The sample looked perfect.
The first 5,000 pieces? Not quite.
Every buyer I know has lived this story at least once.
Here's the part most factories won't tell you:
A great sample doesn't prove a factory can produce.
It only proves they can produce one.
The real test is the 10th container.
The third season.
The day a key worker is out and the line still runs.
That's what 18 years has taught us to build for —
not the perfect sample, but the consistent thousandth.
If your last factory nailed the sample but lost the rhythm,
you already know what I'm talking about.
What's the longest "sample-to-bulk gap" you've ever caught?
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