Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

China's new ecommerce law, manufacturing in Cambodia to avoid tariffs, blockchain opportunities, FDA changes recall policy and brands siding on societal issues in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Social Compliance

These 10 traits will help you sort good suppliers from bad suppliers and help you determine if using a particular supplier is best for your supply chain, customers and business.

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice, Sourcing, Working with Factories

Factory scams, major trade war decisions, cybersecurity threats, U.S. garment production and emotion's influence on success in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Manufacturing Tips & Advice, Social Compliance, Textile Products, Internet of Things (IoT)

Critical U.S. state sales tax changes, Lego attempts 'green' sourcing, improving labor conditions for Bangladeshi garment workers and more in this week's roundup.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Social Compliance, Sourcing, Textile Products

Put yourself in the shoes of a product inspector for a second. Erase from your mind all the information you know about your product, your supplier and your customers. Now try to inspect your product for quality issues without that information.

Topics: Product Inspection, Acceptable Quality Level (AQL), Packaging, Quality Control Checklist

How can you ensure FDA inspection readiness? Start here by learning the four types of FDA inspections. Then develop a plan and prepare before inspectors arrive at your doorstep.

Topics: Working with Factories, Legal Requirements, FDA regulations

Automotive tariffs, consumer criticism of product destruction, India's manufacturing growth, how packaging influencing consumer satisfaction and fighting food fraud with blockchain in this week's roundup!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Packaging, Product Destruction

This week's top stories include the 10-year anniversary of CPSIA regulations, protecting intellectual property from copycat fashion and how eCommerce brands can compete with Amazon.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Product Inspection, Legal Requirements

A GMP audit checklist is one of the most effective tools to assess a supplier’s FDA inspection readiness. You can start preparing now! Read on for 7 essential systems to include in your audit checklist.

Topics: Auditing Factories, Working with Factories

Right to repair legislation, online retailers moving to brick-and-mortar, public relations for manufacturers and more in this week's Best in Manufacturing.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Manufacturing Tips & Advice, Social Compliance, Sourcing