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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 Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Adrian and Renaud discuss Quality Fade. This bad practice from suppliers sees them put their profits before your product quality, but the big problem is that you may not even know it is happening as it's a gradual process where quality declines over time, bit by bit.
Are you at risk, how do you identify it, and what can you do to combat it? We reveal all in this episode!
Show Sections
00:00 - Greetings and introduction
02:27 - What is Quality Fade?
09:25 - Is it still happening today?
12:15 - Actions to help you avoid quality fade.
18:30 - If you are a victim of quality fade, how can you catch it?
23:44 - Examples of products affected by quality fade.
28:51 - Ongoing reliability testing: Warn the supplier, or do it secretly?
35:28 - Wrapping up.
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