Tag: Production

A Conversation on Baby Goods & International Production with Ashley Andrews (Ep.18)

A Conversation on Baby Goods & International Production with Ashley Andrews (Ep.18)

Since the world has reopened shipping routes, the cost of transporting products has dramatically increased. 

In this episode, Ashley Andrews, Chief Executive Officer of Tiny Twinkle, joins Brent Mekosh to explore the baby goods industry and her journey as a businesswoman. Ashley details how the pandemic shutdown has impacted supply and transportation costs between China and the US.

Ashley discusses:

  • Her experience as a businesswoman in China
  • How she started in the baby goods industry
  • Why freight costs have increased since 2019
  • Advice she would give to her younger self 
  • And more!

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About Our Guest:

Ashley Andrews is the Chief Executive Officer of Tiny Twinkle. A U.S.-based company focused on creating high-quality, safe products for babies and parents. Based in Arizona, Ashley uses her keen sense of business and creative eye for Tiny Twinkle’s silky soft swaddles, silicone bibs, teething products, and dishware for babies.

Steel is at the Heart of a Renaissance in US Manufacturing with Jeremy Flack (Ep.16)

Steel is at the Heart of a Renaissance in US Manufacturing with Jeremy Flack (Ep.16)

Long gone are the days of smokestacks in manufacturing steel. 

Our current technology allows us to access environmentally conscious productions along with tools to reduce carbon emissions.

In this episode, Brent Mekosh is joined by Jeremy Flack, the founder and CEO of Flack Global Metals. Jeremy unpacks the steel manufacturing industry while revealing the changes to steel production and how technology has helped develop environmentally-conscious steel in the modern world.

Jeremy discusses:

  • The history behind steel manufacturing
  • The role of exportation when it comes to companies producing their products
  • Ways steel is produced
  • The environmental changes to manufacturing
  • And more!

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About Our Guest:

Jeremy Flack is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flack Global Metals (FGM). FGM is an innovative domestic flat-rolled metals distributor and supply chain manager, an international commodities trader, and a global hedge fund. As CEO, Jeremy has been an industry leader in bringing the physical steel market and the derivatives markets together within one organization. FGM is the first flat-rolled metals distributor business platform to combine physical material with financial futures to create certainty for its customers as well as FGM itself.