Case Study

Country of Origin Code for School Supplies

Country of Origin Code for School Supplies

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PREVIOUS PROCESS: The customer had no previous method of coding. This was a new application. SELECTION CRITERIA: Major retailer required IDT customer to apply codes to their school supplies that would designate the product as being made in the USA. New regulations require that all products that may come in contact with children have a restricted amount of lead. Similar products produced outside of the US do not have regulations on lead content. The code was required for IDT customer to retain the major retailer as a customer. The manufacturing environment is very humid in the summer months. Plant location is susceptible to power outages and inconsistencies in power supply. Some production lines run 24/7 while others could be shut down for days, weeks or months. Some product substrates bein

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