Here are ways we can help you, assuming that product design & development is finished:

• Document your requirements in a specification sheet, and define a test plan, if that’s not already done. It will be used by the manufacturer and by your inspection team as a checklist, and it should be referred to in your contract with your supplier.
• Review your design files against important imperatives (for manufacturing, for quality, etc…).
• Think of potential safety failures, in particular, in more depth, and plan on how to minimize those risks.
• Explain your requirements to the manufacturer, if you feel that’s needed (in case their communication skills and their understanding are poor).
• Collect compliance requirements, and prepare a reliability test plan.
• Audit the assembly factory, and the suppliers of critical components, to qualify their ability to mass-produce at a high quality level.
• Help review and validate the tooling for the enclosure and/or internal parts (see separate program solution for tooling).
• Review of the manufacturer’s risk analysis (FMEA), process control plan, and assembly & testing instructions; we point to the major gaps and suggest improvements.
• Design/make checking fixtures, PCBA functional test stations, etc.
• Plan for pilot runs (to validate processes) and be on-site to follow up on issues and their fixing, to confirm production readiness.
• Develop and gather all the parts of the product safety file (“technical dossier”).
• Have an English-speaking project manager follow up on progress all along, as needed. (Note: extra costs may apply for office work.)

Once it goes into production, send inspector(s) and report on issues. Keep track of the issues in an Excel file and we can work on corrective actions with the manufacturer.