Case Study: GPS Navigator Supply for a tour operator in East Africa
Source:Case /
Time:2026-09-18
GPS Navigator for A tour operator in East Africa
A tour operator came to us with a gps navigator programme for East Africa. The brief was ordinary and unforgiving at the same time: a fixed launch window, a landed cost that had to survive freight and duty, and a part that had to match an existing sample. This case records what was specified, what went wrong in sampling and how the bulk order landed.
The starting point
- Documentation that arrived after the container shipped
- A specification nobody had written down
- Premature wear on the first batch
What was specified
| Part | GPS Navigator |
|---|---|
| Client | A tour operator |
| Market | East Africa |
| Volume | 50,000 pieces across 3 specifications |
| Base material | PU Leather |
| Sampling rounds | 4 |
| Delivery window | 5 weeks from PO to ex-factory |
| Compliance | E-mark |
How it was resolved
- The specification was rebuilt around PU Leather and the tolerance locked before bulk.
- A pre-production sample was approved and kept as the golden reference.
- Production ran with in-line inspection and a mid-run photo report.
- Cartons were packed to the client's own barcode and ratio specification.
- Documentation shipped with the goods instead of after them.
Result
- 50,000 pieces delivered inside the 5-week window.
- Unit cost held within 2.0% of the original quotation.
- Inspection-related rejection stayed under 2.0%.
- The specification is on file, so reorders reproduce the approved sample.
What we would repeat
Lock the material standard before sampling. Once the base changes, every downstream approval has to be redone and the calendar slips.
Planning something similar?
Ask for the current catalogue and the specification sheet for this line.
