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Poly bag costing

Poly bag: Poly bags, usually known as polythene bags, have a variety of uses in many industries. This is a plastic packet (pouch) used to contain garments destined for export or to merchandise so that apparels remain intact and they could not obtain dust, dirt or moisture. Garments in a poly bag generally look smarter. There are Poly bags made of different materials such as PP, LD, LDPE, OPP and VINYL etc. PP, LD, VINYL & LDPE: VINYL mainly used for special purposes. It is popular due to its glossy finish and excellent strength. Before PP and LD poly bags used for packing garments but now buyer likes LDPE for environmental friendly issues. Because, LDPE is a recyclable item but others cannot be recycled. They generally range between 100-450 gauge thicknesses. In addition to materials of poly bags, there may be different construction of poly bags: 1) Plain poly bags 2) Poly bags with flap 3) Lip and gazette bags 4) Poly bag with button 5) Hanger bags 6) Poly tubing / Heat Sealed 7) Adhesive poly or self sealing bags 8) Slider zip lock poly 9) Zip lock ploy Thickness : Generally three different ways can be used to count poly bag thickness. 1) Mil 2) Microns 3) Gauge Mil: Mil is recognized as thousands of an inch. 1 mil means the thickness is of 1/1000 of an inch. Micron: Micron is 1/1000 of m.m Gauge: It is globally recognized system for counting poly bag thickness. 1 gauge is equal to 1/100000 of an inch. So, 1 mil is equal to 100 Gauge. Conversion: 1 mil = 25 microns = 100 Gauge. Poly bags need to be treated if they are required to be printed. If poly bags undergo special treatment prior to printing, printing does not wash away. Generally flexo printing, griever printing, roto or screen printing are done on poly bags. Garment industries require huge quantities of poly bags for export or merchandise their garments. Merchandiser needs to procure poly bag during dispatch the finish goods. There are no exact principles for costing of poly bags. The cost of these items will be mainly depends on the number of quantity, style provided, design to be printed and the type of sealing mechanism etc. We can follow below formula to find out poly bag costing. Suppose, A LDPE poly bag having 28 length, 3 flap, 14 width, 140 gauge thickness with self adhesive facility and if cost of polymer is $.50 per lb. Lets find out cost of 1 pc poly bag. So, weight of material = (28+3 x 14 x 140) / 3300 = 60760 / 3300 = 18.412 kg /1000 pics
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Poly bag costing | Apparel Merchandising

To produce 1000 pics of poly bag, need 18.41kg polimer. Cost of Material 2.20 lb) = $20.253 / 1000 pics. = $0.020 (cost of 1pc poly bag) Cost of Adhesive tape = 28 x $.002 = $.056 So, final cost of 1 pc poly bag will be = ($0.020 + $.056) = $0.076 If exist print, please include that cost with this poly bag costing. Please be noted that poly bag factory may not take under 1000 units for LDPE, PP bags order due to consideration of their raw materials wastage and production smoothness. But for gazette type of poly bags, it has to be over 5000 units. MOQ could be negotiable depends on suppliers wiliness. During poly bag order, the following issues need be clear to supplier to erase hassle. * Opening way * Length and width of the bag. * With or without flap * Type of material * Sealing mechanism * Thickness * Recyclable logo / Brand logo / Warning logo or any special info need to be printed. * Number of vent or design of venting. * Number of colors or color specification etc. Lead Time: Normal poly bag can be provided by supplier within 3-4 days after order placement but gazette, printed, with sealing mechanism or button attachments will increase the lead time up to 10-12 days upon its features.
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6 comments:
Tha Rhee November 10, 2013 at 11:51 PM Do you have any ready XL sheet where I only need to put L, W, G Thickness and Price so that auto price will be generated. if so please send it to rhee@doreenattirebd.com Thanks Rhee Reply
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Replies Goldn fiber February 13, 2014 at 5:55 AM

Thanks for your query. Actually it's very tough to make an excel file according to your wish. Here i tried to narrate everything, just prepare your item cost manually by using above formula. Reply

Anonymous January 21, 2014 at 11:42 PM thanks for sharing this very useful information, i have a question though, how do you get the figure '3300' ? Anyone please clarify, thanks. Reply Replies

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