Many clients complain about the cost when decide to make a sample. Why the leather factory charge the cost more than cost of each unit and they want to know why leathersample fee is so high? Pls find the reasons below for reference:
Before proofing, the master need to make a paper grid (the paper grid is handmade) and it takes a day to finish one set the quickest. Of course, there are many customers have questions why not use a computer which is convenient to modify, but they are different.
PS: the average day salary for a master is about 280 yuan
When making samples, it is definitely necessary to purchase materials from the material market. Sometimes one or two piece of products are not sold by the seller, it will consume a day's time and energy of the purchasing staff to communicate with different suppliers.
PS: the average day salary for purchasing is about 100 yuan per day.
Also there is cost of raw material. The material used is inconsistent according the size of the product. For example hardware, leather material, accessories ect.
PS: a piece of leather, plus hardware, other accessories are about 350 yuan.
When the materials are ready, they need to be cut, shoveled, oiled, hand-made, sewn, and different procedures are handled by special people, so the time, energy and labor cost will be much higher. The Average salary for a worker is 100YUAN a day. When add the model cost, the total cost will exceed the fee that charged. That is why the sample cost is much higher than the cost of each unit.