CP ALL Public Company Limited ordered shopping bags made from polyester with a 4 mm foil lining for cold retention and woven spun straps, with the CP logo screen-printed at the right corner of the bag. The order was for 50,000 units with a production lead time of 45 days after the customer placed the order.
The production process began with the customer asking us to estimate price and lead time. We produced a sample bag and submitted it with a quotation and production schedule within one week. We had to compete against four other factories — large-scale Thai manufacturers like ourselves — and we won the bid on both price and lead time. Once the customer confirmed the order, we began by bringing fabric, hardware, and raw materials into the factory. We import some raw materials from China ourselves and own our own screen-printing plant, which saves both cost and time — and that is what won us this bid. With materials ready, we cut the fabric to the bag pattern, then sent it to our screen-printing shop — the screen block for the logo had already been made at the sampling stage, which keeps production fast; the difficult, slow step is producing the customer’s sample. After printing, we assembled the bags, finishing by attaching the carry handles to the bag body. After sewing, the bags went through quality control (QC) and were packed and delivered to CP ALL.