https://o2osourcing.com/tags/shenzhen/ Recent content in Shenzhen on O2O Sourcing | China, Seen from the Ground Hugo en Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://o2osourcing.com/cities/how-to-prepare-a-shenzhen-hardware-sourcing-visit-around-engineering-evi-ipzhxc/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://o2osourcing.com/cities/how-to-prepare-a-shenzhen-hardware-sourcing-visit-around-engineering-evi-ipzhxc/ <p>A Shenzhen sourcing visit should test a defined engineering claim, not simply provide a general impression of a prospective source. During pre-sourcing research, the objective is to determine whether an organization can connect one selected product to controlled requirements, test records, manufacturing activities, engineering changes, and—where relevant—product-safety evidence.</p> <p>Plan the visit around one product or variant and one declared Shenzhen location. Event listings, presentations, samples, verbal explanations, and meeting-room displays may help identify leads or questions, but they are not engineering evidence by themselves. A useful visit follows a traceable path from product definition to requirements, operating controls, results, exceptions, and changes.</p> https://o2osourcing.com/cities/how-to-structure-a-shenzhen-visit-when-prototype-and-production-question-fh5xin/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://o2osourcing.com/cities/how-to-structure-a-shenzhen-visit-when-prototype-and-production-question-fh5xin/ <h2 id="executive-introduction">Executive introduction</h2> <p>A convincing prototype does not establish that a prospective sourcing route can manufacture the same design repeatedly under controlled production conditions. Prototype development is primarily concerned with translating a concept into a reviewable sample, resolving specifications, and managing revisions. Production verification asks different questions about process control, inspection, traceability, change authorization, product safety, and repeatability.</p> <p>Structure a Shenzhen visit around these two independent questions. Review prototype evidence without treating it as proof of production readiness, and review the proposed production system without assuming that displayed equipment or promotional statements demonstrate routine capability. The objective at the pre-sourcing stage is not to approve a supplier. It is to determine what is supported by records or observation, what remains a claim, and what requires specialist review.</p>