The Problem

Our goal here at Ophelius labs is to empower the entrepreneur’s creativity. Taking away the burdens of the operative struggle and let him focus on the actual business.

After the dawn of the industrial age in the 19th century, both consumers and businesses were at odds over creating mass-produced goods for much less than specially produced goods. This led to the exploitation of workers until unions and lawmakers stepped in. Shortly after, technological improvements made life easier for all parties involved, but it still meant layoffs and the overhead problem remained largely unsolved. In order to sustain and survive as a business, outsourcing the manufacturing process became the default option.

However, these still did not completely eliminate the overhead problem. Companies still have to watch for delays in shipment of materials or goods and new regulations about which countries or territories they can safely do business with.

In order for a small manufacturing startup to compete in today’s environment, it has to comply with the standards that have been set in place. These standards apply to larger companies, but sadly they do not offer any participation room for a small startup. To offset the costs of exporting the finished goods back to USA from overseas, minimum orders have been set in place by these factories. These minimum orders are significant in size. In some of our findings, one such minimum orders equated to $150,000 if the client commits to quarterly orders. $150,000 X 4 orders/yr = $600,000. How can a small startup participate is such environment? If a startup decides to manufacture on its own or locally, the cost of the finished product will be at minimum 6 times that of one manufactured overseas. How can a small startup compete?

The only available option, until know, is manufacture overseas, this will require a small startup to take out a commercial loan. A loan of such magnitude creates immediate overhead and pressure on the startup. Once the finished product arrives, it is warehoused and “sits on the shelf” for several months sometimes years while the startup sells them via several retail channels/mediums.

The Ophelius platform is our answer to creating and maintaining worker and business continuity even in the event of legislative regulations or restrictions, an economic downturn, or a shortage of materials.

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