Although sportswear ODM (original design manufacturing) provides brands with time saving and labor saving production solutions, hidden pitfalls can lead to huge losses for brands. Understanding these potential risks is essential to ensure smooth cooperation with ODM vendors.
First of all, lack of strict quality control is one of the biggest pitfalls. In order to reduce costs, some sportswear ODM manufacturers may cut corners in the material selection or production process, resulting in substandard product quality. This will directly affect the brand's market reputation, once consumers find the problem, returns and bad reviews will be inevitable, brand reputation will suffer.
Secondly, the risk of design plagiarism is also worth vigilance. Some sportswear ODM manufacturers may use the design scheme you provide without authorization to produce similar products for other brands, which not only infringes the intellectual property rights of the brand, but also may lead to market confusion and weaken the uniqueness of the brand.
Finally, delivery delays are also a common problem. If the sportswear ODM manufacturer does not strictly follow the plan in the production process, the delayed delivery will cause the brand to miss the sales peak, especially in the case of the sportswear market seasonality, this delay may cause the brand to suffer huge losses.
Therefore,
when selecting sportswear ODM partners, the brand should strictly review the manufacturer's qualifications and past projects to ensure that the other party has reliability in quality control, intellectual property protection and delivery time. Understanding these pitfalls in advance can help brands avoid unnecessary losses and ensure smooth cooperation.
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