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Join Renaud Anjoran, Founder & CEO of Sofeast, in this podcast aimed at importers who develop their own products as he discusses the hottest topics and shares actionable tips for manufacturing in China & Asia today! WHO IS RENAUD? Renaud is a French ISO 9001 & 14001 certified lead auditor, ASQ certified Quality Engineer and Quality Manager who has been working in the Chinese manufacturing industry since 2005. He is the founder of the Sofeast group that has over 200 staff globally and offers services (QA, product development & engineering, project management, Supply Chain Management, product compliance, reliability testing), contract manufacturing, and 3PL fulfillment for importers and businesses who develop their own products and buyers from China & SE Asia. WHY LISTEN? We‘ll discuss interesting topics for anyone who develops and sources their products from Asian suppliers and will share Renaud‘s decades of manufacturing experience, as well as inviting guests from the industry to get a different viewpoint. Our goal is to help you get better results and end up with suppliers and products that exceed your expectations!
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Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Adrian and Renaud return for the last podcast of 2023, a bumper episode where they go through 13 quality strategies you can adopt to achieve consistent product quality.
They're roughly split into pre-production and post-production strategies, so settle down and dive in here!
Show Sections
00:00 - Greetings and introduction.
Pre-production
02:18 - 1. Due diligence and factory audits to ensure the supplier has the capabilities to reach your quality standards.
04:31 - 2. Define a quality standard.
08:35 - 3. Product design with quality in mind (DfX principles).
12:44 - 4. Feasibility study.
17:04 - 5. Specify all aspects of the product to avoid grey areas.
23:11 - 6. Implement a QA plan.
26:04 - 7. Use a manufacturer with a quality management system.
30:32 - 8. Quality (and compliance) testing.
During and Post-production
33:32 - 9. Do IQC.
37:08 - 10. Conduct product inspections.
41:45 - 11. Process Controls.
45:13 - 12. Mistake-Proofing.
47:48 - 13. Traceability in the supply chain.
51:01 - Wrapping up.
Related content...
- How a Supplier’s Quality can be Evaluated and Validated
- Background checks on suppliers
- Documenting Your Company’s Quality Standard into the Details
- What Is A Quality Assurance Plan?
- The Design for X Approach: 12 Common Examples
- Why Skipping Incoming QC Is a Source of High Risks & Costs
- The Benefits of a Feasibility Study (during new product development)
- How To Do Product Reliability Testing?
- Various product inspection solutions we provide you with
- Process Control Plan
- Traceability in Manufacturing: Do your Chinese Suppliers Do it Right?
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