Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn how to address modern slavery in your supply chains, unique production challenges in China and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Social Compliance

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn why technology is failing to create ethical supply chains, how to save money on manufacturing electronics and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Social Compliance

In this blog article, find out what you can do to monitor social compliance for garment factories and avoid common problems and consequences garment importers face.

Topics: Social Compliance, Textile Products, Auditing Factories, Working with Factories, garment importers

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about hazardous conditions in the Bangladeshi leather trade, increased robotics spending in China, smart factories, reducing down time with robots and light-guiding cobots!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Social Compliance, Internet of Things (IoT)

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about toxic conditions in Chinese factories, the Augmented Age, growth in secondary cities, avoiding negotiating mishaps in China and challenges for South Korean manufacturing!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Social Compliance, Working with Factories

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about labor unrest in China, using drones for maintenance, IIoT in the packaging industry, manufacturing technology trends, and prospects for doing business in Thailand in 2017!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Social Compliance, Internet of Things (IoT), Process Improvement

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about China’s awful manufacturing safety record, a new packaging system, solar energy’s affordability, Chinese lessons about globalization and stopping China counterfeits!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Social Compliance, Globalization

Supplying to Walmart is a major accomplishment. But what can quickly end that relationship is a factory in your supply chain that earns three orange ratings within a certain time frame or one red one from Walmart's audit team. By meeting Walmart's ethical sourcing standards, you can avoid this nightmare situation and keep business going smoothly.

Topics: Social Compliance

Sometimes you are lucky and find what seems to be a perfect Chinese factory. Their prices are reasonable and you haven't noticed any defects - at least not yet. While everything might appear fine on the surface, a recurring (and usually hidden) issue that plagues factories in China is social insurance violations. This problem might not seem significant at first, but it could be a red flag to your clients' social compliance programs and signify other problems with the supplier you are trying to work with.

Topics: Social Compliance

Your imports made with forced labor cover a multitude of products, ranging from cotton and carpets to seafood and rice. Read on to find out what the ban on forced labor in the U.S. means for your business!

Topics: Social Compliance