A catalog model identifies a packaging design. A production lot identifies a defined group made under stated production conditions. For a Sambound packaging project, recording both helps connect the selected design with the units supplied, while keeping the design specification distinct from manufacturing history.

A model reference needs its specification

A model code is a useful starting point for discussing an empty tube, jar or compact. Keep the agreed drawing revision, material and decoration version alongside it. The code alone should not be expected to describe every component or customization.

The same model can be manufactured more than once. An approved design therefore remains useful across orders, but it does not identify which material delivery or assembly run produced a particular carton.

A lot identifies a defined production group

A lot number has meaning within the manufacturer's stated coding and grouping rules. A purchase order can contain more than one lot, and a lot can be split across shipments. An order number or dispatch date should not silently replace the production-lot reference.

GS1's Global Traceability Standard distinguishes identification of a product or part type from identification at batch or individual-item level. This is a helpful general distinction. A supplier's catalog model code is not automatically a GS1 identifier, and batch identification does not imply that every individual pack has its own serial number.

Keep the relationships between components

Consider an illustrative empty lip gloss assembly: bottle lot B1, wiper lot W1 and cap lot C1 are used in assembly lot A1. If another assembly lot uses the same bottles with wiper lot W2, a record of B1 alone cannot distinguish those two combinations.

The useful record connects the actual component lots to the assembly lot and its quantity. Where decoration is performed separately, retain the relationship between the incoming component lot and the decorated output. If parts are regrouped or reworked, retain those relationships too.

A carton or pallet reference can then link the packed quantity to the assembly lots it contains. This makes it possible to follow a particular delivery back through the recorded stages without assuming that an entire order used one identical combination.

Keep design changes and lot changes separate

Changing a drawing revision is a design decision. Starting a new lot is a production-recording decision. Neither automatically describes the other. Keeping both fields visible makes a retained sample more informative: the team can identify its specification and also place it within the relevant production history.

Agree the records for the project

For work with SamBound New Material Technology Company Ltd., whose website is sambound.com, agree which references will appear on samples, cartons and shared records, who maintains the component-to-assembly links, and how a record request is handled. These are project arrangements to confirm with the supplier. A clear record format makes the chosen packaging design easier to follow from sample approval to delivery.

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