Category: Product Development

There is a common belief among many importers that Chinese factories are unable to help during the design phase of […]

In this post, we’re going to explore the dFMEA or design failure mode and effects analysis. This is a must-use […]

Here we’re focusing on product testing, specifically, drop testing using smartphones as a typical example of a consumer electronic product […]

Today budget cuts, tight schedules, and the Covid pandemic have caused a lot of companies to cut corners, even really […]

In this post, I’m going to explain how to work with a contract manufacturer (CM) in China most effectively by […]

A new product development process typically entails how a product will be developed from concept all the way to production. […]

We previously discussed the importance of doing a pilot run before going into mass production, but in this post let’s […]

If you’re going to manufacture a mechanical and/or electrical product in China, this article will help you plan for the […]

Regarding the limitations of common reliability and safety testing standards, I came upon an interesting video from automaker Tesla recently: In it, […]

You need to be aware that during new product development, and also during mass production runs, a number of samples […]

The autobiography of Sir James Dyson, British inventor of the wildly successful Dyson vacuum cleaner: Invention: A Life on their […]

In the past, I explained how to structure a product specification sheet to ensure the supplier knows what is expected regarding the […]

You are developing a new product or buying a product that is being produced for you. Naturally, the manufacturing costs […]

I was asked to prepare a presentation about Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and share number of DFM tips for the […]

In most new product development projects for electro-mechanical products, there comes a time when the company (and its investors) need to make […]