APPROVE / BUYING DECISIONS
Sampling & approval.
Give each sample an identity and a defined purpose. Separate approved details, requested changes and questions that still need evidence before a bulk order.
See the approval workflow- Use this when
- You are requesting a sample or deciding whether an existing sample is ready for approval.
- Work towards
- A named sample, specific feedback and an approval scope with open points preserved.
A SUGGESTED STARTING POINT
Three decisions to clarify first.
Follow these in order if you are starting here. Otherwise, open only the question you need.
Sampling & approval
Preparing a sample request sheet
State what this sample needs to resolve.
Sampling & approval
Writing clear sample feedback
Separate observations from requested changes.
Sampling & approval
Handing approved samples to bulk production
Record the approved revision and unresolved conditions.
THE COMPLETE TOPIC
Make approval specific.
Sampling & approval
Giving each sample a defined purpose
How do I decide what a pet product sample should prove?
Sampling & approval
Recording a reference sample received from a buyer
What should be logged when a reference sample enters development?
Sampling & approval
Reviewing an early pet product prototype
What should I check on the first development sample?
Sampling & approval
Preparing a sample request sheet
How do I request several pet samples without confusion?
Sampling & approval
Labelling development samples
What identifiers should stay with a pet product sample?
Sampling & approval
Requesting useful sample review photographs
Which photographs help a B2B buyer review a pet sample?
Sampling & approval
Writing clear sample feedback
How do I make sample feedback actionable for a factory?
Sampling & approval
Comparing two sample revisions
How do I check that a revised sample fixed the intended issues?
Sampling & approval
Approving sample sizes individually
How do I record approval when only some garment sizes are ready?
Sampling & approval
Approving colourways separately
Can one pet product colourway approve the whole collection?
Sampling & approval
Defining a pre-production reference sample
What should the sample approved for bulk production represent?
Sampling & approval
Keeping a retained approval sample
How should a buyer store an approved pet product sample?
Sampling & approval
Recording conditional sample approval
How do I document a sample that is approved except for specific changes?
Sampling & approval
Reviewing a sample with its proposed packaging
Why should I review the sample inside the intended retail pack?
Sampling & approval
Handing approved samples to bulk production
What should be included when releasing a sample for a bulk order?