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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 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
In this episode...
Sofeast's CEO Renaud Anjoran is joined by Adrian from the team and they go through what deliverables buyers can expect to receive when working with suppliers during a new product development project in order to get safe, high-quality products into mass production.
If you are developing a new product, you'll get a good grounding into what should be performed and documented during the process from product R&D through to mass production, including design files, the BOM, how to reduce risks, the control plan, inspections, pre-production validation testing, and more.
Show Notes
00:00 - Introduction.
01:03 - Going through the NPD process from the buyer's side and its deliverables in detail.
- 04:06 - The latest version of design files.
- 05:42 - The BOM.
- 07:28 - Risk mitigation.
09:28 - Elements and learnings from the automotive industry (PPAP).
- 10:49 - Risk analysis - FMEA on design & processes.
- 14:28 - The process flow chart/diagram.
- 15:55 - The control plan.
- 19:37 - Calibration or verification certificates of fixtures and instruments for checking quality.
- 21:44 - Product QC inspections.
- 23:31 - Pilot run stage - EVT, DVT, PVT.
- 28:03 - Engineering changes.
- 29:23 - Prototypes/tooling/PP samples.
31:44 - Does every type of part or product require such stringent deliverables?
33:45 - Wrapping up
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