When the first maple leaf has not yet turned red, Christmas packaging orders from the world’s top brands have already poured into our digital system like migratory birds. As a packaging smart manufacturer that has served more than 3,000 companies, we are well aware of a truth: the battlefield for holiday packaging is not on the shelves in December, but in the design studio in midsummer and the raw material warehouse in late winter. This “time migration” spanning half a year is actually a precise collision between industrial civilization and the rhythm of nature.
1. Why customize in advance? ——Breaking the "double curse" of the holiday economy
The "butterfly effect" in the material industry
The birth of a gold-stamped snowflake may begin with the blasting of a copper mine in the southern hemisphere:
- March: The metal pulp mined from the Chilean copper mine began to be purified
- May: The Japanese special paper factory pressed the copper foil into a 0.03mm gold foil film
- August: The Dongguan composite workshop combined it with Finnish pine pulp paper
A delay of 48 hours in any link may lead to a fatal gap on the Christmas Eve shelf
"Blood vessel blockage" in the logistics network
During the Christmas season of 2023, a certain trendy toy brand’s interstellar theme packaging box staged a shocking scene:
- September 1: 20,000 packaging boxes set off from Qingdao Port for sea transportation
- October 15: Encountered a major congestion in the Panama Canal
- November 20: Activated the “spare tire plan” – diverted to the Arctic route + China-Europe Express combined transportation
The logistics redundancy plan buried 6 months in advance eventually saved $2.3 million in potential losses.
2. "Time bonus" of advance booking
Cost control
Avoiding peak expedited fees, the stability of mass production can also reduce the cost of raw material procurement, and these benefits can be fed back into your order price.
For example: Customers who signed in March can lock in the lowest pulp futures price of the year, saving 17%-23% of raw material costs compared to urgent orders in December. A chain coffee brand reduced the cost of limited cup sleeves to 62% of competing products by booking 8 months in advance.
Ensure the uniqueness of the design:
Advance customization can give designers ample time to deeply understand the customer’s brand concept, product characteristics and target audience preferences, carefully carve out every design detail, and avoid stereotyped template styles. Whether it is retro luxury style, simple and fresh style, or cartoon theme full of childlike fun, it can be accurately presented, making the gift box stand out among many similar products, effectively improving brand recognition and helping product marketing.
Cost control
Avoiding peak expedited fees, the stability of mass production can also reduce the cost of raw material procurement, and these benefits can be fed back into your order price.
For example: Customers who signed in March can lock in the lowest pulp futures price of the year, saving 17%-23% of raw material costs compared to urgent orders in December. A chain coffee brand reduced the cost of limited cup sleeves to 62% of competing products by booking 8 months in advance.
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3.Process Schedule
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Production Time：
- Product design: 3 – 5 days
- Sample production: 3 – 7 days
- Sample transportation:6 – 8 days
- Production stage, based on order volume:
- Small： 7 – 12 days
- Medium： 12 – 16 days
- Large ：30 days or more
- Strict quality inspection: 1 – 2 days
Various modes of transportation:
1.Express Air Shipping (5-8 days):
Fastest, most expensive,generally suitable for small-volume, high-value, and urgent orders.
2.Standard Air Shipping (12-20 days):
Slightly slower than air express, but still able to deliver goods quickly, suitable for goods that have certain time requirements but are not particularly urgent.
3.Express Sea Shipping (30-45 days):
Cost effective for medium and large orders.Meeting the needs of customers who have certain requirements for transportation time but hope that the cost is relatively low.
4.Standard Sea Shipping (50-60 days):
Cheapest but longest lead time.Suitable paper packaging order volume: suitable for large-scale order transportation.
5.International railway combined transportation:
About 15-20 days to Europe. Railway transportation is less affected by factors such as weather and can provide relatively stable transportation services, which is of great significance for cargo transportation connecting the Eurasian continent.
6.Road transportation:
The transportation time between adjacent countries or regions is relatively short, generally 3-10 days. It is mainly used for cargo transportation with neighboring countries.