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4 Key Questions for Hardware Founders After Launch

How did Cofactr (YC W22) raise $17.2 million in Series A? We answered 4 questions correctly. If you can answer them honestly, and act accordingly, you’ll be on the right path to your own Series A.

4 Key Questions for Hardware Founders After Launch
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Navigating Tariffs: What Manufacturers Need to Know

Tariffs can feel like a complex and ever-changing burden for manufacturers and importers, but understanding them is essential to maintaining a resilient supply chain. In a recent discussion, Cofactr’s CEO & Co-Founder, Matt Haber, sat down with Phil Haney, an expert in global trade compliance, to break down the key concepts surrounding tariffs, country of origin, and best practices for businesses navigating this landscape.

Navigating Tariffs: What Manufacturers Need to Know
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Top 6 Reasons Hardware Startups Struggle to Scale

Scaling a hardware startup is hard. Unlike software, where scaling just means spinning up more cloud servers, you have to wrestle with factories, component shortages, global logistics, tariffs, the list goes on.

Top 6 Reasons Hardware Startups Struggle to Scale
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The Outdated Playbook That's Holding Back Hardware Startups

When it’s time to scale a hardware startup, chances are you’ll battle supply chain woes, manufacturing delays, and a maze of your own spreadsheets. It’s not just bad luck, too often it’s just outdated habits.

The Outdated Playbook That's Holding Back Hardware Startups
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How 3PL Can Fix OTD

On-time delivery can be a challenge in electronics manufacturing, here's how working with a 3PL provider can help.

How 3PL Can Fix OTD
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How Cofactr Crushes Supply Chain Resilience

The idea of managing Supply Chain Resilience (SCR) is just that, for most of us, an idea. Probably should get around to that, maybe next quarter. But what if it was dead simple? Juggling a million priorities and wearing many hats, we’ve all been there. Cofactr makes simple SCR so ridiculously easy it’s practically already done.

How Cofactr Crushes Supply Chain Resilience
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Direct Spend Management for Electronics: A Different Game

Spend is just procurement slang for how much money is going out the door. But managing direct spend—materials tied to your product—is a whole different challenge than buying office supplies.

Direct Spend Management for Electronics: A Different Game
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AI in High-Compliance Industries: A Comprehensive Guide

From mitigating supply chain risks to maintaining airtight compliance, this guide explores AI’s transformative role in high-compliance industries with actionable insights and resources to implement it responsibly.

AI in High-Compliance Industries: A Comprehensive Guide
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Supply Chain Resilience Risk: The Three Fixes

Is Supply Chain Resilience just another buzzword amongst the jargon of “best practices”? Someday things will go sideways. It’s just how it is, but in this case, an ounce of prevention is much better than a pound of cure. So buckle up: here’s a crash course in fixing supply chain risk without needing a PhD.

Supply Chain Resilience Risk: The Three Fixes
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Are You Overpaying for Electronic Components?

Electronic component prices are rising. Discover how to manage direct spend, benchmark costs, and ensure you’re not overpaying for critical parts.

Are You Overpaying for Electronic Components?
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AI in Procurement & Supply Chain: Use Cases and Impact

From autonomous sourcing to supply chain risk forecasting, learn how AI is transforming procurement execution for electronics manufacturers.

AI in Procurement & Supply Chain: Use Cases and Impact
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The Downfall of Today’s Inventory Planning Solutions

Why today’s inventory planning and clear-to-build reporting is broken. When procurement and supply-chain teams are inventory planning and building clear-to-build reports, they essentially have two options. Option one is using a spreadsheet and doing everything manually, which most companies with less than 300 people use. Option two is using ERP-based materials requirements planning (MRP) or advanced demand/supply planning systems, which larger enterprise companies use. Unfortunately, there are issues with both.

The Downfall of Today’s Inventory Planning Solutions

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