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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 Jan 05, 2024
7 Key NPI Tasks To Do Before You Take Your Product Into Production
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
In this episode...
Adrian and Andrew Amirnovin kick off 2024 by going through 7 key New Product Introduction tasks you need to be aware of to get a positive outcome before mass producing your product. If this is the year you bring a product to market, get ahead of the curve by bearing these 7 things in mind from one of our most experienced team members who is also Head of Compliance and Reliability.
Show Sections
00:00 - Greetings and introducing today's topic.
03:01 - 1. Document your requirements early during the design and development phase.
06:36 - 2. Do functionality and reliability testing.
10:19 - 3. Compliance testing and pilot run before pre-production.
13:54 - 4. Do final reliability testing.
15:20 - 5. Lock the BOM.
17:16 - 6. Validate tooling and manufacturing.
20:26 - 7. Focus on shipping in the post-production period.
21:13 - Why it pays importers to be knowledgeable about the NPI phases, even if you work with a manufacturer to do the development and manufacturing.
25:17 - Wrapping up.
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