OEM or ODM: which programme fits your first order
Which programme fits your first order: who owns the design, who owns the last, and what each route asks of you before cutting begins.
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Notes from the factory floor: how shoes get made, how orders get shipped, and what the standards on our wall actually mean.
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Packing for export: how footwear survives a sea crossing
Cartons, silica, and the choice of lasts-in or lasts-out: the unglamorous engineering between final QC and the container.
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What a minimum order quantity is really made of
MOQs are not a factory being difficult. They are materials, machine changeovers and a line that has to be re-taught a style.
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The sampling calendar, from first enquiry to confirmed sample
What happens in each of the weeks between sending a tech pack and holding a pair you are willing to sign off.
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FOB, EXW, CIF: where your responsibility actually starts
Three letters on a quotation decide who books the ship, who pays the port, and who owns a problem when one appears.
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