Selecting a manufacturer

How Can I Find a Manufacturer?

Finding the right manufacturer isn’t a one-step process. Instead, networking in your industry will help you find the best fit.
Entrepreneur.com 9/7/07

Finding a Manufacturer

If your startup is based on a new product, your relationship with a manufacturer could be the most important partnership you will form.
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Components for developing a business Plan: Location, location, location

 

Gather information on where you will be located…do you have customers there?…what are they like?

• BizMiner – Local Business Summaries
• CFED – Development Report Card for States
• U.S. Census: American Factfinder
• Bureau of Economic Analysis – Regional Economic Accounts
• U.S. Chambers of Commerce

Locating your business

Business Facilities is a magazine that focuses on location assistance.

Recent articles include:

• 25 Essential Relocation Tips
• The 2006 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Key business article databases

These databases are the primary sources of magazine and journal articles. Searching for articles matters within almost every topic area.

• ABI/Inform Global: Find research on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.

• ABI/Inform Trade & Industry: journals and articles on specific industries

• Business & Company Resource Center: Information on companies, rankings, suits & claims, and much more.

• Business Source Premier: Business magazines & journals; industry reports, and company analysis.

• Factiva: US magazines, newspapers and international publications
• Lexis Nexis Academic: US newspapers, industry magazines, and other publications