Planning A Reusable Bag Programme Backwards From The Launch Date
Promotions have fixed dates. This is how to build a schedule that protects the date instead of discovering it is already gone.
Start From Arrival Not From Shipping
The only date that matters is when the goods have to be in your warehouse. Work backwards from that: customs and inland delivery, sea transit, production, sampling and approval, and artwork. Most programmes that miss a date lost the time in sampling, not in production.
Protect The Sampling Window
Sampling is where a schedule is either bought or lost. Fix the specification in writing, approve one development sample and one confirmation sample, and avoid the drift of changing the brief between rounds.
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Decide The Shipping Mode Early
Sea freight is the assumption for reusable bags because they are bulky and low value per kilo. Air freight can rescue a delay but it can cost more than the goods. Knowing which mode is planned changes every other date in the schedule.
Agree Packing Before Production Ends
Folding method, carton quantity and labelling should be agreed while bags are still being sewn. Repacking at the destination is pure lost cost and it always lands on the buyer.
Leave A Buffer You Do Not Plan To Use
Build a buffer between the planned arrival date and the campaign launch. The programmes that run smoothly are not the ones without problems; they are the ones where a problem could be absorbed.
Items Mentioned Above
24 oz Canvas Boat Tote With Navy Contrast Trim
The heavyweight boat tote, natural body with navy handles, trim and base
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Natural Cotton Tote With Front Logo Print
The classic natural shopper with long handles and a single-position front print
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Folding Market Basket 41 x 24 x 23 cm In Geometric Print
Multi-colour geometric pattern body, product code SBK-1605
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When should I send artwork?
With the enquiry, not after the order. Artwork review changes the print method, and the print method changes both the price and the schedule.
What most often delays an order?
Changes to the specification after sampling has started, and accessories such as webbing or hardware that were not confirmed with the fabric. Both are avoidable at the specification stage.
Apply This To Your Own Programme
Send your artwork, the quantity and the date the goods must arrive, and the choices in this guide will be made against your actual job.