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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 Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
In this episode...
Adrian and Andrew Amirnovin, Sofeast's reliability expert and our head of New Product Development, return and explore component selection (especially for electronics). This is just one piece of the manufacturing puzzle, but if you get it wrong it will come back to bite you! Luckily, Andrew is here to walk you through 18 steps that will help you choose components that fit the bill.
Show Sections
00:00 - Greetings and introducing today's topic.
01:17 - What is the component selection process and where does it occur during New Product Introduction?
04:20 - The component selection steps:
1. Define your Requirements
2. Select the Key Components
06:02 - 3. Analyze the Operating Environment/s
06:34 - 4. Identify Critical Parameters per component
10:04 - 5. Source the Components
15:26 - 6. Consider the Supply Chain
16:53 - 7. Check for Obsolescence
17:34 - 8. Analyze costs
21:01 - 9. Selecting Components of the right Reliability and Quality
24:53 - 10. Purchase Second-Source Components
26:28 - 11. Component Database
29:08 - 12. Design for Excellence, especially DFM
30:54 - 13. Compliance and Standards
33:49 - 14. Simulating and Prototyping the Product
35:14 - 15. Documentation and Record-Keeping
38:12 - 16. Design Reviews
41:13 - 17. Lock the Bill of Materials (BOM)
44:45 - 18. Pilot Run
45:59 - Wrapping up.
Related content...
- Get help from Sofeast to do Reliability Engineering & Testing (in a China lab) - we provide reliability engineering services including reliability testing on component and PCB levels as well as the product level on various types of consumer products. Some of these tests include drop, vibration, temperature and humidity and package testing. We can customize the right tests for your product.
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- Golden Sample: Why You Need It Before Mass Production Starts
- Planning For Effective Pilot Runs [Podcast]
- DfX Product design video playlist
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