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title: Old World Popcorn Production Planning
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created: '2025-11-03'
updated: '2025-11-03'
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- amazon
- inventory
- doodla
- production-planning
- old-world-popcorn
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# Old World Popcorn Production Planning

## Overview

Old World Popcorn is a growing product line for [[clients/doodla/index|Doodla]] on Amazon, having gone from a dead stop to approximately $6,000/month in sales as of October 2025. While current inventory is healthy, lead times for production and shipping require proactive planning to avoid future stockouts.

## Current Inventory Status

As of the [[meetings/2025-11-03-weekly-call-w-karly|2025-11-03 weekly call]], Old World Popcorn inventory is solid at **greater than 3 months of supply** on hand. This is not an immediate concern, but the lead time for the next production run makes early planning essential.

Notably, white Old World Popcorn is outselling yellow — consistent with a broader pattern observed across Doodla's popcorn SKUs.

## Production Lead Time Considerations

The production cycle for Old World Popcorn is long enough that planning must begin well in advance:

- **Production preparation:** ~1–2 months to get inventory ready to ship
- **Shipping to Amazon FBA:** ~1 additional month

This means the effective lead time from initiating a production run to having inventory available on Amazon is **2–3 months**. With 3+ months of current stock, the window to begin planning is now — not when stock runs low.

## Bag Quality Issue

Customer complaints about the current bags are an open issue that must be resolved before the next production run. The next run should use **new, improved bags** to address these complaints. This is a prerequisite for the next order, not an afterthought.

Karly initiated contact with Lucy (the production contact) on 2025-11-03 to begin scoping the next run and confirm the status of bag sourcing.

## Action Items (as of 2025-11-03)

- [x] Karly emailed Lucy to begin planning the next production run
- [ ] Confirm bag sourcing progress with Gilbert/Lucy before committing to production order
- [ ] Determine target quantity for next run based on current sales velocity (~$6k/month)

## Key Contacts

- **Lucy** — Production contact for Old World Popcorn; point of contact for run scheduling and bag sourcing
- **Gilbert** — Handles inventory tracking and FBA shipment coordination

## Related

- [[clients/doodla/index|Doodla Client Overview]]
- [[meetings/2025-11-03-weekly-call-w-karly|Weekly Call w/ Karly — 2025-11-03]]
- [[knowledge/amazon-strategy/doodla-inventory-tracking-crisis|Doodla Inventory Tracking Crisis]]