https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/ Senior advisory for outdoor and hardgoods brands navigating Asia supply chain. en https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/factory-side-of-the-inventory-equation/ https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/factory-side-of-the-inventory-equation/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Everyone reads inventory from the brand or the retailer side. The decisions that set it are made months earlier, on the factory floor, against capacity that was booked and materials that were already committed. https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/six-countries-one-thread/ https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/six-countries-one-thread/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Mexico. What each country is actually for in an outdoor and hardgoods supply chain, and why the footprint is a list of relationships rather than a list of capabilities. https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/solution-dye-by-the-numbers/ https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/solution-dye-by-the-numbers/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT What solution-dyed fabric is, what the published comparison says about water, chemicals, energy, and CO2, and where the process fits in an outdoor product programme. https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/retainer-project-or-a-call/ https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/retainer-project-or-a-call/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Most advisory relationships start as one shape and become another. How to tell which of the three fits the decision in front of you. https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/before-the-brief/ https://www.centeredgeconsulting.com/articles/before-the-brief/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT A good breakdown of the road from brief to production run went round recently. The clock starts earlier than that. Before the brief there is a budgetary proposal and a line strategy, and the item has to earn its place in both.