Ask4Me Group can provide you with a host of design services that can be of great help during the process of realizing your product in China. Our services can be divided into the following categories: 

• - Feasibility Study
• - Design
• - Engineering
• - Prototyping
• - Manufacturing & Logistics
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We gladly assist you in either one, several or all of these disciplines. Our most valuable design service is not mentioned in this list: that is Management of the entire process of realizing your product in China. For each design we deliver - no matter how big or small - we always look at the big picture and try to assist you in a way that best suits you and your projects.

 

Ask4Me Group helps companies to realize unique products in mass-oriented China. We offer brand firms the possibility to produce products without having to deal with suppliers and factories directly. Most of our clients have concepts that are innovative and unique. This usually means that there is no manufacturer that has experience in producing the product. Ask4Me Group specializes in project management and communication between clients and Chinese manufacturers, making the road from idea to finished product as smooth as possible.

Because of years of experience in doing business with China we give consultancy on how to develop and successfully realize a product here. From the start of a project we can advice you where the focus needs to be. We can make a reliable study in which we estimate the technical feasibility for product ideas. For a fixed price we can present our clients with a report that states (among others): what steps need to be taken by which parties, an estimation of cost, an indication for planning, a list of possible suppliers, design restrictions. 

This report will give information to evaluate the commercial viability of a product concept, and it helps to make substantiated decisions for the rest of the project.

Our clients come to us because they need something that not only looks good but that is also practical. It needs to function without flaws and - eventually - sell well. Since we know what to expect when realizing products in China, from the first sketch we look for creative solutions that will actually work for the design challenges we are faced with. We generate creative and viable solution that work from a user perspective and - already keeping the engineering process in mind - will function well.

Problems when matching a casing design into its electronic content can be hard to solve when it's all theory. Living and working in China gives us direct access the factory world. Communication lines to suppliers are short and factories are just around the corner. Our Chinese engineers have worked in the same factories that make your products before they came to work for us. They know what engineering solution will work from first hand factory experience. We know and talk the local engineering language. This, combined with western master's degree make a solid base when it comes to engineering in China.

The first idea - no matter how good - is never the same a the final product. One of the best tools, when designing and engineering an innovative product is a mechanically and electronically functioning prototype. It shows where enhancements need to be made, communicates the product's function to your target audience and shows the product's merits and potential to investors. At Ask4Me Group we know the value of a working prototype and provide working models in an early phase of the project.

As experts in product design engineering Ask4Me Group knows how to get Chinese manufacturers to a higher level in engineering and quality. For manufacturing and assembly we can work with partners indicated by our client or we use our own group of partner companies with whom we have a long and intensive working relationship. One of our strong partners for supply chain management is Arthur Tideman. Once a production is running his team executes the price quotations, makes sure production is up to standard and arranges shipment anywhere around the globe.