OEM product development, from spec to trial lot

Firms with their own design or significant product changes, who need an OEM or ODM partner, product development from a factory proposal, in China, and a clearly run development process.

One product family. Spec and feasibility note. Up to three potential development or OEM partners. A comparison of factory capabilities. Alignment of first prototype or sample make. Up to two development and feedback rounds. A change record and an updated spec. A trial-production readiness plan. A recommended QC plan before mass production.

Work goes by phases. Each phase is approved before the next. Timeline depends on product complexity and factory speed.

Industrial design or technical drawing from scratch. Tooling and mould cost. Prototype, factory engineering hours, testing and certificates. Patent check, IP protection, trademark and legal opinion. A guarantee of patentability or regulatory compliance. More than two development changes. Commercial production, follow-up and QC, unless separately ordered.

Goods, samples, courier, QC, lab, freight, duty and taxes are shown separately from the Papillon fee.

Fees are on request. The quote depends on product family, number of SKUs, factories, customisation, timeline and operating scope.

A sourcing commission activates only when a commercial order exists. Tooling, prototypes and lab stay separate costs.

OEM product development is for a firm that changes a product or makes a new one. One family, up to three development partners, spec, alignment of the first prototype and up to two change rounds. Each phase is approved before the next. Industrial design from scratch, patent and trademark are not in the package.

Tool and mould are paid separately. The contract states who holds them. The lot does not start until a sample from that tool is approved in writing. An approved sample is a measured piece, not a message that it looks good. If the factory later swaps material, that is a new round, not a small thing.

The date is not one number. Spec and shortlist often fit in 1–3 weeks, prototype in 2–5, make after approval often 4–10 weeks, sea about 35–52 days when you go to quantity. A sourcing commission starts only when a commercial order exists. Until then you pay development phases and prototype cost.

On running that order above 2,000 USD independent quality control is standard before loading. A lab, if the market needs it, stays a separate cost. Papillon does not issue a conformity mark.

OEM product development is for a firm that changes a product or makes a new one, in one family. Up to three development partners, spec, feasibility, alignment of the first prototype and up to two change rounds. Each phase is approved before the next. A third round is an add-on.

Industrial design from scratch, patent and trademark are not in the package. We do not guarantee the solution is patentable or that it passes regulation. Lab, tool and prototype are paid separately. The contract states who holds the mould. The lot does not start until a sample from that tool is approved in writing.

Timeline depends on the factory and how fast you return comment. Partner research fits in 1–3 weeks. A prototype often needs 2–5 weeks, and a tool adds time before that. Sea of 35–52 days starts only when a trial lot is approved, not when the drawing is pretty.

QC before mass production enters as a plan in this package. Inspection of a lot above 2,000 USD is the standard of later execution and a separate cost. Commercial production is not automatically included. A sourcing commission starts only when a commercial order exists.

Before a tool deposit the spec holds size, material, what is measured on the prototype and what may be changed by the word equivalent. Equivalent after the tool means another product. Landed cost is calculated on trial quantity and on the lot, because the tool is spread over pieces only if the lot actually starts.

A phase stops when the prototype does not measure what is in the spec, when the factory wants to swap material without a new sample, or when the tool costs more than the lot can bear. Continuing then is not courage. It is a costlier round.

Two change rounds are the package limit. A comment that changes function after the second round is a new scope, with a new date. The change record exists so you do not return to an old measure orally.

The QC plan before the lot says what is measured, not who pays the lab. The lab stays separate. When a trial lot passes, sourcing execution takes commercial quantity if you order it.