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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 Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
In this episode, Adrian is joined by Renaud Anjoran to explore fail-safe design principles: essential thinking for anyone developing most kinds of products.
Through real-world examples ranging from Tesla doors to Boeing and consumer electronics, they highlight how designers must ask: “If this fails, what happens to the user?”
They break down why it matters, what trade-offs exist, and how structured risk analysis, simplification, redundancy, and error-proofing can dramatically reduce hazards and costly failures.
Episode Sections:
- 00:00:03 – Introduction
- 00:01:00 – Tesla door handle fail-safe issue
- 00:02:32 – Building lock systems vs. car safety
- 00:05:55 – Structured thinking in fail-safe design
- 00:07:21 – Designing with users in mind
- 00:09:02 – Risk analysis methods: FMEA & fault tree analysis
- 00:11:10 – Catastrophic failures & extreme examples
- 00:12:18 – Everyday product applications
- 00:14:21 – Principle: Simplification in design
- 00:16:13 – Redundancy in critical systems
- 00:20:30 – Battery management & safety logic
- 00:20:34 – Human error and mistake-proofing
- 00:23:09 – Error-proofing examples: tables & plugs
- 00:23:41 – Trade-offs and cost considerations
- 00:26:03 – Testing, regulations & standards (UL, ETL, etc.)
- 00:27:11 – Summary & wrap-up
- 00:28:07 – Final thoughts & listener takeaway
- 00:28:19 – Outro
Are you designing a new product?
Ask yourself: “If this fails, what happens?”
Visit Sofeast.com to learn how our quality, reliability, and product development teams can support you in building safer, more reliable products.
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