
Every product we use in our daily lives was once just an idea. Follow these eight steps to go from concept to manufacturing, and hopefully, a profit.
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Did you know that 98.6% of manufacturing companies are small businesses? And 75.3% have fewer than 20 employees.
Manufacturing businesses create products from raw materials or components either by machines or by hand. Goods are made in plants, factories, mills—but also in homes.
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