China Import Order — Lotus Stationery

DNCR · TNCR · DCR · TCR + PETTY / RECPT / THITD families | Supplier: Sally @ Ningbo Global Industry & Trading | Prepared 2026-05-26 · LCL shipment to Pilot Mill WH

What to order — at a glance

Single books (Pack 1)

5,661books

Packs of 5 (Pack 5)

489packs

Total book-equivalent

8,106books

Total book-equivalent = 5,661 singles + (489 packs × 5 books) = 8,106. Factory ships singles AND 5-packs direct. We still bundle the 2 / 3 / 10 / 25-packs at our warehouse from single stock.

Current stock on hand: 2,869 single books + 647 packs of 5 = 6,104 book-equivalent across Bolton, FBA and Pilot Mill (live from Linnworks 2026-05-28). The order tops up the lines that are short — per-SKU stock is in the "In stock" columns below.

What the codes mean

DNCR

Duplicate Non-Carbon Required books. Receipt books, order books, purchase order books, invoice books, delivery note books (2-part / duplicate forms — original + copy).

TNCR

Triplicate Non-Carbon Required books. Same range but 3-part (original + 2 copies).

DCR

Duplicate Carbon Required books. Old-style duplicate books that use loose carbon paper.

TCR

Triplicate Carbon Required books. Old-style triplicate books that use loose carbon paper.

PETTY

Petty Cash Book — spiral bound, duplicate, 200 sets.

RECPT

Receipt Book — spiral bound, duplicate, 200 sets.

THITD

Things To Do — 100-sheet notepad.

Pack 1 = a single book. Pack 5 = a sealed pack of 5. We sell 2-pack / 3-pack / 10-pack / 25-pack too, but we bundle those ourselves at the warehouse from single books — they're not on this order.

Order list to Sally

SKU base	Product	Pack 1 single books		Pack 5 packs of 5		Books equiv
SKU base	Product	In stock	To order	In stock	To order	Books equiv
DNCR-8000	RECEIPT BOOK Duplicate 200 Sets 135×280mm	248	179	92	—	179
TNCR-8001	RECEIPT BOOK Triplicate 200 Sets 143×210mm	354	—	70	3	15
DNCR-8002	RECEIPT BOOK Duplicate 50 Sets 70×145mm	239	352	37	33	517
TNCR-8003	RECEIPT BOOK Triplicate 50 Sets 70×145mm	44	260	46	—	260
DNCR-8004	ORDER BOOK Duplicate 50 Sets 143×210mm	35	396	2	69	741
TNCR-8005	ORDER BOOK Triplicate 50 Sets 143×210mm	0	238	0	54	508
DNCR-8006	PURCHASE ORDER Duplicate 50 Sets 143×210mm	50	407	0	63	722
TNCR-8007	PURCHASE ORDER Triplicate 50 Sets 143×210mm	0	318	0	5	343
TNCR-8009	SALES INVOICE Triplicate 50 Sets 143×210mm	0	1,121	0	59	1,416
DNCR-8010	INVOICE Book Duplicate 50 Sets 143×210mm	305	645	59	14	715
TNCR-8011	INVOICE Book Triplicate 50 Sets 143×210mm	82	492	41	—	492
DNCR-8012	DELIVERY NOTE Duplicate 50 Sets 143×210mm	0	504	0	56	784
TNCR-8013	DELIVERY NOTE Triplicate 50 Sets 143×210mm	0	443	1	102	953
DCR-8014	INVOICE Book Duplicate 50 Sets 210×275mm	366	—	72	2	10
TCR-8015	INVOICE Book Triplicate 50 Sets 210×275mm	338	—	67	12	60
PETTY-8017	PETTY CASH BOOK Spiral Bound Duplicate 200 Sets	0	306	0	11	361
RECPT-8018	RECEIPT BOOK Spiral Bound Duplicate 200 Sets	603	—	120	3	15
THITD-8019	THINGS TO DO 100 Sheets	205	—	40	3	15
TOTAL		2,869	5,661	647	489	8,106

"In stock" = total units on hand right now across all three locations (Bolton, Amazon FBA, Pilot Mill WH), pulled live from Linnworks on 2026-05-28. Figures in orange are zero — fully out at that pack size. "To order" is what this shipment tops us up by. "—" = nothing to order this round on that pack size (already have over a year's stock, or no demand).

Subtotals by family

DNCR (Duplicate NCR)

2,483 singles · 235 packs of 5

TNCR (Triplicate NCR)

2,872 singles · 223 packs of 5

DCR / TCR (Carbon Required)

0 singles · 14 packs of 5

PETTY (cash book)

306 singles · 11 packs of 5

RECPT (receipt book spiral)

0 singles · 3 packs of 5

THITD (Things To Do)

0 singles · 3 packs of 5

How the numbers were worked out

For each book we asked five questions and combined the answers:

How many did we sell in the last 12 months? Pulled every direct sale of the single book from Linnworks.
How many extra were used to make our own bundles? When we sell a 2-pack, 3-pack, 10-pack or 25-pack, we assemble it at the warehouse from single books — those single books got used up too. Added in.
Strip the "not a real sale" lines. A 12-month audit of every order (103,115 in total) found internal flows — FBA restock, samples, donations, resends, import/export sentinels. Removed from demand.
Add a safety buffer. Lead time from China is 60 days. King's safety-stock formula at 95% service level covers demand variability + late shipments. Roughly 5% on top of the average run.
Subtract what we already have. Warehouse stock + already-reserved + already-in-transit.

Result = how many we need this round. Anything where on-hand stock already covers 1+ year of demand has been dropped from the list — not for ordering.

Caveats — read before placing

These numbers are likely a touch low, not high. Working off raw 12-month sales without an OOS-aware adjustment — if any of these SKUs were out of stock during the year, we lost sales we can't see.
The order quantities were worked out from a 2026-05-26 stock snapshot. The "In stock" column on the table is a fresher pull (2026-05-28), so a few lines will have moved a little against the order math — stock keeps selling. Re-check before placing if any line is borderline.
TNCR-8009 (Sales Invoice Triplicate) is the biggest line by a long way — 1,121 single books. Worth a sanity check.
DNCR-8008 series is excluded — marked Discontinued in Linnworks. Confirm we don't want a final clearance batch.
Safety stock uses a 60-day lead time and ±20% lead time variability. If Sally is consistently faster/slower than that, the buffer is slightly off.

Full data audit — what we checked

82-SKU universe pulled from Linnworks (15 base sellers + 67 composite parents covering 2-pack / 3-pack / 5-pack / 10-pack / 25-pack variants).
Full 12 months of processed orders walked: 103,115 orders. 2,817 of them touched one of our 82 SKUs.
Channel mix: 78% Amazon FBA, 18% Amazon MFN, 6% eBay, the rest direct / TikTok / sample / donation / import-export.
17 distinct Source × SubSource combinations. 248 of them were £0 (not real sales — internal flows). Stripped from demand.
Non-sale buckets stripped: Direct-FBA dispatch (DFBA), Sample giveaways, Resends, Donations, Data-import-export sentinels.

Outstanding questions for Manish

Carton specs from the factory (units per carton / carton dimensions / weight) — needed to convert these unit totals to carton counts for shipping.
DNCR-8008 series — confirm we want it discontinued and don't need a final clearance batch.
TNCR-8009 (Sales Invoice Triplicate) is biggest line by far at 1,121 books — confirm it's the hero of the range.

Prepared by Nami (finance) · Coordinated by Robin · Data sources: Linnworks (Stock + Orders APIs), 12-month window 2025-05-26 → 2026-05-26. Live stock column refreshed 2026-05-28.
Full working: kmonline-sessions/robin/china-import-DNCR-TNCR-DCR-TCR-2026-05-26.md.