Wicker Baskets in bulk – Lead Time when exporting from Vietnam

These days, more and more home decor retailers source wicker baskets in bulk from Vietnam. However, the lead times are different with different customers due to special customization to each order. In this blog, Simple Decor assists you to know more about different components of lead time of different wicker baskets sourced wholesale from Vietnam.

1. Woven Baskets in bulk from Vietnam

Wicker baskets from Vietnam are durable and excellent for both indoor and outdoor usage such as storage baskets, hanging baskets, belly baskets, and even picnic baskets. These handcrafted baskets are woven from natural Vietnamese materials such as Rattan, Bamboo, Seagrass, Jute, and Water Hyacinth.

Each material is significantly different and becomes the signature of different geographic places. Therefore, the times it takes to source these materials are variable. For example, rattan and bamboo are popular in the North of Vietnam, meanwhile water hyacinth is the signature of the South.

2. Lead Time of Wicker Baskets Wholesale

Generally, lead times is the total time between the initiation of a manufacturing process and its completion (Investopia, 2021). When it comes to  wicker baskets, it involves the time to get materials from different suppliers, different craft villages. Therefore, there are 3 different components of lead time here: 

• Pre-processing: Material lead time: the time needed for sourcing materials.
• Processing: Production lead time: the time required for manufacturing products
• Post-processing: the delivery time.

 Accumulate these three components, we have the Customer lead time or Total lead time.

2.1. Material lead time of sourcing wicker baskets in bulk

Material lead time is the amount of time from placing materials orders with suppliers to having them on hand. Wicker baskets woven in house need this material lead time.

To fully meet customers’ orders, handcrafted manufacturers will source customized materials from different suppliers throughout Vietnam. Moreover, seasonal factors are crucial to specific materials. For example, in Vietnam, the Northern plants rattan in Spring, while the Southern provinces plant it in July, August.

2.2. Production lead time of making wicker baskets wholesale

Production lead time of wicker baskets is the time to manufacture a product, including all the weaving process. However, producing wicker baskets wholesale in Vietnam is not entirely in-house. Vietnamese manufacturers tend to outsource woven baskets to traditional craft villages throughout the country. Most of the time, production lead time is out of their control, because they rely on outsourced production.

2.3. Customer lead time of buying wicker baskets wholesale

Last but not least, customer lead time is the total time required from a customer placing an order to receive goods. It includes the time for sourcing materials, manufacturing products, and delivery time. With exporting home decor products from Vietnam, airway and seaway are both available for retailers.

Read more about Delivery Process with Home Decor Wholesale Vendors from Vietnam here

For wicker baskets wholesale, manufacturers need to carefully wrap them so that they are not damaged during long-distance shipping, especially by seaway. For that reason, customer lead time of wicker baskets wholesale exported from Vietnam by seaway is around 25-35 days in normal situations, 45-55 days in transportation-limitation situations of COVID-19. 

Conclusion

In conclusion, the total lead time to process an order to deliver products to customers of wicker baskets in bulk is from 1 month to 2 months, depending on the situation. Lack of raw materials, artisans shortages, limitation of transportation, and even natural disasters can delay your order, especially those transported by seaway.

With 10 years of experience in manufacturing and exporting natural home decor products, Simple Decor would like to recommend retailing importers to place orders at least 2 months in advance to make sure goods are delivered on time.

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