Everyone Says Your Product Is Good Enough to Sell, but Building Your Own Production Means Debt Before You Know Anyone Will Buy. A Co-Packer Lets You Rent Somebody Else’s Factory Instead. This Post Explains What a Co-Packer Really Is, Why It’s an Operating Leverage Decision, the Minimums and Cash Traps Nobody Mentions, and How to Find, Vet, and Prepare for the Right One.
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For most inventors with a new product idea, they are far better to license their idea to a manufacturer than to raise the capital to manufacture and distribute the product themselves.
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Automation Is Transforming U.S. Manufacturing, Opening New Opportunities For Entrepreneurs To Compete In Small-Batch, Custom Markets. Learn How You Can Benefit.
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Tariffs, AI, and a Shrinking Labor Force Are Driving a New Wave of Onshoring and Automation. Discover How to Use Robotics and Apps to Stay Ahead of the Curve.
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The only parts that make it into the mainstream are parts that can be manufactured in the tens of thousands. These large batches then require complex distribution channels and warehousing of inventory that ties up precious capital. With small-scale 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNC machines, parts can be produced at the point of sale.
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Many local ecosystems have initiatives and programs to foster innovation in their own community as a way to grow new technology or manufacturing companies. They do this in the hopes it will bring in new money as the primary employer grows to maturity. However, sometimes it is not the product that generates the revenue, but
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Primary & secondary employers are vital to local ecosystem, One brings new money in and the other keeps money local, However each is treated different,
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When I hear politicians say that we need to bring more offshore manufacturing jobs back to the US, to me it is like saying that we need to move more employment back to the farms. Often the dialog related to manufacturing jobs includes references to more skilled jobs with higher wages. There is one very
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Coming up with a great idea is the easy part. It is the execution of bringing your idea to market that is the hard part. I have run into many clients who have a great idea, around which they want to build a business. When I mention that they can license the product to a
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