Articles tagged with: Costing Products
I have been working on my calendar for next year and I wanted to share a few tips and tricks that I find really helpful to keep your business running more efficiently and hopefully, with less forgotten details.
As many of you know, I am a single mom to 4 yr old twins and don’t have one second to spare (most of the time) unless of course you want to come over for a martini! I am the queen of organized and rely on my calendar to tell me what to do …
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Dear Sarah,What are the pros and cons of manufacturing in the USA vs. Overseas and vice versa?
Thanks,
Robin Humphrey http://www.robincharlotte.com
Hey Robin,
Thanks for this great question. This can be complicated so I am going to give you the short answer…..even thought it’s not that short!
Pros of manufacturing in the USA:
You can see/meet them face to face.
You don’t have to give a 30% deposit to start.
You can monitor the progress yourself.
You save on fed-x charges for samples and stuff.
You can usually make smaller quantities.
You might get faster delivery if it’s local.
Pros …
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So many people ask me how to determine their minimums, if they should have one, and what the point of it is anyhow. Since there are many answers, and you are the only one (perhaps with my help) who can determine this for yourself, I will give you some scenarios and options to help you make the choice wisely.
NOTE: Minimums are what you require a store to purchase each time they order. You may decide to have a larger opening order (meaning the first time they buy from you) and …
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As I am speaking to more and more of you budding Entreprenettes, I realize that understanding the true cost on your product(s) is a real problem for everyone as you really just don’t know exactly what to include……and therefore are underselling your products and loosing money and profits. I want to turn that around for you right now!
Some of you are probably asking yourself the following:
I’d like to develop this product but have no idea of the costs involved
I have a product but have no idea what to count as …
