Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

Managing defects starts with setting expectations during the sourcing process and continues throughout production to the time when your supplier ships the finished goods. Here are some tips to manage defective products.

Topics: Product Inspection, Working with Factories

Learn about manufacturers' departure from Vietnam, Bangladesh's water crisis and Sony's America Recycles Pledge in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics

Factory audit remain an undervalued tool among importers to evaluate suppliers and minimize their risk. Here are five different types of audits to help you evaluate your suppliers and minimize risk in your supply chain.

Topics: Sourcing, Auditing Factories

Learn about Vietnam's trade deal with the EU, Chinese furniture makers' struggles and CPSC compliance issues with helmets in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Furniture, Legal Requirements

Toys are commonly recalled for noncompliance with the EC Toy Safety Directive and EN 71 requirements. Check out these toy tests to verify your supplier’s goods and protect your business from liability.

If you closely follow the European toy industry, you’ll know toys are commonly recalled for noncompliance with the EC Toy Safety Directive and

Topics: Legal Requirements, Lab Testing, toy testing

Learn about the trade truce between the U.S. and China, Amazon's Counter Program and Taiwan's plastic straw ban in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Legal Requirements

Consumers don’t like their textiles to change colors or bleed during washing, under the sun or anywhere else. Here are five of the most common color fastness tests that a third-party laboratory can conduct to maintain your fabric's color.

Topics: Textile Products, Lab Testing

Learn about India's tariffs on the U.S., Samsung leaving China and the U.S.'s ban on China's 5G in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Globalization

Visiting a factory can be a valuable opportunity to informally evaluate the factory. Here are six areas that you should check when visiting your factory.

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice, Working with Factories

Learn about child labor in Asia, illegal pills that given to Indian garment workers and China's autonomous vehicles in this week's roundup.Best in Manufacturing – June 30, 2019

Topics: Auto Products, Best in Manufacturing, Social Compliance