Buyer lanes that change the RFQ
Food distribution
Intended fill and storage climate belong on the first line. A dry-grocery case that sits in a humid cooler needs the liner and adhesive named, plus any food-contact or migration testing file the receiving plant will ask for. Those files attach to a lot, not to this website. Humidity can lower stack life even when a 32 ECT sheet looks adequate on paper; the brief should say whether the carton is a shipper only or also a retail-facing tray.
Personal-care and CPG pack-out
Primary packs often sit in a folding carton or bottle; the corrugated shipper still needs inside dimensions that match the pack-out pattern. Print on a white liner is usually a low color-count flexographic mark. Digital print versus flexo or offset is a run-length choice: short SKU counts can avoid plates, while a stable long run often keeps spot color on flexo. The RFQ should state artwork change frequency so plate cost is not hidden inside a piece price.
Industrial shipping
Parts and hardware lanes care about stack path and puncture more than shelf graphics. Name the flute and the strength method even when the outer face is white. A 200 lb burst double-wall carton is not a drop-in for a 32 ECT single-wall RSC. If a partition or pad is required, it is a second quote line because it uses a different blank.
Application fields that belong on the cardboard-box brief
| Lane |
Must name |
Document to request later |
| Food distribution |
Fill, climate, inside mm, liner face |
Liner and adhesive food-contact file for that lot |
| Personal-care pack-out |
Pattern, print colors, artwork revision |
Drawdown or press proof, not a website badge |
| Industrial shipping |
Flute, ECT or burst, partition yes/no |
Strength sheet that matches the quoted board |
Application checklist before you send the brief
Mark the fields you can already name. The count is a completeness reminder, not a price, discount or factory rating.
Open inquiry options when the lane is named, then send the requirement.