I thought this was fascinating, thanks for sharing! I have a read a few other blog posts by American companies describing how hard it was to work with Chinese manufacturers (mainly, that the...
I thought this was fascinating, thanks for sharing!
I have a read a few other blog posts by American companies describing how hard it was to work with Chinese manufacturers (mainly, that the Chinese companies will shamelessly rip off the product). I thought it was interesting to hear a more positive story here (though the Chinese partner was only making the case for the product here, not the PCB).
The IP issues are real, and I think manufacturing really cutting edge stuff is quite tough for that reason (of course the margins are great because you're not selling a commodity). I think they're...
The IP issues are real, and I think manufacturing really cutting edge stuff is quite tough for that reason (of course the margins are great because you're not selling a commodity). I think they're also sensible to contract out the manufacturing to a Chinese firm; from second hand observation of some acquitances' attempt to set up a full factory in China
it's really tough to get good engineers (it took them 5 years to get a very simple line running and involved moving engineers from another western country to China to get things up and running)
corruption is rampant (although they are quite used to operating in countries with high levels of corruption) and you have to keep a really good eye on things
I thought this was fascinating, thanks for sharing!
I have a read a few other blog posts by American companies describing how hard it was to work with Chinese manufacturers (mainly, that the Chinese companies will shamelessly rip off the product). I thought it was interesting to hear a more positive story here (though the Chinese partner was only making the case for the product here, not the PCB).
The IP issues are real, and I think manufacturing really cutting edge stuff is quite tough for that reason (of course the margins are great because you're not selling a commodity). I think they're also sensible to contract out the manufacturing to a Chinese firm; from second hand observation of some acquitances' attempt to set up a full factory in China
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It's corporate blogging but on the better end of the spectrum. Sorry if it is not appropriate for Tildes.