Adrian and Renaud tackle the big question of cost versus quality and how they both affect each other in manufacturing. You’ll learn common Chinese attitudes towards them, the long-term power of lean, and some achievable levers that can bring you cost and quality benefits that most businesses can implement quickly.

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Episode sections

• 00:00 – Greetings and introduction (inc. our team at CES ’24!)
• 01:50 – What do we mean by Cost V Quality?
• 04:49 – A typical Chinese manufacturer’s logic about quality.
• 15:29 – The Lean manufacturing ideal.
• 25:32 – Day-to-day keys that can give you quality and cost benefits. 
  • 26:38 – Do design for manufacturing and assembly
  • 29:30 – Follow a sound NPI process
  • 32:57 – Use good tooling and automation
  • 35:12 – Staff training for avoiding defects and more
  • 37:21 – Experience effects
• 38:21 – Wrapping up.

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• What is the “lean” approach to manufacturing, and is it applicable in China?
• Design for manufacturing (Video)
• Design for assembly (Video)
• Get NPI support from Sofeast’s engineers to bring your product to market

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