Blackout Dates: China’s Dragon Boat Festival

China’s Dragon Boat Festival will take place June 12th-June 14th, 2021.

I recommend taking care of any China-related business beforehand because there will be potential delays due to factories closing for this holiday, also sometimes referred to as blackout days. Blackout days refer to periods where no production and shipping can happen, such as the Chinese New Year or China’s National Day.

I also recommend adding blackout dates to your inventory forecasting calendars for these dates and other essential blackout dates so that you avoid any logistical headaches.

You can anticipate blackout dates like the Dragon Boat Festival by talking to your vendors or looking at a Chinese calendar.

China’s National Day takes place from the 1st through the 7th of October. You can also refer to the Chinese calendar for other holidays to ask your suppliers about and which may affect production and shipping so that you can set those dates well ahead of time.

The SoStocked Blackouts feature allows you to easily factor blackout periods into your inventory calculations and tells you to either order more inventory or order earlier to account for the days when the supplier is unavailable to produce inventory.