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The latest update to Lumi includes a set of features we're particularly excited about: an all-new way to manage your quoting process and choose the best option for every packaging component you need.
With this release, we’re giving your team the tools to better understand costs, compare across manufacturers, and respond directly in the Lumi interface. You can read more about this release on our blog.
We've created some resources so you can learn more about how costs are broken up, how to use filters, and accepting and rejecting quotes.
Simplified order deposits are here. With this release we made it faster to get your orders into production.
Instead submitting the order and payment for upfront costs separately, all the upfront costs indicated in the billing schedule of your order will be automatically debited as soon as your order is accepted. You can set the default payment method in your settings.
When you submit an order, it will be reviewed to verify that all details are correct. If everything is good to go, your upfront costs will be automatically debited from the payment method of your choice. At this point, you will receive an invoice for your records as well as confirmation of the payment. If your order requires any changes before we can accept it, we will be in touch with you and no payment will occur.
Subsequent invoices for your order will continue to work as they did before.
Lumi has a brand new way of ordering! The new process is designed to provide more flexibility around item and shipping details as well as increase visibility into costs and lead times. Read more on our blog.
What's new:
To help your team get up to speed on the new workflow, we've also published an in-depth guide on how to create orders.
Analytics are now available in Lumi! Analytics provides more quantifiable, measurable insights about your packaging supply chain. You can read more about this release on our blog.
We're starting with three report types:
Features:
Poly Mailers are one of the most popular packaging products, yet they are notoriously challenging to recycle and are made from non-renewable materials. Today we’re announcing our new array of Compostable Poly Mailers that help move the ecommerce industry towards more sustainable options.
A few months ago Vox published a fantastic article titled “No online shopping company can figure out how to quit this one plastic bag”, explaining why poly mailers continue to be so prevalent and difficult to eliminate from supply chains. In summary, no other product provides the same combination of properties: a great printing surface, water-repellent, low cost per unit, and lightweight to reduce shipping costs and emissions.
We set out to find a better way to make poly mailers that meet the needs of businesses but also move the industry towards more sustainable options. We’ve worked with factories in the Lumi Network to provide compostable PLA and PBAT Poly Mailers, while maintaining similar printing quality, costs and lead times.
Pura Vida is one of the first Lumi customers to use the new Compostable Poly Mailers
Today we’re announcing the Standardized Quality release — a set of features that raises the bar for quality standards across every factory in the Lumi Network. This release gives you the tools to identify and report quality issues.
Your reports contribute directly to our quality monitoring systems, which helps improve manufacturer selection tools and overall reliability for all members of the Lumi platform! We're really excited about it and have written more in depth on the blog.
What's new:
Plus, our guide on how to run a quality inspection using the Acceptable Quality Limit (AQL) procedure
A big new feature went live: production tracking! Read more about this update on our blog.
Production tracking gives you a single place to view activity related to any item you produce in any of the 20,000+ factories available through Lumi. Production statuses are available for any item ordered after April 1, 2019.
Here's the new data you can see in your Production view:
The tariff increase of 25% has officially gone into effect today.
Products which were impacted by the 10% increase last year will be increased by an additional 15%, and new products impacted by the tariffs will increase by the full 25%.
Any products that are in production or in transit but have not passed through US customs will be affected. If you are a Lumi customer with current orders affected by the increased tariff rate you will see the tariff as a separate line item on your invoice.
Despite the 25% tariff, our market analysis indicates that the majority of plastic packaging is still more cost effective imported from China, however if you are interested in evaluating other options, request a quote.
Proof Management
The proof approval workflow can now be managed entirely in your Lumi Dashboard. Here are some of the new features we launched today:
Publications
We're also excited to launch Publications! Multi-page printing and binding capabilities help you create magazines, catalogs, booklets, and newspapers to bring your content offline.
We've found a lot of inspiration from Lumi users designing publications to provide product information, share new products, or just engage folks in their community.
Options span the gamut from full color digital printing, or with lithography for more accurate Pantone color-matching. From newsprint to glossy cover stock, the paper options are nearly endless.
Collateral is here! We're talking about paper — flat, folded, glued, in just about any size, construction style, and paper stock you can dream up. Use collateral to welcome customers to your community, promote a new product, or provide product instructions.
Print your collateral digitally in full color, or with lithography using Pantone matching. For a special touch, consider spot coatings, lamination, emboss, deboss, or foil stamping.
We've beta tested this collection for over a year, and now it's available in your Lumi supply chain across all geographic regions. Here are eight new collateral products to get your juices flowing.
On November 1st, we increased the price of products sourced from China to reflect the increased, 25% tariffs incurred as they entered the U.S. in 2019. You may have heard that as of December 2, 2018, the tariff increase was delayed until spring. With the tariff delayed, we've rolled back prices to the reflect the cost of the September increase of 10%.
If you placed an order affected by the 25% tariff increase, we will refund the 15% tariff difference after your products arrive in the U.S., assuming that the tariff increase doesn’t go into effect before then.
As you may have read in the news, a 25% tariff increase on over 6,000 items in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule is taking effect January 1, 2019. This will affect all packaging produced in China being imported into the US.
Starting today, we will increase baseline pricing by 25% for packaging produced in China. We are applying the increase today to account for the lead time to manufacture and ship via sea freight from China. Learn more on the blog.
As you may have read in the news, a 25% tariff increase on over 6,000 items in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule is taking effect January 1, 2019. This will affect all packaging produced in China being imported into the US.
Starting today, we will increase baseline pricing by 25% for packaging produced in China. We are applying the increase today to account for the lead time to manufacture and ship via sea freight from China. Learn more on the blog.
We're crossing off a big feature request today! You can now invite your team to Lumi and collaborate together in the Dashboard. Learn more on the blog.
New Updates page. You're looking at it, friend! This is where our log of changes big and small can be found. Includes new features, products, bug fixes and improvements.
Fixed "No such token" bug causing payment methods to occasionally become unlinked from accounts.
Improved Delivery Schedule page with search and lead times across all products.
Estimated delivery dates are now also visible on each product in the Catalog, along with estimated delivery window in weeks.
Invoice PDFs are now attached to invoice notification emails so you can save it without having to log into your account.
New page for step-by-step guides with a new guide for How to Use a Lumi Dieline.
A few big changes are coming to the Product Catalog and Dashboard. Learn more on the blog.
Updated Product Catalog with better search and faster navigation. Improved product pages with recommended alternatives, videos, detailed specifications and better descriptions.
Consolidated billing is here! A host of new features that will make your accounting team happy. Learn more on the blog.
A few improvements and fixes to Items in your Dashboard:
An increase in paper costs came into effect nationwide on March 23rd 2018 driven predominantly by rising freight costs, strained paper mill capacity, and export costs. Learn more on the blog.
