What to confirm in the RFQ
- Packing behavior
- Packed or folded unit dimensions
- Nest increment or carton quantity
- Stack height and unit weight
- Pallet or floor-loading arrangement
A defensible selection method
- 1Use the supplier load reference if it matches the same packing method.
- 2Otherwise model the packed stack, bundle, carton or pallet.
- 3Draw the container floor and tier arrangement.
- 4Check payload, bracing, door clearance and unloading.
Claims and data guardrails
- • Treat supplier-provided values as source references until the quoted configuration is confirmed.
- • Do not extend a certificate, test report or marking beyond its named holder, model and stated scope.
- • Confirm MOQ, packing, destination requirements and inspection points in the quotation.
Frequently asked
What should I consider first?+
Plastic-box load planning starts by identifying whether the model ships rigid, nested, folded, cartoned or palletised. Each method requires different data; assembled external volume is not an authoritative shipping count for nesting or folding products.
What information should the buyer confirm?+
Packing behavior; Packed or folded unit dimensions; Nest increment or carton quantity; Stack height and unit weight; Pallet or floor-loading arrangement.
How should loading or packing quantities be used?+
Use an applicable supplier load reference or a model based on the actual packed, nested, folded, cartoned or palletised configuration. A rough volume estimate is planning guidance only, not an authoritative loading count.
Turn the checklist into a product brief
Send the use case, dimensions, quantity and destination. Configuration, documents, MOQ and packing are confirmed in the quotation.