Frictionless Supply Chain: Global sourcing and manufacturing with Calico

Listen as Kathleen Chan founder and CEO of Calico and Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute, discuss global sourcing software.

Calico is a global sourcing and manufacturing platform helping businesses design products and find production locations worldwide. In these days of chaotic tariff policy and unpredictable changes in geopolitics, Chan’s company can help guide manufacturers through the maze of world trade.

In this episode, Chan describes how Calico uses AI technology to assist in the design and development of apparel, footwear, and jewelry. On the Calico platform, customers can create their product design and then be matched with more than 150 vetted manufacturers worldwide. Calico staff can assist in overseeing production on location.

Chan says companies leaving China have renewed interest in Turkey, Latin America, and Southeast Asia for manufacturing. No matter where in the world customers are sourcing, Calico can deliver a total landed cost profile for customers’ products from alternate global locations, she says. Because of the high labor content in apparel, footwear, and jewelry, very little of this manufacturing will come back to the U.S.

To learn more about Calico, go to www.JoinCalico.com, and to learn more about reshoring, contact Rosemary Coates at [email protected]

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