[maartn]

1 Work with a local party during development. We worked with a local party that co-owns a factory in CN. Will not do it again. Even they had trouble communicating the right information and requirements. It took at least 6 to 8 weeks before we had a next iteration in our hands. We had to do about 8 iterations before the product was OK and 12 before it was exactly right... We will develop our next product locally and only when the mould tooling is finished will we possibly look for remote manufacturing. 2 Have non-manufacturer eyes on the floor in the factory do checks during production. 3 Request certification of the materials and coloring.