Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

Are you experiencing a gradual decline in product quality over time? You might have gotten too complacent with your factory. Here's what to do about "quality fade"!

Topics: Product Inspection, Working with Factories

This week on Best in Manufacturing, learn about a simple way to assemble circuits with 'Lego-electronics', managing product ownership with factories and more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Working with Factories, 3D Printing

Communicating with potential suppliers on the floor of trade shows in China is often complicated at best. Here are some trade show tips for success!

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice, Sourcing, Working with Factories

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 a free new calculator for estimating sourcing costs, hardware startups' biggest competitors in Shenzhen & more!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Sourcing, Working with Factories

This week on Best in Manufacturing, get advice on selecting a manufacturing partner, learn about business opportunities in the Philippines, a joint Hong Kong and Shenzhen tech park, printable electronics & the difficulties of manufacturing bikes in the U.S.!

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Sourcing, Working with Factories

Product defects are an unavoidable part of mass production. So make sure you learn the best ways to address unacceptable quality defects with your supplier in this blog article!

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

Preventing a product defect when first beginning the supplier relationship is almost always far easier and cheaper than trying to correct it after it appears.

Topics: Product Inspection, Auditing Factories, Working with Factories

In our free eBook, learn how to limit product defects at each stage of the manufacturing process with tried-and-true methods used by experienced importers!

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

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