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Finding the Perfect Partner: The Do’s and Don’ts of Engaging Suppliers

Supply Chain

Hardware start-ups are challenged when moving from designing early product design to supplier engagement. Let’s be honest, most contract manufacturers would prefer to be working… Read More »

Build vs. Buy: Determining What to Outsource and What to Keep In-House

Supply Chain

While an in-housing strategy can help protect valuable IP, most hardware startups cannot make the capital investment required to build prototypes in-house. Don’t take the… Read More »

Keeping Your Secrets Secret: Managing Intellectual Property and Third Parties

Supply Chain

In a technology-driven age, information-sharing occurs at a rapid rate. Start-ups that fail to protect intellectual property early come to regret that prioritization failure. Learn… Read More »

You’re Only as Strong as Your Weakest Link: Assessing Supply Chain Risk

Supply Chain

Each part of your supply chain is capable of influencing the system as a whole (for better or for worse). Keep this in mind when… Read More »

How to Select the Right Demand Forecasting Method for Your Startup

Supply Chain

Demand forecasting is tough when you have a rich set of historic figures. What methods can you use when data to guide your hardware startup… Read More »

Why this Hardware Startup Failed After Raising $100 Million in Funding

Product Design, Supply Chain

Hardware entrepreneurs: learn from the tragi-comic failure of Juicero. The failure to embrace human-centered design led to product flaws that seem obvious in hindsight. Don’t… Read More »

What's Resource Planning and Why Should I Care

What Exactly Is Resource Planning and Why Should I Care?

Supply Chain

Resource planning has evolved. The latest technologies allow hardware startups to develop processes that will scale with them as they grow. Learn how to successfully… Read More »

Why 96% of Best-in-Class Companies Use Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Supply Chain

Despite the amazing capabilities of current ERP systems, they somehow continue to improve. A confluence of cloud-based computing and big data have allowed companies to… Read More »

How Do I Know if I Should Invest in Enterprise Resource Management?

Supply Chain

Check out our detailed guide toward selecting an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Materials Resource Planning (MRP) system. A Tale of Two Systems If you’re… Read More »