continue reading →

British product designer Andy Bartlett joins Adrian from the team for an interesting episode about all things industrial design. Andy shares some great information and advice for people starting out in industrial design and entrepreneurs and businesses who’re looking to work … Continue reading →

China is hard to compete with when sourcing suppliers for all kinds of products, however, India is an emerging option for products and services that China used to corner the market in such as PCBs and plastic injection molding. For … Continue reading →

Our CEO Renaud wrote this guest post on Harris Bricken’s ‘China Law Blog’ explaining the two typical Chinese manufacturing models for importers looking for a partner to help them develop and mass produce their new product. In this episode, he … Continue reading →