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Avoid Sending Immature Product Designs to a Chinese Manufacturer!

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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.’

 

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Episode 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.

 

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The Benefits of a Feasibility Study (during new product development)

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Renaud and Adrian talk about what a feasibility study for new products is, its benefits, and everything you need to know in order to implement yours. This will really help you to identify potential issues long before you manufacture your product, saving time and money on correcting them later on.

 

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Episode sections

  • 00:00 – Introduction.
  • 02:01 – Many people don’t consider doing a feasibility study.
  • 03:11 – The 6 phases of the NPI process for an electro-mechanical product.
  • 15:12 – The role of industrial designers in realizing concepts where the product needs to look good and who else helps you here.
  • 20:10 – What to do in projects where figuring out how to make the product work is paramount.
  • 23:01 – Using the feasibility study’s designs and prototypes for marketing and sales.
  • 24:54 – The ‘Just Do It’ or ‘Go’ syndrome is the biggest mistake to avoid.
  • 38:30 – What if a product is rushed into mass production?
  • 44:21 – Tips on how to do your own feasibility study based on how large businesses conduct theirs.
  • 50:26 – Wrapping up.

 

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