After a product prototype receives investment or crowdfunding, how do the founders proceed with mass manufacturing?
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Typically, they will work with manufacturers overseas (for cost reasons) to determine the best way to manufacture the product. This will be a combination of sourcing off the shelf components (from other manufacturers) and producing custom components themselves (or via another manufacturer). The manufacturer will then tool the factory to make the custom components and assemble the final packaged product.
Initial batches will be made so that quality assurance can make adjustments to the manufacturing process to correct defects. At the same time, they will begin placing orders from their suppliers for the input materials (be those other components or true raw materials).
From there, it is just a matter of scaling up or down based on demand. Given the cost of all above, initial manufacturing runs are usually in the thousands or tens of thousands, which are shipped to state-side warehouses for distribution.
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