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A first order without dead stock

What this resource changes in your next decision, and the evidence behind it.

Reviewed by Engineering Lead

Takeaways

  • Shared structures, clasps and packaging reduce the number of combinations that each carry a minimum order.
  • Test the range in one or two colours first, then add colours from actual sell-through.
  • Ask for the minimum per component rather than per finished combination: that is where the number comes from.

The problem it answers

Evidence and limits

Drawn from how we cost small first orders on existing structures. Tooling-dependent articles still carry a real minimum, and that is stated separately.

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