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Some American entrepreneurs or small businesses start assembling, testing, and packing their new products in-house, and then later, once the […]

Part 2: Optimizing Assembly Line Flow and Efficiency Having dominated cycle time through strategic machining practices which we went through […]

Part 1. Optimizing Machining Operations Introduction to manufacturing cycle time In the high-pressure world of manufacturing, manufacturing cycle time reigns […]

Most factories that mass-produce products are trying to make them identically, regardless of whether we’re talking about phones, cars, airplanes, […]

Welcome to Work Instructions 101. As a contract manufacturer routinely involved in new production launches, we develop work instructions for […]

Electrostatic discharge is a threat that manufacturers of electronic products shouldn’t underestimate as it can damage or even kill products […]

In a previous article about the quality standard for prototypes, we explained why most development prototypes don’t need to look […]

Not every prototype needs to be perfect, as they fulfill different purposes. We often discuss this topic with our customers […]

ISTA testing is short for the ‘International Safe Transit Association’ testing. It’s testing done on packaging to make sure that […]

As a product designer, I’ve witnessed firsthand the transformative power of using injection mold textures to add a finish or […]

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Ongoing reliability testing, ORT testing for short, is the last stage of reliability testing once you’ve already designed and developed […]

Our customers often ask us how to get a UL certification mark for their products, and they often believe they […]

Sometimes, if things have really gotten bad, you’ll need to leave your current Chinese supplier and transfer manufacturing to a […]

You need to be able to source electronic components for your new product that reach your cost, quality, and reliability […]