Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn what trends are coming for your supply chain in 2018, how China's Silk Road developed in 2017 and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Globalization

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn how customized clothing could disrupt the global apparel market, how to get started with drop shipping and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Textile Products, Globalization

This week on Best in Manufacturing, check out a video that explains why only 1/10 of manufacturing jobs have been lost to offshoring, what's to blame for the rest and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Sourcing, Globalization

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn how the fashion industry is taking on waste collection, the risks of combined product sampling for inspection & more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Acceptable Quality Level (AQL), Globalization

This week in Best in Manufacturing, learn why one author thinks 45 percent of sourcing agents are corrupt, what 'river chiefs' are for Chinese factories & more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Sourcing, Globalization

This week on Best in Manufacturing, get an inside look at Chinese smartphone maker Oppo's factory in Shenzhen, learn about 3d printing toys and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Globalization, 3D Printing

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about how automation is an impending threat to Asia's move up the economic ladder, rising labor disputes in China and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Globalization, 3D Printing

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about importers covertly manufacturing in China, lessons from the solar industry, an on-demand manufacturing model, growing intellectual property protection in China, and what it's like to work in a Chinese factory!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Globalization

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about foreign business concerns about Made in China 2025, how a weak currency affects Chinese factories, Asian infrastructure needs, price discrimination in global trade and continued globalization in Asia!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Globalization

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about the four dragon economies of Asia, lessons from "manufacturing masters," a global shipping slump, super precise additive manufacturing, and Chinese companies moving production to the U.S.!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Globalization, 3D Printing, Process Improvement