CMO

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A contract manufacturing organization that produces goods for other companies.

A Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) operates production lines on behalf of a brand owner. The brand supplies the design, formula, or specifications, and the CMO handles the physical manufacturing, scaling, and sometimes packaging. This allows companies to launch physical products without investing in their own factory infrastructure.

Heard on the job

We're moving the final assembly to a CMO in Mexico to handle the volume spike.

Also heard as

  • contract manufacturer