Tag Archives: QA

Sofeast QA Program: Reduce Your Risks When Launching New Products

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Adrian Leighton

We support lots of companies to develop their own new electrical/electronic products and bring them into production. Over 90% of those projects are in China. But how do we support you to go from product early prototypes to mass-produced products … Continue reading →

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QA Strategy in China: 10 Elements You Should Include

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Renaud Anjoran

A good QA strategy in China will contain the following 10 elements: We’ve split these into 4 different sections: Qualification of new suppliers Purchasing method Quality Control Buyer-supplier relationship Let’s go through them in order so you understand the makeup … Continue reading →

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“What Quality Inspections & Factory Audits Do Sofeast Offer?”

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

For anyone who needs to organise inspections soon and is interested in learning more about our range of product quality inspections, I wrote this description along with some key points:

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Why Checking Quality During Loading Is A Bad Idea

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

In this post, I’m going to address whether checking quality during loading, if it’s even possible to do it at that time, is a good idea. I don’t think so, and here’s why…

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What is an inspection level in ISO 2859-1 and ANSI/ASQ Z1.4?

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

This article introduces the different options available to buyers when it comes to the representation of product inspection findings. Inspection level II (under “normal severity”) is appropriate for most random quality inspections. But it is sometimes necessary to increase–or reduce–the … Continue reading →

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Quality Control Plan: Defining Expectations Before Production

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

A quality control plan is the document that lists all the quality-related checkpoints to be passed during/after a production run. Depending on the situation, it can include process, product, or legal checkpoints. Getting this document approved is an essential step … Continue reading →

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How to Arrange Supplier Self Inspections for QC

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

Supplier self inspections, rather than sending in external quality inspectors, are becoming increasingly important for today’s buyers. In certain cases, it makes a lot of sense to stop sending employees to check if a supplier has done a good job. … Continue reading →

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How Much Does a Quality Inspection in China cost?

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

Understanding the cost of QC inspections in China Some importers get to talk about their project for some time, see where we would help them, and finally (almost as an afterthought) ask: “How much does a quality inspection in China … Continue reading →

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Beware! QC inspections based on AQL & random sampling have limits

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

I wrote many times that QC inspections before shipment are a good way of keeping quality problems where they belong: In the factory. Quality control inspections are a good tool. But pointing out their limits is important. Misinterpreting their reliability is very easy.

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