by admin | Mar 29, 2018 | articles, Managing Suppliers, Supplier Strategy
Frank Thomas, Senior Quality Engineer, AMREP North America Some months ago, I gave a presentation to a major electronics retailer in Minneapolis on how to work with their Chinese suppliers and how to utilise third party quality management companies effectively. They...
by admin | Mar 29, 2018 | articles
In How do quality problems arise? – Part 1, we spoke with our supplier quality engineers, auditors, and quality inspectors on what causes supplier quality problems. They pointed out that management resistance, poor training in manufacturing techniques, and the failure...
by admin | Dec 22, 2017 | articles
As 2017 draws to a close, at AMREP we have been reflecting on what kind of year it’s been for quality management and manufacturing. We think that it’s been a shocker. In the last three months, there have been some major unbelievable quality debacles, the most recent...
by admin | Jun 15, 2017 | Reference
Have you ever wondered what’s on the bookshelf in a supplier quality management company? Take a peek! We asked our staff members what they think are the best books on quality management and here’re what they chose: Poorly Made in China: An Insider’s...
by admin | Jan 3, 2015 | News
AMREP Supplier Management Services announced today that it would start offering dedicated quality control services for product start-ups, entrepreneurs and innovators. The company has previously worked with startup companies, a notable one being Pure Digital...
by admin | Dec 10, 2012 | Supplier Quality Engineering
By Frank Thomas, Senior Quality Engineer, AMREP North America Some years ago, I gave a presentation to a major electronics retailer in Minneapolis on how to work with their Chinese suppliers and how to utilise third party quality management companies effectively. They...
by admin | Feb 4, 2012 | articles
We work with the best technologically geared companies in the US and Europe which outsourced their electronics manufacturing to Chinese factories. Our customers conceptualized, designed and set out the manufacturing perimeters for their China suppliers. AMREP is a...
by admin | Jul 11, 2011 | articles
Managing your outsourced suppliers is about applying the right quality management tools at the right time. Here is a quick run-down on some of the tools you can use: AQL (Acceptance Quality Limit): A scientific method for determining the maximum number of defective...
by admin | Mar 15, 2011 | articles
Our business is to manage suppliers for our outsourcing customers. Our services require us to work with different suppliers. Our work also provides us with an opportunity to gather information on the business activities of the industries which we are always engaged...
by admin | Mar 14, 2011 | articles
Online supplier directories and B2B marketplaces like AliBaba, Global Sources, IndiaMart, DH Gate, and HKTDC have made procurement much easier by placing the world’s suppliers at your fingertips. No matter what you want made, there’s a supplier for it somewhere in the...
