{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F6a1a8e8f-343e-4acf-bb11-7458058bbe90","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"#18. Sourcing & manufacturing: how to build out (or improve) a supply chain for your business or start up","description":"Season 2: 'Product development', Episode 6\r\n\r\nA Supply Chain Is A Crucial Component Of Any Business. If You've Developed A Great Product Or Service, How Do You Create A Winning Supply Chain To Bring It To Market? In This Episode Product Experts and Leading Entrepreneurs Reveal How It's Done.\r\n\r\nGuest Bios:\r\n\r\nSven Almenning (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sven-almenning-a8554b20/) is founder and CEO of the Speakeasy Group, a leading Australian hospitality group. (https://speakeasygroup.com.au/)\r\n\r\nRoss Gales (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossgales/) is Director of Design and Strategy at leading product design agency Pollen. (https://pollen.com.au).\r\n\r\nCarrie Peters (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriepeters/) is Product Design Principal at product design agency Us Two. (https://www.ustwo.com.au/)\r\n\r\nDr Wei Shin Lei (https://www.linkedin.com/in/weishinlai/)and Jason Wolfe are the founders of Acoustic Sheep, the manufacturing company of Sleepphones (https://www.sleepphones.com/).\r\n\r\nJessica Sepel (https://www.instagram.com/jshealth/?hl=en) is the founder of JS Health Vitamins (https://jshealthvitamins.com/)\r\n\r\nWhat to listen out for:\r\n\r\n02:01 What happens when supply chain breaks down? Hershey\u2019s Halloween Meltdown\r\n\r\n10:30 Carrie Peters: Why it is important to bring your manufacturers early in the ideation stage?\r\n\r\n14:04 How Speakeasy Group makes the supply chain sourcing more collaborative\r\n\r\n22:47 \u201cCustomers go once for the novelty, they return for quality.\u201d\r\n\r\n29:15 Why Dr. Wei Shin Lai of SleepPhones talk to their manufacturers weekly \r\n\r\n34:18 Tech startups should make the right decisions early on - Ross Gales\r\n\r\n39:36 Entrepreneurs should carefully choose where they want to put their time and effort \r\n\r\n40:42 Buy Now Pay Later Digital Marketing offer from our sponsor \r\n\r\n44:43 NERD UNDER PRESSURE - regular segment \r\n\r\nResources and links:\r\n\r\nHerhsey's supply chain fail https://www.cio.com/article/2440386/supply-chain---hershey-s-bittersweet-lesson.html\r\n*****\r\n\r\nEnjoyed this podcast? >>>> Please SHARE via text or social media ((!))\r\n\r\nGet in touch with us here: https://nerdsofbusiness.com/contact/\r\n\r\nYou can follow Nerds of Business on socials:\r\n\r\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/business_nerds\r\n\r\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdsbusiness/\r\n\r\nLinked in: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nerds-of-business/","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0cac8944-14c5-4968-9e35-81c2d9223bd9/VpWbFk__4M_L7FoBCamexyog.jpg"}