What overhead percentage is normal in a Tool Roll quote?

Answer: Eight to twelve percent. Below eight means rework and waste are hidden in the sewing hours.

Can a 100-piece order be accepted?

Answer: Yes, with stock colours and a 15% premium. A specified shade means buying the full 500 m roll.

Is an 800 CNY sample fee reasonable?

Answer: Yes when it covers a physical sample and one revision, credited against 500 pieces.

Can 34 days be cut to 20?

Answer: No. Cutting and packing hold 7 days, and compressing the rest still lands at 22.

Is paying against a bill of lading copy safe?

Answer: It favours the buyer, so factories ask for payment within three days. A sight letter of credit is safer but adds bank charges.

Tool Roll Procurement: Quotation, MOQ and Lead Time

Quick answer: A Tool Roll quotation splits into fabric, trims, sewing hours, packing, overhead and tax. The 300-piece tier lands near 42 CNY a unit and the 3000-piece tier near 34. The 34-day lead time is 12 days of fabric, 3 of cutting, 15 of sewing and 4 of packing.

How a Tool Roll Quotation Is Costed
Minimum Order Quantity and Small Lots
Tier Pricing and Sample Fees
Lead Time from Fabric to Loading
Contract Terms on Payment, Inspection and Changes
FAQ

1. How a Tool Roll Quotation Is Costed

A single price leaves nothing to negotiate. Split the Tool Roll quotation into fabric, trims, sewing hours, packing, overhead and tax, and the structure becomes visible.

A 1.5 m wide 16 oz coated canvas uses 0.62 m per twelve-slot roll with 8% cutting loss, so at 26 CNY a metre the fabric alone costs about 16 CNY, near 40% of the price.

Cost item	Share	Per unit at 300 pcs	Room to cut
Fabric	39%	16.4 CNY	Small, follows grey goods
Trims	13%	5.4 CNY	Medium, change buckle
Sewing hours	24%	10.1 CNY	Large, change routing
Packing	6%	2.5 CNY	Medium, change carton
Overhead	8%	3.4 CNY	Small
Profit and tax	10%	4.2 CNY	Negotiable

Sewing is the item buyers underestimate: 46 stitch lines and 22 minutes of net sewing per piece, which is 13 CNY at 28 CNY an hour against the 10.1 CNY quoted.

2. Minimum Order Quantity and Small Lots

MOQs follow material minimums. Fabric starts at 500 m, enough for 800 pieces; woven labels start at 5000 and custom buckles need 3000; labels are the hardest to trim.

Tool Roll: stacks of kraft cartons on a packing bench, a woman closing lids, open cartons and film-wrapped cases behind her

Small lots cost more because of leftover material. Stock colours allow 100 pieces at plus 15%, while a specified shade means buying the whole roll and spreading 12 CNY a metre of surplus into the price.

Three hundred pieces at 42 CNY is 12,600 CNY of goods against a 13,000 CNY roll of fabric, so small buyers accept stock colours, pay the premium, or wait for a shared run.

Quantity	Unit price	Fabric source	Sample fee	Lead time
100 to 299	48.3 CNY	Stock colour	800 CNY	22 days
300 to 999	42.0 CNY	Dyed to order	800 CNY credited	34 days
1000 to 2999	37.5 CNY	Dyed to order	Waived	38 days
3000 and up	34.2 CNY	Dyed in lots	Waived	45 days

3. Tier Pricing and Sample Fees

Tier pricing is not linear. The step from 300 to 1000 pieces drops 4.5 CNY out of hourly amortisation and cutting yield, the step to 3000 drops 3.3 CNY.

The 800 CNY sample fee buys one confirmation sample and one revision, credited in full at 500 pieces and half below that; later revisions cost 300 CNY each.

Quotations hold for 30 days because polyester grey goods can move 6% in a month; the price locks to the signing-date index.

4. Lead Time from Fabric to Loading

Thirty-four days is 12 days dyeing, 3 cutting, 15 sewing and 4 inspection and packing, with no buffer between them, so a slip in any stage lands on the ship date.

Tool Roll: a worker lifting the red lid of a case, black parts trays and bagged fittings on the bench, stacked cases behind

Two stages compress: stock fabric saves 7 days and a second two-shift team saves 5, reaching 22, while cutting waits for fabric.

A twelve-slot roll packs to 0.008 cubic metres, so a 40HQ takes 9000 pieces and a 20GP takes 4200. A 3000-piece order needs consolidation, adding 7 to 10 days.

5. Contract Terms on Payment, Inspection and Changes

Payment runs 30/70: a 30% deposit releases material and the balance follows the bill of lading copy. Below 20% no fabric is reserved, above 50% the buyer finances the run.

Inspection happens twice: a mid-run check at 30% of sewing, and a final sample at AQL 4.0 against the lot-size table, with rework and re-inspection at the factory's cost.

Changes cover quantity, colour and date. Movements within 10% keep the price, colour is free before dyeing, and expediting carries a stated premium, usually 8%.

Conclusion

Tool Roll procurement comes down to three tables: the cost breakdown, the tier table and the lead-time split. Get those, fix payment, inspection and change terms in writing, and price and schedule stop being someone else's promise. The saving that matters is the rework and delay that never happen on a Tool Roll order.

This article discusses only the container (case body) side of specifications and design intent, and does not cover any handling, loading or use of the contents.