Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

Avoiding issues with your supplier often starts at the very beginning of the sourcing process: choosing the right supplier to work with. Don't overlook these factors when sourcing in Asia!

Topics: Sourcing, Working with Factories

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about how Alibaba is transforming Chinese retail stores with mobile computing, an increase in labor unrest in China and more!

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Creating a quality manual for your product shouldn't be a 'me, myself and I' endeavor. An inaccurate or incomplete quality manual creates issues for everyone involved in a product, from your supplier to your customers.

Topics: Product Inspection, Quality Control Checklist

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about three new fees coming to Amazon FBA sellers in 2018, how new technology could make shoelaces obsolete and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Sourcing

Garment accessory defects can often be easily caught during inspection and fixed at the factory before shipment. Why risk your customers finding these issues instead? Include these tests and checks in your garment inspection checklist!

Topics: Product Inspection, Textile Products, Quality Control Checklist

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about India's recent supply chain improvements in logistics and infrastructure, China's promise to end technology transfers for foreign companies operating in China and more!

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Quality expectations rarely remain unchanged for importers, or their customers. Your AQL standards should change along with your expectations. Find out here when adjusting your AQL can help make your inspection results better reflect your expectations.

Topics: Product Inspection, Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn how you might be unknowingly giving away your designs and technology to Chinese factories, the future of 5G in manufacturing and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Working with Factories

Keeping shipments on schedule is one of the greatest challenges importers face, but delays can be hard to avoid when you’re dealing with serious quality issues. Check out these tips to meet your deadlines!

Topics: Product Inspection, Working with Factories, Quality Control Checklist

This week on Best in Manufacturing: Do you find yourself whacking one supply chain problem, only to find another pop up? Get some tips on how to optimize your supply chain here!

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