Topics: sourcing, buying from china, buying offices
Over the years, we have tried many approaches to improve quality in Chinese factories and we've found that we are starting using the same quality improvement tools over and over with good success.
Topics: process flow chart, quality improvement, process FMEA, process control plan, 8D problem solving tool
I recently listened to this podcast from McKinsey on the future of manufacturing, and I'll summarise some of the key topics and add some of my own thoughts on the points they made about the direction that the manufacturing industry is headed in.
Topics: manufacturers, industry 4.0
Recently I was talking with a friend who used to run a buying office in Hong Kong, and he described how buying products from Chinese suppliers is, in good part, about risk management.
Topics: sourcing, manufacturers, buying from china
Topics: quality inspections, quality inspection software, manufacturers
Many Chinese suppliers try to reassure their potential customers by claiming they are certain to pass a QC inspection with an AQL of 2.5%. When asked for documentation that explains precisely what they mean, they usually have nothing to offer.
Topics: AQL
Deciding what is in a sampling lot, choosing an inspection level… Most quality managers would say this is ‘Inspection 101’ and that their company does a good job at this.
Let's look at how you can make better choices when it comes to setting a quality inspection level and sampling lots...
Topics: quality inspections
Do you work in a buying office? Are you requested to keep costs as low as possible? Do you need to justify how every investment will contribute to cut costs?
If implementing quality inspection software to improve your inspections is a solution you're looking at, but you need to be able to show its ROI, then this article is for you.
Topics: quality inspection software
If you are an importer in the European Union, are you aware of your obligations related to product compliance? Do you know that you need to keep a technical file about every product you place on the market for at least 10 years?
In this post, we'll give you some technical file guidance to help you stay compliant, and will also show how the SynControl quality inspection software can handle the task of building and retaining the files for you...
Topics: product compliance
Many buyers tend to focus on the final pre-shipment inspection only. However, there are many other inspection touch points along the production cycle, and even after shipping.
I've listed the 5 most common types of QC inspections that can or should be conducted in this post. If you aren't running these, perhaps you can consider it...
Topics: quality inspections, product inspection
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