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Cost Vs Quality – How Manufacturers Can Find A Balance [Podcast]

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

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9 Questions You Need Answers To When Developing A New Product (Part 2)

Sofeast’s CEO Renaud completes part 2 of his journey through 9 of the key questions businesses who’re developing new products commonly need answers to. Here’s part 2 of the podcast covering questions 5-9…(by the way, you can catch up on part … Continue reading

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9 Cost-Cutting Measures Importers Will Love! [Podcast]

Renaud and Adrian cover a topic that most importers, regardless of where they are manufacturing in the world, will value: cost-cutting! There are 9 measures you could use to reduce your business costs here ranging from fairly low-hanging fruit, such … Continue reading

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How to Calculate the Cash Needed to Prototype & Launch your New Product [Podcast]

Sofeast’s CEO Renaud Anjoran and Adrian kick off the episode by talking about Hong Kong’s new and improved immigration and Covid procedures and the heatwaves and droughts in China that have been affecting manufacturing there. The main topic is learning … Continue reading

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Plastic, Silicone, Steel, and Others: Updated China Raw Materials Costs (June ’21)

If you have been following our posts on the costs of China raw materials this year (2021) you will have seen that the prices have been rising rapidly in some cases. Add this to the shipping delays and increased logistics … Continue reading

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How To Reduce Manufacturing Costs? The Lean Approach

The number one challenge of Chinese suppliers, as revealed by a recent survey, is reducing manufacturing costs. Their costs keep rising, but price competition is stronger and stronger. So how can you reduce costs?

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