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Last updated: November 7, 2025

Tried-and-Tested Factory Visit Checklist: What to Look for and Why It Matters [Free Download]

When you’re vetting a new electro-mechanical products supplier or evaluating an existing one, a factory visit is one of the most critical steps in your quality assurance and supply chain risk mitigation process. In our experience, though, many people walk … Continue reading

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Agilian Technology: Inside Sofeast’s Manufacturing Powerhouse [Podcast]

In this episode of “China Manufacturing Decoded,” host Adrian takes us on a deep dive into Agilian Technology, the contract manufacturing subsidiary of the Sofeast Group. Joined by head of new product development Paul Adams, listeners are offered a rare … Continue reading

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10 Key Factors That Affect Supplier Production Capacity

Before you start working with a new supplier to manufacture your products in China, Vietnam, or elsewhere, you need to assess their production capacity… Chinese suppliers are prone to over-promising on their ability to handle orders. This is all very … Continue reading

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How To Validate a Factory’s Production Capacity without Going On Site?

Some clients have asked us, ‘how to confirm that a factory has the capacity needed to make our orders, without us being able to fly to their factory?’ The inability to go and meet suppliers on site has been a … Continue reading

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