Post by Test Rite Products

When tariff policy shifts or a country-of-origin requirement changes, product programs must adapt. How quickly they move depends on one thing: whether the factory network in another country was already qualified before the disruption arrived. The China-plus-N model is a way of building that alternative before the catalyst. Test Rite has been embedded in manufacturing markets across Greater China, Southeast Asia, India, and Europe for nearly five decades, with a network of 3,000 active manufacturing partners across 14 global hubs and a secondary roster of more than 6,000 pre-vetted facilities. A portion of those partners already operate production facilities in Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia, which means transitioning a program can mean working with a known partner in a new location rather than starting a factory relationship from scratch. On one national mass retailer's program, more than 50 SKUs across hardlines and soft goods moved out of China without a production stoppage in six months — 26% of the program's sourcing now comes from countries outside China. The transition moved on schedule because the factory network was already qualified and in production before the tariff environment made diversification urgent. #SupplyChain #RetailStrategy #PrivateLabel