Sanitaryware Sourcing Notes — Testing, Packing, Compliance

· October 17, 2026

Handling a Recall on Imported Ware

A recall on imported sanitaryware runs on paperwork you either have or do not. What to be able to produce in the first hour.

· October 17, 2026

Ceramic stock does not count the way cartons do. How to structure a count that finds breakage and mis-picks without closing the warehouse.

· October 17, 2026

The declaration of conformity is signed by one party and relied on by another. What each line commits to, and the errors that void it.

· October 17, 2026

Inspection, testing and certification prove three different things to three different readers. Which one a customs officer or a buyer wants.

· October 17, 2026

A transhipment adds a handover nobody priced. What changes when a box is relayed, and which document shows where the risk sat.

· October 17, 2026

Pallets cost volume; floor-loading saves it and spends handling time at the far end. How to choose, and what changes at the receiving dock.

· October 17, 2026

A project quote fails on the lines nobody priced. Which costs hide outside the invoice, and the order to build them in.

· October 17, 2026

A trade price list is a contract with your own sales team. What has to be inside it before anyone quotes from it, and what to leave out.

· October 17, 2026

Cutting a model is easy; keeping the buyer is not. How to delist without losing the account, and what to offer in its place.

· October 17, 2026

A range that is too wide hides its own winners. How breadth, lead time and stock cover decide the number of SKUs a catalogue can carry.