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When evaluating a new contract manufacturer, it’s easy to focus on capabilities like materials, pricing, or quality systems. But one...

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When planning your sales and marketing plan, it’s easy to focus on the manufacturing cost as the primary driver of your product’s pricing and margins. But that’s just a part of your entire costs. Once your product leaves the factory, a range of additional expenses, like shipping, tariffs , insurance, customs fees, and inland transportation, start to add up. These are your landed costs, and if you’re not accounting for them early on, you could be in for an expensive surprise.