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Avoid Sending Immature Product Designs to a Chinese Manufacturer!
Manage episode 377053590 series 2919180
Renaud makes it clear where you need to be with new product designs before you approach Chinese manufacturers. He also explains the risks with immature designs, common red flags, and the work you'll need to do to have designs that can be called 'ready to industrialize.'
Show Sections
00:00 - Introduction.
01:24 - What do we mean by mature product designs?
04:54 - Don't ignore important phases and milestones in the NPI process.
07:30 - What the average Chinese manufacturer will need from you before they can get started.
09:45 - Approaching suppliers in the right way.
16:20 - Is there a risk that a 'bad' manufacturer might take your project with immature designs and lead to failure and wasted time and money?
18:53 - Common red flags demonstrating that product designs are immature.
25:41 - Summary and wrapping up.
Related content...
- Why Skipping NPI Phases Is A Big Mistake
- See our visualization of the NPI process
- The Benefits of a Feasibility Study (during new product development)
- The Hardware Academy
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107 episodes
Manage episode 377053590 series 2919180
Renaud makes it clear where you need to be with new product designs before you approach Chinese manufacturers. He also explains the risks with immature designs, common red flags, and the work you'll need to do to have designs that can be called 'ready to industrialize.'
Show Sections
00:00 - Introduction.
01:24 - What do we mean by mature product designs?
04:54 - Don't ignore important phases and milestones in the NPI process.
07:30 - What the average Chinese manufacturer will need from you before they can get started.
09:45 - Approaching suppliers in the right way.
16:20 - Is there a risk that a 'bad' manufacturer might take your project with immature designs and lead to failure and wasted time and money?
18:53 - Common red flags demonstrating that product designs are immature.
25:41 - Summary and wrapping up.
Related content...
- Why Skipping NPI Phases Is A Big Mistake
- See our visualization of the NPI process
- The Benefits of a Feasibility Study (during new product development)
- The Hardware Academy
Get in touch with us
- Connect with us on LinkedIn
- Send us a tweet @sofeast
- Prefer Facebook? Check us out on FB
- Contact us via Sofeast's contact page
- Subscribe to our YouTube channel
Subscribe to the podcast
There are more episodes to come, so remember to subscribe! You can do so in your favorite podcast apps here and don't forget to give us a 5-star rating, please:
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