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.'

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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