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September 29, 2022

For years, China has been the go-to manufacturing location, but that has changed in recent times. With the increased transportation cost and heavy tariff policies between China and the United States, partnering with Sino factories is getting heavy on the pocket. On top of that, their sporadic city shutdowns in hopes of a ‘zero covid’ … Read more

September 29, 2022

When outsourcing your manufacturing overseas, there are many factors to consider besides the cost. For starters, risks with regulations, customs, logistics, and prominent cultural differences are just a few other considerations. Cost-efficiency alone does not make a supplier ‘the one’. How do you navigate through these? The key is building a reliable relationship with your … Read more

September 29, 2022

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 the entire sourcing process without any hiccups … Read more

August 29, 2022

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

August 29, 2022

Manufacturing cost reduction starts with a clear view of every expense from sourcing through delivery. A supply chain cost analysis can reveal waste in materials, production, inventory, quality control, freight and returns. Use the findings to rank savings by financial value, product risk and effort before changing suppliers or processes. A cheaper factory quote doesn’t … Read more

August 17, 2022

E-commerce is no longer just a faster way to sell products. It now shapes how products are researched, designed, manufactured, packaged, priced, marketed, delivered, returned, and improved after launch. For product teams, the most important e-commerce trends are the ones that change what customers expect before they ever click “buy.”  Online shopping is still growing, … Read more

August 5, 2022

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

July 28, 2022

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

July 28, 2022

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

June 1, 2022

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

May 23, 2022

To create your own product and get it to market, you need a solid product development strategy. Think of this as your methodology to get through all the steps from the idea through to the final end product. For many entrepreneurs who have not created and manufactured their own product yet, it can be overwhelming … Read more

May 19, 2022

One of the most important decisions you can make when launching a new product is where your product is manufactured and who your manufacturing partner is. And let’s be honest, the pandemic and supply chain disruptions in recent years might make you question if manufacturing in China is still the obvious choice it may have … Read more