How long does each product take from PO to dispatch?
Standard lead times by product category, measured PO + LC opening to container-load. Emergency-airlift exceptions from stockpile inventory shave the front of the window.
By product category, in working days.
Refugee family tent · 12 days
Cotton canvas family relief tent, FRT-spec. 12 working days from PO + LC opening to container load. Airlift exception: 72-hour dispatch from canvas stockpile.
Stages: intake 1d · cutting 4d · sewing 5d · QC + bagging 2d
PVC-coated polyester tarpaulin · 5 days
PCP truck tarpaulin (610 / 680 / 900 GSM). 5 working days from PO to container load — heat-welded edges, eyelet runs, custom-cut to flatbed/curtain.
Stages: intake 1d · cutting 1d · welding 2d · eyelet + QC 1d
Canvas wall tent · 8 days
Hospitality / glamping canvas wall tent (280 / 350 / 510 GSM). 8 working days; +3 days for custom interior decoration.
Stages: intake 1d · cutting 2d · sewing 3d · frame assembly 1d · QC + crate 1d
Military centre-pole tent · 14 days
510 GSM olive-green or desert-tan canvas centre-pole tent. 14 working days from PO; +3 days for non-standard dye-lot.
Stages: intake 1d · dye-lot reservation 2d · cutting 3d · sewing 5d · frame + QC + crate 3d
72-hour dispatch from stockpile canvas.
When a UN-cluster shelter team needs canvas in the air this week, we pull from the Karachi factory stockpile rather than running a fresh production batch. Stockpile inventory covers FRT family tent, hospital tent, school tent, and standard tarpaulin SKUs. Lead time collapses from 12 days to 72 hours — bound on the airlift pallet booking, not the build.