Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

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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Does sourcing in Taiwan carry the same business risks and challenges as in mainland China? Learn more about key differences of manufacturing in Taiwan vs. mainland China in this article!

Topics: Sourcing, Working with Factories

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about Nokia's "Factory in a Box" concept that puts production INSIDE a shipping container, blockchain in supply chains and more!

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Are you prepared to take on the massive undertaking that is establishing a local office in China to hire full-time inspectors? Don't count out third-party inspection with InTouch as a viable option.

Topics: Product Inspection

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about the legal risks of using Hong Kong trading companies to manufacture in Mainland China, Chinese business culture myths and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Working with Factories, Process Improvement