Scaled | Behind the scenes of hardware manufacturing in Shenzhen

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Scaled is for founders turning product ideas into global product businesses.

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The Big Picture from Idea to Factory.

Most products fail before they ever ship. Here’s a clear breakdown of the process to make sure yours won’t.

Will this plastic mould pass trial?

In this video, we head to a Shenzhen factory to test and ship the first units of our new product.

Inside Shenzhen’s PCBA ecosystem.

In this video, we head to a PCBA factory in Shenzhen to build a new partnership and check their production lines.

Inside a 4 million drinks/year production line.

In this video, we head to a factory in Foshan to inspect an automated production line custom built to scale and capable of producing up to 4 million drinks a year.

The 10 Mistakes That Kill Hardware Projects.

Most product failures don’t come from bad ideas. They come from avoidable mistakes made too late to fix.

Quality isn't where founders think it is.

Hardware quality problems rarely start at final QC. They usually begin earlier, in product definition, engineering, BOM, DFM and NPI.

Your mould tooling isn’t just another milestone.

Why injection mould tooling takes time, why costs vary, and how design freeze creates repeatable quality at scale.

Getting products made is only half of the job. Enter logistics.

Manufacturing is only half the job. Learn how SKU strategy, landed cost, packaging, customs and fulfilment shape global hardware scale.