Electric Outdoors found and booked production space within a week
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The short version
- Found and booked production space within one week, and set up warehousing and workspace in Detroit.
- Coastal and central warehouses, so units ship from near their destination without Electric Outdoors building its own.
- CNC machines, laser cutters, and welders on hand for prototypes, jigs, and pilot production, which shortened development.
Services used
- Manufacturing
- Logistics
Electric Outdoors designs deployable, solar-powered systems for hospitality in remote, off-grid places. Its founder and CEO, Josef Hjelmaker, wanted the team on product and customers, not on logistics and facilities.
To expand in the U.S., Electric Outdoors needed warehousing, fulfillment, and assembly without building its own facilities or signing long-term agreements. It found all three through Bloom’s network. A provider facility in Detroit carried early production while their team prepared to move to larger contract manufacturers as volume grew.
"We are in a phase where we need to keep our team focused on product and user experience, not on logistics and facilities. Bloom is a perfect partner for this and gives us the freedom to be product and customer focused while staying agile and scaling fast."
What the network did for Electric Outdoors
Warehousing, fulfillment, and modular assembly
Providers give Electric Outdoors secure warehousing, pallet and container storage, and technical staff when it wants them, for outbound fulfillment or on-site assembly. The team can also use CNC machines, laser cutters, and welders to build jigs, change parts, or test new components without buying the equipment.
Coastal and central warehousing, flatbed delivery
Electric Outdoors stages its large units in coastal and central warehouses, closer to where they’re going, which shortens transit and cuts the handoffs between carriers. The units go out by flatbed straight to the site, prepped for setup.
Capacity that follows the season
Electric Outdoors can add or drop warehouse space and assembly help by season or by region, for a product launch or a spike in demand, without committing to facilities year-round.