How Chinese Knockoffs Are Killing Innovative Hardware Startups - Sofeast
See how Chinese knockoffs from Shenzhen copycats are killing hardware startups and learn how to protect your new product from being copied.| Sofeast
These blog posts share tips and best practices about quality inspections. The goal is to help you improve your product quality coming out of Asia.| Sofeast
See how Chinese knockoffs from Shenzhen copycats are killing hardware startups and learn how to protect your new product from being copied.| Sofeast
This free eBook, 'Importer's Guide To Sourcing From China,' gives you 80+ pages of practical tips to avoid mistakes when sourcing & develop your suppliers.| Sofeast
Sofeast supports you with professional quality assurance, product engineering, & supply chain management solutions in China, India, & beyond.| Sofeast
This is Sofeast's blog. The posts here focus on providing you with tips and best practices to address many issues & questions that importers from Asia have!| Sofeast
Quality assurance help for importers to audit suppliers in Asia, put in place robust QA systems & processes, & inspect product quality meets expectations.| Sofeast
Our 360-degree product risk assessment helps assure that existing products you buy won’t lead to costly safety issues or recalls later on.| Sofeast
Reliability testing helps assure products can be sold and will be safe to use. But do you need a customized reliability test plan for yous?| Sofeast
What is a golden sample and why is it the cornerstone of obtaining safe, reliable, and high quality mass-produced products? Find out here.| Sofeast
Explore how important CMF or color, material, finish is in product design and when to introduce it in the new product development process.| Sofeast
Sofeast clients can opt to work with a dedicated project manager to manage their project & suppliers. Here's how this service works and its benefits to you.| Sofeast
Sofeast can support your sourcing or manufacturing projects no matter where your suppliers are in Asia. Here you can see our coverage areas.| Sofeast
Your supplier delivers products to us, we do a 100% inspection on them and sort out the ‘bad ones’, and pack them and ship them to you. We can also kit or assemble several components together.| Sofeast
Importing products from abroad? You need to know the suitable types of packaging and dunnage. We've got you covered with this guide.| Sofeast
You need to know that your packaging will protect your products during transit. ISTA standards and their tests give you that peace of mind.| Sofeast
What can we learn from 4 high-profile crowdfunding failures that all obtained the cash to get into production, but still failed?| Sofeast
Entrepreneurs with a new idea need to be wary of Chinese copycats (fast followers) as they can take your product IP and beat you to market. Here's how.| Sofeast
Some companies assemble locally to protect IP of innovative & popular products, but a China NNN agreement could allow you to do it at source.| Sofeast
With compliance testing consulting, Sofeast confirms which standards your product must comply with and creates & implements your compliance testing plan.| Sofeast
Effective IP protection for manufacturers doesn't always have to rely on legal agreements. Explore how we manage suppliers' access to protect your IP here.| Sofeast
What should a manufacturing contract in China for importers with a Chinese supplier include if it's going to offer enforceable protection? Find out here.| Sofeast
Sofeast's free resources where we share our knowledge to help you design and engineer products, manage suppliers, and improve your quality. Read them here.| Sofeast
Product inspection solutions in China & Asia at a set cost based on your product & needs. Verify quality before your goods leave your supplier| Sofeast
Perform a Sofeast factory audit on your supplier’s factory to detect and evaluate the highest sources of risk so you can act as needed.| Sofeast
When sourcing, we evaluate several samples from potential suppliers on the same objective criteria. We can compare successive samples sent by your supplier after the order is issued, too.| Sofeast
Should you work with an OEM, ODM, or CM? What are their pros & cons? We break down each supplier type for importers planning on manufacturing a new product.| Sofeast
Is one round of prototyping enough to go into manufacturing? Here's how many prototypes may realistically be required and why.| Sofeast
Sofeast’s supplier management solution puts our experienced supply chain managers on your team, acting as your ‘local eyes and ears’ in Asia, planning & managing your project to assure the end result of faster project completion at expected quality and cost.| Sofeast
Step 1. Off-site Reviews Combination: Legal Records Check (LRC), Bank Account Verification (BAV), Certificates and Reports Verification (CRV)| Sofeast
Our China 3PL facility provides you with warehousing and consolidated shipping worldwide from South China. Check our solutions here.| Sofeast
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a systematic technique of reviewing components, assemblies, & sub-systems to identify as many failure modes as possible and understand cause & effects on the product.| Sofeast
Our project managers & engineers use a proven new product introduction process to get your product made quickly, on budget, & at the right quality.| Sofeast
We spoke with an entrepreneur about his 6-year journey to launch an innovative product and got his insights on prototyping and development.| Sofeast
Use this page to contact Sofeast. You might have a question about our solutions, costs, or a suggestion for a new blog post. You can ask us anything here.| Sofeast
What are the different types of rapid tooling prototyping for the fast generation of prototypes in different materials? Explore them here.| Sofeast
Sofeast engineers answer 17 key plastic injection molding questions we're often asked to inform you about this critical process.| Sofeast
What is freeform injection molding?| Sofeast
When working with Chinese electronics contract manufacturers you may encounter these common problems that cause quality issues and more.| Sofeast
New factory identification: We source the best possible qualified provider or component source for your needs from our network or relevant directories.| Sofeast
Transitioning to manufacturing is a key process for importers and there 2 supplier options who can develop your product, but which is better?| Sofeast
Many importers want to find contract manufacturers in China to make their product. Get better results from your CM with these best practices.| Sofeast
We discuss the 11 questions buyers must answer when sourcing a Chinese contract manufacturer for electronics to help you find a great partner.| Sofeast
Supply chain management solutions for SMEs requiring help with sourcing suppliers & coordinating projects in China, India, & SE Asia.| Sofeast
Let's discuss the potential tariffs Trump plans to impose, which will affect not only American businesses but also international listeners.| Sofeast
Everything hardware startups need to know about the new product introduction process for a new product in China and successfully bringing it to market.| Sofeast
Prototyping from a completed design can be done in weeks, but starting from a concept alone has more steps. Explore how to go from idea to working prototype.| Sofeast
As part of new product development you should be creating a prototype of your idea. This prototyping process turns your idea into reality.| Sofeast
