Quality products lead to loyal customers. However, building quality products in a global economy has its fair share of challenges. For example, you might need to acquire supplies from one country, manufacture the finished product in another, and finally ship it to customers scattered across the world. Managing this entire process without any hiccups is … Read more
What are sourcing and procurement? How are they different? If you think sourcing and procurement are synonymous with each other or a layman’s terms for talking about getting supplies for an organization, we’re sorry to burst your bubble. Sourcing and procurement are vastly different. Before you procure, you source. Sourcing is the stage where an … Read more
As your brand grows beyond a handful of SKUs, effectively managing your supply chain becomes a growingly important part of your business. A larger supply chain leaves more room for inefficiencies. You work with multiple suppliers and partners simultaneously and your products likely travel across multiple regions around the world, so where do you even … Read more
Imagine you’re sitting inside a luxury car with fully-electric features, a minimalist design, sporty performance figures, lavender mist, and a high-end sound system, comfortable right? Now imagine all of that but without wheels. Is the car functional? Not at all. But that is what a great product is without an efficient supply chain. Non-functional. The … Read more
The world of e-commerce has always been a shifting landscape, with trends coming and going. How consumers buy and what they expect pivots with every new technology. Old-school advertising and modern data analytics have merged with mobile devices and the growth of a global fulfillment network. New e-commerce trends emerge each year, and some change … Read more
If you’re familiar with new product development or just starting to research how it’s done, you know prototypes are an important part of the process. You use these mock-ups to check the form, fit, and function of your product concept, to try out ideas, and to get feedback from potential customers. When most people talk … Read more
Just before the pandemic started, something was brewing in the world of small brands selling on Amazon. A growing number of well-funded companies were buying up successful small sellers. Then, when everyone was stuck at home and buying even more from Amazon, the idea of consolidating brands took off. The companies, called Amazon aggregators, buy … Read more
It’s a cold hard fact in the world of fashion product design: It doesn’t matter how amazing your design is if your manufacturer doesn’t make it exactly how you want it. All that time researching, iterating, and prototyping goes out the window when you get a final product that doesn’t match your vision. That is … Read more
What are you going to put your product in? It’s a question that many product development teams tend to put off or hand off to someone else. But that could be a fatal flaw resulting in product damage, unhappy customers, and negative brand identity. That is why any good product design includes good product packaging … Read more
Contract manufacturing in China has become increasingly popular. This option suits large organizations that don’t want to own factories or invest in capital equipment and smaller companies where building production facilities isn’t feasible. Beyond the cost savings, using a Chinese contract manufacturer allows firms to focus their efforts on product innovation, sales, and marketing. Outsourcing … Read more
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If you are looking to start production on a new product or increase production on an existing one, you may be considering alternatives to manufacturing in China. While there are advantages to Chinese manufacturing, the number of challenges and costs for the region are continuing to increase. In order to mitigate risks and combat increasing … Read more