Topic: Supply Chain
February 10, 2023
Digital First Brands: Get Ready for Expansion
For digital first brands, new target audiences, packaging considerations, and retailer requirements can all seem unfamiliar and daunting. Fortunately, there is knowledge you can leverage to ease your entry into retailers supply chain.
December 2, 2022
Scaling Up Your Manufacturing Supply Chain – A Chat With Gembah Founder Zack Leonard
September 29, 2022
The Definitive Guide To Decreasing Your Wholesale Supplier Costs
From pricing strategies to sourcing and procurement processes, there are several elements in a business’s supply operations that can be modified to maximize the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of a business. Given frequent supply chain disruptions and squeezing margins, reducing costs is more imperative than ever to ensure the survival of a wholesale business. How can ... Read more
September 29, 2022
Scale Manufacturing Without Risking Your Supply Chain
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
7 Questions to Ask When Sourcing an Overseas Supplier
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
August 29, 2022
11 Tips For Supply Chain Optimization
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 4, 2022
Diversify Your Supply Chain Outside Of China Today
Let’s not sugar coat it – the last 4 years in the supply chain world has been nuts. We’ve had tariff increases, an ecommerce boom, hyperbolic increases in logistics costs, and now all of that is coming to a halt as we enter what some experts are calling a global recession. Kudos to you for ... Read more
July 26, 2022
Michael Kienitz
Michael Kienitz was named YETI’s Head of Operations in July of 2018 and promoted to Senior Vice President in February 2020.
June 17, 2022
How You Can Beat Your Competitors by Diversifying your Supply Chain
John DiBlanda discusses why diversifying your supply chain can help you get ahead and mitigate your risk.
June 1, 2022
Sourcing Trends For 2022
Steven Blustein and Benjamin Hopwood speak about Sourcing, Logistics & Quality Control at the Global Sources Virtual Summit.
May 4, 2022
Supercharge Your Supply Chain
Joe Valley sits down with Zack Leonard to discuss the secrets to scaling your business through efficient and innovative product creation.