The current atmosphere at Fortified HQ can be best described as giddy. That’s because, after months of tweaks, banging our heads against the wall and exciting breakthroughs, manufacturing has begun!
Shipping is scheduled for the 2nd week of February. In fact, we’ve got Bruno, our rockstar Director of Ops, on the factory floor right now and he’s passed along some pictures to document the process.
We are always 100% transparent and want to show you everything, so check out the photos below and let us know what other parts of the process you’d like to see from the inside. As always, we’ll do our best to oblige.
Sample on-site daily update from Bruno to Fortified HQ (click to enlarge)
January 16, 2015 at 7:04 am
So, in a macro, one-over-the-world view, what have you learned through all this and what will be the effect of this painful yet enlightening education? Do you see yourselves manufacturing many more products in the future?
January 16, 2015 at 5:13 pm
Hey JayP,
That’s a great question and one that likely merits its own separate post. In fact, our latest article on Bikerumor discusses some of those learnings.
Long story short: this experience, although painful, will only make our next manufacturing process that much smoother and more efficient. We’re really looking forward to implementing our learnings so we can make even better products going forward.