Manufacturing

How Working Backwards Helps Move Your Business Forward

December 15, 2011

How Working Backwards Helps Move Your Business Forward: 7 Steps to Creating Deadlines That Work Every Time By Jane Button I now work much better starting backwards than forwards. It’s something I learned long ago when I realized that there were certain times of the year when buyers placed their orders. When I started my [...]

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Pricing Pitfall #2: Miscalculating Labor Costs

February 13, 2011

  Miscalculating Labor Costs or Charging Too Little or Nothing for Your Own Labor:   If you have a small manufacturing business or cottage industry, a huge miscalculation I see all too often is miscalculating labor costs or forgetting to pay yourself what you would have to pay someone else and factor this into your [...]

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What to ask a prospective manufacturer…

September 18, 2010

Narrowing the Field: What To Look for And What To Ask Once you've narrowed the field and located several potential manufacturers (I recommend finding at least 3), it's time to start your due diligence. The challenge is to know as much as you possibly can about the company and their facility. Your manufacturer is one [...]

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Finding the “Right” Manufacturer for Your Creative Products

September 12, 2010

You’ve started your business designing and creating your fabulous product and NOW you realize you’ve got to find a manufacturer. Since you’re not going to be making your product all yourself and still do all the other parts of your business – like designing, marketing, selling, accounting, shipping, customer service and being the visionary – [...]

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