Manufacturing and QC blog

If you are new to product inspection, you may hesitate how many products you need to inspect to ensure the quality: to check partially or all the goods one by one? In most of the cases, a 100% QC inspection requires a lot of time, labor, and money to perform and AQL random sampling methods are more frequently used.

Topics: defect management, AQL table

When developing promotional items to create brand awareness, quality is everything. In fact, poor quality promotional items can actually do more harm than good - and this is where quality control in manufacturing comes into focus. 

Topics: Quality Control Checklist, china quality control

In this week's roundup, learn about the port congestion in China, American Eagle's update in supply chain, and the chip shortage.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Sourcing, Supply chain

Ecommerce is the fastest growing sector of the consumer goods market. Whether you are an up-and-coming ecommerce brand, or an established brick-and-mortar retailer facing pressure to adapt, you’ll need to understand the unique expectations of the ecommerce space in terms of product packaging.

Topics: Ecommerce, packaging inspection

Implementing the best possible eCommerce quality control methods is a must when shipping products directly to consumers. Here are three important garment inspection sampling methods that can help your eCommerce business minimize returns by identifying defective or damaged products before accepting and selling items from a particular lot. 

Topics: softlines quality control

Start a mass garment manufacturing line without enough preparation might result in some future issues that harm your brand. Here are some common mistakes that you can avoid to ensure your garment quality.

Topics: garment importers, softlines quality control

In this week's roundup, learn about Amazon being the largest ecommerce seller in the U.S., Vietnam's rising manufacturing capacity, and fashion brands' latest moves to test the market.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Furniture, Ecommerce

Importing promotional goods is a risky activity. Purchasers are often in contact with tens of different suppliers located in developing Asian countries. To make matters worse, they often select suppliers on the basis of price alone. This is a recipe for frequent quality problems.

Topics: Quality Control Checklist

In this week's roundup, learn about the package returns, the smart home device market, and why should we eliminate plastic waste.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics

It is challenging to keep up with promotional product trends. One minute a product is in high demand, and the next, it is out of style. However, since the onset of COVID-19, sourcing for promotional products has continued to go up with no sign of slowing down anytime soon. The searches for promotional products were up to 47% over the last quarter averages of 2020. Sourcing for these products went up 149% year-over-year. But what is causing this sudden increase in promotional product sourcing? 

Topics: Commericial Goods, Branding and Marketing