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b'Forde Aley is the Co-Founder of Shining Way Sourcing, an agency that has sourced manufacturing for over 1,000 products, with both founders having over 25 years of experience in the space. \\xa0 Today Forde is going to share some valuable knowledge on how inventors, startups, and small manufacturers can source their first manufacturer for their new hardware invention idea overseas, how to ensure quality control for that production, and why it is important to consider how that factory can scale as you grow into larger sales over time.\\nToday you will hear us talk about:\\n\\nChoosing a factory.\\xa0 How to find the right factory.\\n\\n3 key things for sourcing: Choosing a factory, quality control, and retail ready-to-scale.\\n\\nFind out how the factory is managed, who the players are, and how it operates as a management team. This is overlooked but very important to know.\\n\\nEnsure you or your factory sourcing agent has visited the factory and the factory management team.\\n\\nQuality control processes must ensure the output product matches all required criteria.\\n\\nStandard operating procedures manual of a factory.\\n\\nRetail logistics.\\xa0 Packaging, UPCs, pallets, import, export. Factory selection.\\n\\nThe sourcing company\\u2019s in-house team.\\xa0 Both local and offshore.\\n\\nExperience. Make sure 10 years or more, the more experience, the more factories the team will have worked with and knowledge of.\\n\\nWhy sourcing agents/sourcing companies are important to new consumer product startups and inventors.\\n\\n\\nEPISODE LINKS:\\n\\nForde Aley Links:\\nLinkedIn | Shining Way Sourcing\\n\\nThe Product Startup Podcast Links:\\nhttps://www.ProductStartup.com/\\nInstagram | LinkedIn | Facebook Page | Facebook Group | Pinterest | Twitter | YouTube\\n\\nPTC Links:\\nhttps://www.ptc.com/\\nOnShape | Creo\\n\\nMako Design Links:\\nhttps://www.makodesign.com/\\nYouTube | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Pinterest | Twitter\\n\\nKevin Mako Links:\\nInstagram | LinkedIn | Quora | Facebook | Twitter\\n\\nPartner: PTC\\u2019s best-in-class software solutions Onshape: The only cloud-native product development platform that delivers full-featured computer-aided design (CAD), integrated product data management (PDM) and enterprise analytics in a single system, and Creo: 3D CAD solution that provides designers with the most innovative tools to build better products faster, such as generative design, additive manufacturing, real-time simulation, IIoT, and augmented reality.\\n\\nProducer: MAKO Design + Invent is the original firm providing world-class consumer product development services tailored to startups, small manufacturers, and inventors. Simply put, we are the leading one-stop-shop for developing your physical product from idea to store shelves, all in a high-quality, cost-effective, and timely manner. We operate as one powerhouse 30-person product design team spread across 4 offices to serve you (Austin, Miami, San Francisco, & Toronto). We have full-stack in-house industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, patent referral, prototyping, and manufacturing services. To assist our startup and inventor clients, in addition to above, we help with business strategy, product strategy, marketing, and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories.'