Runsheet · Planning tool
Pick the date you want to be selling. This works backwards through patterns, sampling, fabric, production and freight, and tells you the last day you can begin without missing it. Most first-timers are three months later than they think.
Your plan
Working backwards
Start no later than
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Benchmarks are typical for small-batch domestic production. Every factory is different — get your actual lead times in writing before you build a launch calendar on them. Holidays are not accounted for: Chinese New Year and the weeks around it can add a month to anything made overseas.