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Runsheet · Planning tool

When do you actually
have to start?

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

The date

Live on the site with stock on hand — not the day goods leave the factory.

Where you’re starting

Tick these only if they’re finished, not in progress.

How it gets made

Saves the whole fabric lead time, but if the fit changes the fabric you’ve bought the wrong thing.

Working backwards

Start no later than

—

Pick a date to see your schedule.

Total from kickoff to on sale— weeks

What each change buys you

Nothing left to cut without cutting sampling, and that’s the one to protect.—
Work out how many units to make →

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. Building your shortlist? Browse verified factories →