One Step to help your cargo do not delay for ever---Forecast your needs and buy early
Chinese New Year usually falls sometime between January and March,but the exact dates change each year.This year,it starts on Feb9th,all Chinese company are closing from Feb 9th to Feb 17th for a well-earned vacation.
Many of Chinese companies will close early,come back late,or even both with no warning.
Even if a factory you order from respects the dates they give for their closure,their suppliers may not,therefore causing additional delays.
As a business owner who manufacturers overseas,it is your job to understand this and prepare for it.Contrary to the official calendars,Chinese New Year always lasts a month.By extending the dates,you make sure to get everything answered and into production before the factories close.
There is also the problem of on-time deliveries after the factories for which they work-sometimes several days' travel by train.During the year,the workers live near the factories.
At many factories,close to 50% never return to the factory from vacation.This means factory managers re-open after the New Year with seriously depleted staff,and twice the amount of work as usual to catch up on from the break.To importers waiting for goods,this means one ting:DELAYS.
Forecast your needs and buy early.
In order to minimize the disruption to your business,we have learned to order a three-month supply to be delivered before the start of Chinese New Year.While difficult in terms of your cash flow,and also in terms of warehousing space.That is out of the question.Through careful forecasting and early buying,we are able to bypass the problems caused by the build-up of orders during the holiday,as well as the slow start faced by the factories when large numbers of employees do not return after the break.
We plan Chinese factories will be closed for a month,retooling and catching up for a month,and then producing and delivering newly-placed orders for a month after that.
By making these simple preparations,we are able to safeguard the stability of our inventory.
Posted by Amber Zhu.
Contact info of Amber Zhu:
E-mail: amber.zhu@szwygroup.com
Mob:+86-18948177087
Skype:amber.zhu88
Chinese New Year usually falls sometime between January and March,but the exact dates change each year.This year,it starts on Feb9th,all Chinese company are closing from Feb 9th to Feb 17th for a well-earned vacation.
Many of Chinese companies will close early,come back late,or even both with no warning.
Even if a factory you order from respects the dates they give for their closure,their suppliers may not,therefore causing additional delays.
As a business owner who manufacturers overseas,it is your job to understand this and prepare for it.Contrary to the official calendars,Chinese New Year always lasts a month.By extending the dates,you make sure to get everything answered and into production before the factories close.
There is also the problem of on-time deliveries after the factories for which they work-sometimes several days' travel by train.During the year,the workers live near the factories.
At many factories,close to 50% never return to the factory from vacation.This means factory managers re-open after the New Year with seriously depleted staff,and twice the amount of work as usual to catch up on from the break.To importers waiting for goods,this means one ting:DELAYS.
Forecast your needs and buy early.
In order to minimize the disruption to your business,we have learned to order a three-month supply to be delivered before the start of Chinese New Year.While difficult in terms of your cash flow,and also in terms of warehousing space.That is out of the question.Through careful forecasting and early buying,we are able to bypass the problems caused by the build-up of orders during the holiday,as well as the slow start faced by the factories when large numbers of employees do not return after the break.
We plan Chinese factories will be closed for a month,retooling and catching up for a month,and then producing and delivering newly-placed orders for a month after that.
By making these simple preparations,we are able to safeguard the stability of our inventory.
Posted by Amber Zhu.
Contact info of Amber Zhu:
E-mail: amber.zhu@szwygroup.com
Mob:+86-18948177087
Skype:amber.zhu88
