Aloha wegg® Fans: Get Ready for Our Next Wegginar® With Kiani Wong from Kakaʻako Kasuals on 11/3 at 11AM CT

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Kiakahi (Kiani) Wong is the President and CEO of Kakaʻako Kasuals, a Native Hawaiian-owned and operated footwear company based in Honolulu, Hawai'i.  She specializes in B2B wholesale trade, sourcing, inventory management and product development for her company.  During the first year that she ran the business, Kiani grew topline revenue by 40% and online sales by 100%.

Today, Kaka'ako Kasuals is a brand known for its local Hawaiian feel and design, affordability, and comfort.

On Wednesday, November 3rd, Kiani will discuss, "Bringing Fun Hawaii-Rooted Footwear to the World:"

• Climbing the ropes in a family business
• Understanding how the footwear trade works
• Overcoming importing challenges
• Handling global e-commerce fulfillment
• Building strong community ties

To learn more and to register free of charge, visit here.  If you can't make the LIVE presentation, still sign up because you will be notified when the recording is available to listen at your convenience.

The wegginar® is hosted by Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® and powered by:  APCO Worldwide, Associated Bank, EXIM Bank, FedEx, GlobalCare Clinical Trials,  Greensfelder, Multilingual Connections, Passport Shipping, Union Pacific and Plante Moran.

How to Source Products Worldwide (WEGGinar™)

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Join the WEGGinar™ this morning, June 7 at 11:00 a.m. Central time with Jodi Bondi Norgaard, speaker, consultant, and founder of Go! Go! Sports Girls and JB Norgaard Enterprises, Inc., who will talk about, "Go! Go! Global with Global Sourcing."  Here's what you will learn:

• How to source a product
• How to price a product (price versus landed cost versus selling price)
• How to market the product worldwide
• What costs are involved when you source a product?

The WEGGinar™ is free.  Register here.  I [Laurel Delaney] will be handling the Q&A.  Let's connect.  Come with questions.

A Five-Point Strategy For Making Global Sourcing Successful

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As the new Import and Export Guide for About.com, I wrote this article on global sourcing:

Global sourcing offers many benefits, including lower costs, faster go-to market time and a broader resource pool. This article provides tips on how to make the most of global sourcing. But first, it's important to understand exactly what global sourcing means.

Global Sourcing:  5 Ways to Make Global Sourcing a Success

What other tips am I missing?

Buying on a Global Scale

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What are corporate decision-makers thinking about global services and outsourcing? Are they planning to increase or decrease their spending? Does your organization lead its peers in global sourcing? Or is your enterprise a follower?

The article, Is Global Sourcing an Item on Your Strategic Plan of Action, examines what buyers are thinking when it comes to sourcing services on a global scale.

Is the Promised Land Offshore?

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As supply chain managers now operate in a global business ecology, including low-cost regions in today’s operations is a given. Determining which regions to access for a particular purpose and managing risks inherent to global sourcing, however, remain significant challenges.

Sourcing is no longer about trying to get it cheaper, whatever “it” is. Companies continue to leverage savings in various functions and processes in low-cost regions in the world, where they can be conducted at lower cost, either by third parties or by their own efforts. And they are doing so aggressively.

Read more here.

Strategic Global Sourcing: Hitting A Moving Target

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When sourcing from Asia and the Pacific, manufacturers need to constantly keep on top of who does what well.

Imagine going to your favorite restaurant and finding out that there's a new chef in town and the dish you made a special trip for now tastes like wallpaper paste.

"Global sourcing dynamics are also always changing and a good source today may not be so good six months from now," observes Christopher W. Runckel, founder of Runckel & Associates, a Portland, Ore.-based consulting company that helps businesses expand in Asia.

Read more here to learn about tips on finding a good sourcing partner.

Global Sourcing Checklist

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If you are considering sourcing a product overseas, this is a good article to read. It covers ten tips to help you get started. You'll have the whole world in your hands.