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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 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Adrian and Renaud tackle the big question of cost versus quality and how they both affect each other in manufacturing. You'll learn common Chinese attitudes towards them, the long-term power of lean, and some achievable levers that can bring you cost and quality benefits that most businesses can implement quickly.
Show Sections
00:00 - Greetings and introduction (inc. our team at CES '24!)
01:50 - What do we mean by Cost V Quality?
04:49 - A typical Chinese manufacturer's logic about quality.
15:29 - The Lean manufacturing ideal.
25:32 - Day-to-day keys that can give you quality and cost benefits.
- 26:38 - Do design for manufacturing and assembly
- 29:30 - Follow a sound NPI process
- 32:57 - Use good tooling and automation
- 35:12 - Staff training for avoiding defects and more
- 37:21 - Experience effects
38:21 - Wrapping up.
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