How to Review MOQ and Reschedule Window in a Goods Supply Contract

October 2026. Lowri runs ops at a 16-person UK brand of enamel camping mugs. Valencia builds EM-350. The mugs carry Lowri's name and leave a Sheffield warehouse. English law. Courts of England and Wales.

The packet — the draft you will sign — is Clause 6. The MOQ, the minimum order quantity, is 1,000 units on any order. Packs are unnamed. Changes freeze inside 60 days, and three silent days deem a change accepted. The charge is 1.5 percent of order value per week. Long-lead materials are NCNR and stay the buyer's liability.

For example, Lowri wants 500 mugs, ship 12 November 2026, pushed to 14 January 2027. Typical mistake: order 1,000 to keep £3.90. The hidden risk, and the pressure, is Friday.

In practice an email of 9 September 2026 says MOQ 480, cartons of 24 (the MPQ), a lid that is NCNR for 12 weeks once the plate is cut, and a body lead time of 5 weeks. Schedule 3 has no rows. Schedule 4 is £3.90 if the MOQ is met, otherwise £4.60.

1,000 at £3.90 is £3,900. 21 cartons are 504. 504 at £4.60 is £2,318.40. On 1 October 2026 the November date is about 42 days out, already inside the freeze. Nine weeks at 1.5 percent is 13.5 percent: £526.50 on £3,900.

The 24,000-unit annual line is a different promise. Open the minimum-volume review for shortfall or rollover. Open the limitation-period review for how long a claim may be brought. Open the binding-forecast review if the fight is which forecast months are firm.

If the quantity that arrives is short or long, section 30 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 is the default, and a special agreement can displace it. Section 37 is a reasonable care-and-custody charge once the seller is ready and has asked. It is not 1.5 percent a week of price.

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How do you read the MOQ and the pack multiple on this SKU?

Write one row before you trust 1,000. MOQ is the smallest line quantity. MPQ is the step, here a carton of 24. Clause 6 names one floor and says standard packs. Schedule 3 is blank.

Check the email against that blank. 500 is above 480 and still not a carton, so the next full pack is 504. Do not price £3.90 times 500. If the clause floor wins, 504 misses it and the line is £4.60. Two floors and no winner means pause. A note on SupplyICs says price the quantity you must buy. Do not copy their electronics example. Lowri's numbers are 500, 480, 24, and 1,000.

Section 30 is the default on a short or long delivery. Subsection (5) lets a special agreement replace it. Write the multiple and who pays extra mugs. Don't sign a blank table.

Which days-out band lets a percent of this order move?

A freeze is not a flexibility matrix. Clause 6 bars a move inside 60 days and never states a share, a maximum push, or how many times. On 1 October 2026 the only ship date is already inside it. Flexibility on this order is zero.

Use four columns: days before ship, percent of quantity, maximum push, and how many times. A Law Insider sample (2026) is a pattern, not a statute: 0 percent inside 60 days; 25 percent once at 61 to 90 days; then wider bands. A second move needs written approval. Do not paste those percents into Clause 6.

A fee percent is a different cell. A Law Insider sample (2026) prices a percent of list by days left and caps a reschedule at twice. Don't mix a fee with a quantity share. There is no free 30-day window. Section 59 says a reasonable time is a question of fact. Section 29 says that if no send-date is fixed, the seller sends within a reasonable time. Deleting 12 November is not a push to January.

Which part is NCNR, and who pays if it cannot come back?

Name the part, the lead time, and the trigger. Clause 6 calls all long-lead materials NCNR and the buyer's liability. The email names the lid, 12 weeks, and the plate cut. The body is 5 weeks. A 60-day freeze does not describe a 12-week lid. Blanket NCNR on the whole order means pause.

The ECIA NCNR guideline (2022) is channel practice, not English law. Codes are often 30, 60, or 90 days, or NCNR, and warranty returns stay open. Mark this lid because the email says so. A 2026 SEC NCNR filing blocks a reschedule without written consent.

Who owns excess built to the MOQ after a cancel? This draft does not say, beyond a blanket liability. An Aipco NCNR form lists the parts before the upstream order. A Law Insider sample (2026) limits the buyer to stuck material, not profit. Ask for a credit. Don't add a supplier-set profit charge.

Does a change happen only in a signed writing?

Silence is not a new ship date. Clause 6 deems a change accepted after three quiet business days. The January push would land, and the 1.5 percent clock would start, because the ask sits inside 60 days.

Do not confuse that sentence with acceptance of mugs. Section 35 deems acceptance of the goods, not of a quiet inbox. If the worry is mugs that have arrived, open the inspection-window review and come back. A change names the SKU, both quantities, both dates, and the cost. No charge runs until that writing exists. A request inside a frozen band is a no.

How much can a late push actually cost?

Price the charge on goods the seller is holding. Nine weeks at 1.5 percent is 13.5 percent: £526.50 on £3,900, about £313 on £2,318.40. The clause bills a request, not mugs already in Valencia. Section 37 needs a seller who is ready and has asked. It names no weekly rate.

A Law Insider sample (2026) uses 1 percent per month on the manufacturer's cost of material that cannot move. Ask for supplier cost, a written rate, a mitigate duty, and a credit. No charge before a signed change. The 24,000 units do not set this rate. Pause if the only number is 1.5 percent of order value.

What should you log before you sign?

The result is one page. SKU row → days-out grid → named lid → signed change → holding cost. Verify that row on a checklist before you sign. Keep only if one MOQ, one MPQ, and one price sit on EM-350, silence is not acceptance, and the charge is custody of goods ready to hand over.

Rewrite if a field is still an adjective. Walk if two floors remain and 13.5 percent of the price sits on a nine-week push. Before you sign, do not mark the paper ready. Then upload the same file for a first pass — flags on that file. A person still opens Clause 6.