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Factory capacity vs compliance tradeoff
High-capacity factories during peak season may compress sample approval and swap subcontractors to hit ship dates — that trades away CPC integrity. Importers either pay for slot certainty with compliance-friendly OEMs or absorb retest and suppression risk. There is no CPSIA waiver for “everyone was busy.”
Decision framework
- Rate compliance history above raw units per month when launching new kids ASINs.
- Book lab capacity before factory capacity.
- Penalty clauses for unauthorized material changes (counsel to draft).
- Split SKUs across qualified plants instead of one overloaded line.
Questions people ask
Will rush testing help?
Rush labs help only if production matches the certified sample — not if the line drifted.
Smaller factory safer?
Not always — measure change control, not only size.
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