I Want to Know Exactly How Much Candle Raw Material to Purchase Every Month Without Constantly Running Out or Overbuying — How Do I Build a Procurement Model Using Sales, Formula Consumption, Lead Time, Wastage and Safety Stock?
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Five inputs, three levels, one weekly instruction: the model that stops both stock-outs and overbuying.
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Procurement · The complete model
Running out and overbuying have the same cause: ordering by feel. This model replaces feel with five inputs — sales, formula, wastage, lead time and safety stock — and turns them into one instruction per material every week. The whole template is worked here for a real mix of candles, scents and containers.
₹1,82,913.67
of materials consumed a month by 900 candles (500 × 200 g, 250 × 85 g, 150 × 50 g at 8%) · the model holds about 10.5 days of it on average · CSI listed prices
Quick answers — read this first
How do I calculate how much candle raw material to buy each month? Sales forecast × formula consumption (fill × (1 − load) for wax, fill × load for oil, one wick and one container) × (1 + wastage) = monthly need. Buy that, minus what you hold, in the right rhythm — which is what the rest of the model sets.How do I stop running out? Give every material a reorder point: daily use × delivery days + safety stock. In the example, wax reorders at 56.93 kg (7-day delivery, 7 safety days).
How do I stop overbuying? Order only up to an order-up-to level — daily use × (delivery + review days) + safety stock — minus stock on hand and on order. The example holds about 10.5 days of materials on average, against about 22 days when a month is bought at once.
What does the model tell me this week? One line per material: order or hold, and how many packs. This week's example order is ₹45,983.08. See this week's order.
The short answer
Monthly need: Σ (units × formula consumption) × (1 + wastage), per material and per scent.
Levels: Daily use = monthly ÷ 30 · safety stock = daily × safety days · reorder point = daily × lead time + safety · order-up-to = daily × (lead time + review period) + safety.
Weekly rule: If on hand + on order ≤ reorder point: order (order-up-to − on hand − on order), rounded up to real packs. Otherwise hold.
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In this guide
The model's flow. The four inputs on the left produce daily use; daily use with lead time and safety stock produces the reorder point and the order-up-to level; the weekly count compares stock position (on hand plus on order) with the reorder point and, if needed, orders the gap to the order-up-to level in real packs. Every figure in the worked example follows this flow.
Largest line in the model
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Bestseller in the example
Lavender · 1 kg ₹5,221.00
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Straight answer
I want to know exactly how much candle raw material to purchase every month without constantly running out or overbuying — how do I build a procurement model using sales, formula consumption, lead time, wastage and safety stock?
Build it in four sheets. Inputs: a sales forecast per product and scent; each product's formula (fill weight and load, one wick, one container); a wastage allowance per material; each material's delivery time; and a safety stock in days. Consumption: units × formula × (1 + wastage) gives each material's monthly need — in our example, 900 candles a month (500 × 200 g jars, 250 × 85 g tins and 150 × 50 g heart jars at 8%) consume 122.00 kg of wax, 10.61 kg of oil across five scents, 918 wicks and 906 containers, worth ₹1,82,913.67 at CSI listed prices. Levels: divide by 30 for daily use, then set three numbers per material — safety stock (daily × safety days), reorder point (daily × delivery days + safety stock) and order-up-to level (daily × (delivery + review days) + safety stock). Weekly order: count on hand and on order; wherever that position is at or below the reorder point, order the gap to the order-up-to level, rounded up to real packs. Running out is prevented by the reorder point; overbuying by the order-up-to level and by counting stock on order. With a weekly review and seven safety days, the example holds about 10.5 days of materials on average, and this week's order comes to ₹45,983.08.
One line: forecast × formula × wastage gives the need; lead time and safety stock give the trigger; the order-up-to level gives the quantity.
Wax is the largest line in almost every candle procurement model. Luxury Soy Wax Chunks: ₹2,995.00 for 5 kg, ₹5,999.00 for 10 kg, ₹599.00 a kilo in 5 kg bags, rated up to 13% fragrance load. The example consumes 122.00 kg a month — about 24 bags of 5 kg.
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Sheet 1 — the five inputs
Every stock-out and every dusty bag of wax traces back to one of five numbers that nobody wrote down.
The model needs exactly five kinds of input. Each is something you already know or can measure; none is a guess dressed as a formula. This page fills them in for a worked example: a small business selling three candle products in five scents. Replace every example value with your own and the model holds.
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Sales forecastUnits per product per month, and each scent's share. Example: 500 × 200 g jars, 250 × 85 g tins, 150 × 50 g heart jars — 900 candles — with scents 30/25/20/15/10%. Use last year's same month, adjusted for growth; see I'm Planning Production for the Next Three Months — How Do I Convert My Candle Sales Forecast into a Purchasing Plan for Wax, Fragrance Oils, Wicks and Jars? for seasonal plans and My Monthly Candle Sales Increased from 200 to 500 Units — How Quickly Should I Increase Raw-Material Inventory Without Assuming the Growth Will Continue Forever? for growth you should not over-trust.
2
Formula consumptionPer unit: fill × (1 − load) of wax, fill × load of oil, one wick, one container. Load is a share of the finished weight (8% here). Fills: 200 g in the White Matte Glass Jar (a tested fill — the jar's fill weight is not published), 85 g in the Golden Aluminium Tin (listed fill) and 50 g in the Heart Cutout Velvet Jar (listed 50 g wax capacity, treated here as the finished fill).
3
WastagePer material, from your own records if you have them. Example: 3% on wax and oil (pour loss, spills, test pours), 2% on wicks, 1% on glass, 0% on tins. These are labelled working assumptions.
4
Lead timeDays from order to stock on your shelf, per material. Example: 7 for wax and wicks, 10 for oils, 14 for containers. CSI does not publish delivery times; measure yours.
5
Safety stock and review periodSafety stock in days of use (7 here) and how often you count (7 days — weekly). I Want to Maintain Two Weeks of Safety Stock for My Candle Business — How Do I Calculate the Minimum Quantity of Wax, Fragrance, Wicks and Jars I Should Never Fall Below? explains two-week floors and I Sell 500 Candles a Month but Demand Varies by 20% — How Much Safety Stock of Wax Should I Keep Without Tying up Too Much Cash? sizes safety stock from sales variability once you have the data.
Sheet 1 · example inputs · replace with your own
The input sheet
| Input | Example value | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Products and monthly units | 500 × 200 g · 250 × 85 g · 150 × 50 g | Sales forecast |
| Scent shares | Lavender 30% · British Rose 25% · Dark Vanilla 20% · Mango Coconut 15% · Neroli 10% | Sales history |
| Load | 8% of finished weight | Your tested formula (Chunks rated up to 13%) |
| Wastage | Wax 3% · oil 3% · wicks 2% · glass 1% · tins 0% | Your records (labelled assumption here) |
| Lead time | Wax 7 · oils 10 · wicks 7 · containers 14 days | Your delivery log (example) |
| Safety stock | 7 days of use | Your choice of protection |
| Review period | 7 days (weekly count) | Your routine |
Sheet 2 — monthly consumption
Multiply each product's units by its formula to get net consumption, then apply wastage. The finished weight includes the oil, so wax is the finished weight × (1 − load) — never the full fill weight. I Need to Produce 2,000 × 150 g Candles — How Do I Calculate the Total Wax Requirement Without Accidentally Treating Finished Candle Weight as Pure Wax Weight? covers that trap for a single order.
Sheet 2a · 8% load · load as a share of finished weight
Net consumption by product
| Product | Container | Units | Wax per unit | Oil per unit | Wax a month | Oil a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jar 200 g | White Matte Glass Jar (tested 200 g fill) | 500 | 184.0 g | 16.0 g | 92,000 g | 8,000 g |
| Tin 85 g | Golden Aluminium Tin (85 g listed fill) | 250 | 78.2 g | 6.8 g | 19,550 g | 1,700 g |
| Heart 50 g | Heart Cutout Velvet Jar (50 g listed wax capacity) | 150 | 46.0 g | 4.0 g | 6,900 g | 600 g |
| All | 900 | 118,450 g | 10,300 g |
Sheet 2b · wastage applied
From net to gross monthly need
| Material | Net a month | Wastage | Gross monthly need |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wax | 118,450 g | 3% | 122,004 g |
| Oil (all scents) | 10,300 g | 3% | 10,609 g |
| Wicks | 900 | 2% | 918.0 |
| White Matte jars | 500 | 1% | 505.0 |
| Golden tins | 250 | 0% | 250 |
| Heart velvet jars | 150 | 1% | 151.5 |
Oil is then split by scent share: Lavender 3,183 g, British Rose 2,652 g, Dark Vanilla 2,122 g, Mango Coconut 1,591 g and Neroli 1,061 g a month. If a scent sells in different proportions across products, split per product instead, as in I Want to Keep 30 Days of Candle Raw-Material Inventory — How Do I Convert Monthly Unit Sales into Kilograms of Wax and Fragrance Stock?. At CSI listed prices the month's materials are worth ₹1,82,913.67, with oils valued at their 1 kg per-gram rates.
The CSI principle
Consumption is a formula, not a feeling.
Every gram of wax the model asks for can be traced to a unit in the forecast, a fill weight, a load and a wastage percentage. When the order looks wrong, one of those four numbers is wrong — and you can find which.
Sheet 3 — safety stock, reorder point, order-up-to
Three numbers per material do all the work: how low is too low, when to order, and how far to fill.
Daily use is the gross monthly need ÷ 30. Then: safety stock = daily × 7; reorder point = daily × lead time + safety stock; order-up-to level = daily × (lead time + review period) + safety stock. The review period matters: because you only count weekly, an order must cover the delivery time and the week until you next look.
Sheet 3 · 7 safety days · 7-day review · example lead times · wax and oils in grams, others in units
The three levels for every material
| Material | Monthly need | Daily use | Lead time (days) | Safety stock | Reorder point | Order-up-to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Soy Wax Chunks | 122,004 g | 4,066.8 g | 7 | 28,467 g | 56,935 g | 85,402 g |
| Lavender | 3,183 g | 106.1 g | 10 | 743 g | 1,804 g | 2,546 g |
| British Rose | 2,652 g | 88.4 g | 10 | 619 g | 1,503 g | 2,122 g |
| Dark Vanilla | 2,122 g | 70.7 g | 10 | 495 g | 1,202 g | 1,697 g |
| Mango Coconut | 1,591 g | 53.0 g | 10 | 371 g | 902 g | 1,273 g |
| Neroli | 1,061 g | 35.4 g | 10 | 248 g | 601 g | 849 g |
| Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 | 918 | 30.6 | 7 | 215 | 429 | 643 |
| White Matte Glass Jar | 505 | 16.8 | 14 | 118 | 354 | 472 |
| Golden Aluminium Tin 85 g | 250 | 8.3 | 14 | 59 | 175 | 234 |
| Heart Cutout Velvet Jar | 152 | 5.0 | 14 | 36 | 107 | 142 |
Read the wax row: daily use 4.07 kg; safety stock 28.47 kg; reorder when stock position falls to 56.93 kg; order up to 85.40 kg. Convert these into shelf units once — 5 kg bags, 1 kg bottles, packs of wicks and jars — and write them on the shelf labels. I'm Producing 5,000 Candles a Month — How Do I Calculate Monthly Raw-Material Consumption and Set Automatic Reorder Levels for Every Major Component? shows the same levels expressed in packs for a 5,000-candle-a-month operation.
Why the order-up-to level stops overbuying
Without it, a reorder point tells you when but not how much, and people round up to "a month" or "a big bag". The order-up-to level caps each order at lead time + review period + safety days of use — here 21 days for wax and 24 for oils. Average stock then settles around safety stock plus half a review period: about 10.5 days, worth roughly ₹64,019.79 in this example, against ₹1,34,136.69 if a month were bought at once.Sheet 4 — this week's order
Once a week, count every material on the shelf and note anything ordered but not yet delivered. The stock position is on hand + on order. Where it is at or below the reorder point, order the gap to the order-up-to level, rounded up to the cheapest practical CSI packs. Here is one Monday in the example business:
Sheet 4 · example Monday count · CSI prices (oil/wax pulled 24 September 2026; wicks 25 September; White Matte jar verified 10 September 2026; tins and heart jars 24–25 September 2026)
This week's order, material by material
| Material | On hand | On order | Position | Reorder point | Decision | Gap to order-up-to | Packs | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Soy Wax Chunks | 70,000 g | 0 g | 70,000 g | 56,935 g | Hold | — | no order | ₹0.00 |
| Lavender | 1,200 g | 0 g | 1,200 g | 1,804 g | Order | 1,346 g | 1 × 1 kg + 4 × 100 g | ₹7,381.00 |
| British Rose | 600 g | 1,000 g | 1,600 g | 1,503 g | Hold | — | no order | ₹0.00 |
| Dark Vanilla | 900 g | 0 g | 900 g | 1,202 g | Order | 797 g | 1 × 500 g + 3 × 100 g | ₹6,210.00 |
| Mango Coconut | 250 g | 0 g | 250 g | 902 g | Order | 1,023 g | 1 × 1 kg + 1 × 100 g | ₹4,464.00 |
| Neroli | 500 g | 0 g | 500 g | 601 g | Order | 349 g | 4 × 100 g | ₹2,662.08 |
| Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 | 700 | 0 | 700 | 429 | Hold | — | no order | ₹0.00 |
| White Matte Glass Jar | 230 | 0 | 230 | 354 | Order | 242 | 49 × pack of 5 | ₹17,346.00 |
| Golden Aluminium Tin 85 g | 84 | 0 | 84 | 175 | Order | 150 | 13 × pack of 12 | ₹4,680.00 |
| Heart Cutout Velvet Jar | 70 | 0 | 70 | 107 | Order | 72 | 7 × pack of 10 + 2 × pack of 1 | ₹3,240.00 |
| This week's order | ₹45,983.08 |
British Rose shows why on-order matters: 600 g on the shelf looks low, but a 1 kg bottle is already on its way, so the position is 1,600 g and the model holds. Without the on-order column, the model would double-order it. Wax, with 70.00 kg on hand, is above its reorder point and waits for next week. The whole week's order is ₹45,983.08.
1
Herbal · bestseller in the model
Lavender Fragrance Oil
30% of sales in the example — 3,183 g a month. Top of CSI's best-selling sort on the pull date, and flat-priced from 50 g, so the pack in each order is set by the gap, not by a price break.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | 200 g candles at 16 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹105.02 | ₹7.00 | 0.94 |
| 50 g | ₹270.00 | ₹5.40 | 3.12 |
| 100 g | ₹540.00 | ₹5.40 | 6.25 |
| 500 g | ₹2,620.00 | ₹5.24 | 31.25 |
| 1 kg | ₹5,221.00 | ₹5.22 | 62.50 |
Monthly need in the model: 3,183 g Buy Lavender
2
Tropical fruit · 20.7% kilo saving
Mango Coconut Fragrance Oil
The 500 g and 1 kg are both ₹3.96 a gram against ₹5.00 at 100 g. When the model's gap for this scent approaches 500 g, round up to the 500 g rather than buying several 100 g bottles — the bigger bottle is cheaper outright.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | 200 g candles at 16 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹93.22 | ₹6.21 | 0.94 |
| 50 g | ₹250.00 | ₹5.00 | 3.12 |
| 100 g | ₹500.00 | ₹5.00 | 6.25 |
| 500 g | ₹1,982.00 | ₹3.96 | 31.25 |
| 1 kg | ₹3,964.00 | ₹3.96 | 62.50 |
Monthly need in the model: 1,591 g Buy Mango Coconut
3
Gourmand · premium tier
Dark Vanilla Fragrance Oil
At ₹7.65 a gram at 1 kg, the dearest oil in the model. Its order-up-to level is where the model saves the most cash compared with buying "a kilo to be safe".
| Pack | Price | Per gram | 200 g candles at 16 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹130.00 | ₹8.67 | 0.94 |
| 50 g | ₹410.00 | ₹8.20 | 3.12 |
| 100 g | ₹790.00 | ₹7.90 | 6.25 |
| 500 g | ₹3,840.00 | ₹7.68 | 31.25 |
| 1 kg | ₹7,646.00 | ₹7.65 | 62.50 |
Monthly need in the model: 2,122 g Buy Dark Vanilla
The mistake: ordering from the shelf alone. A model that ignores stock on order re-orders everything that is in transit, every week, until it arrives. The cure is one column. Every order placed goes into "on order" the moment it is placed and comes out the day it lands on the shelf.
Running the model
The model is only as good as its upkeep. Three routines keep it honest:
Spreadsheet formulas for one material row · columns as named
The whole model in eight formulas
| Column | Meaning | Formula |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly need | Forecast × formula × (1 + wastage) | =SUMPRODUCT(units, per_unit) * (1 + waste) |
| Daily | Monthly ÷ 30 | =need / 30 |
| Safety stock | Daily × safety days | =daily * ss_days |
| Reorder point | Daily × lead time + safety | =daily * lead + safety |
| Order-up-to | Daily × (lead + review) + safety | =daily * (lead + review) + safety |
| Position | On hand + on order | =on_hand + on_order |
| Gap | Only when at or below reorder point | =IF(position <= reorder, upto - position, 0) |
| Packs | Round up to pack size | =ROUNDUP(gap / pack, 0) |
1
Weekly: count and orderCount on hand, update on order, read the Order column. Fifteen minutes. Record each order's date.
2
Monthly: refresh the forecastReplace next month's units in Sheet 1. Every level recalculates. In a season like October, with Diwali on 8 November 2026, this is the step that raises the levels before demand arrives.
3
Quarterly: check the inputs against realityCompare actual wastage with the allowance, actual delivery times with the lead times, and actual sales with the forecast. Adjust the inputs, not the orders.
4
Whenever a product or scent changesAdd or remove rows. A new scent goes on launch quantities first — I'm Launching Three New Fragrances but Don't Know Their Demand Yet — How Much Fragrance Oil Should I Initially Buy Compared with Established Bestsellers? — and joins the model once it has a month of real sales.
5
Whenever a price changesUpdate pack prices. Where a listed break exists — some oils at 500 g or 1 kg, Natural Soy Pearl at 5 kg, Salsa jars at 50 — let the rounding step choose the cheaper pack. I'm Growing from 1,000 to 10,000 Candles a Month — How Do I Calculate When to Move from Retail Packs to Wholesale Cartons and Bulk Raw-Material Purchases? maps those breaks.
A useful self-check: over a normal month, what you buy should roughly equal what you consume — ₹1,82,913.67 in this example. If purchases run well above consumption for two months, stock is building somewhere; find the line and check its inputs. If they run below, you are eating into safety stock and a stock-out is coming. I Have ₹1 Lakh Available for Raw-Material Inventory — How Do I Decide How Much Should Go into Wax, Fragrance Oils, Wicks and Jars Based on Actual Monthly Consumption? allocates a fixed budget when the model asks for more than you have.
Argued against our own interest, plainly. This model will make you buy less from any supplier, us included, in most months — because it replaces round-number orders with the gap to a calculated level. On our own listings there is little price reason to buy bigger: wax is flat per kilo from 5 kg, wicks are ₹5.90 at every pack, and most oils are flat from 100 g. Buy the gap. When a line's volume makes listed packs clumsy, ask for a scheduled quote instead of a bigger one-off order.
Never ask "how much should I buy?" Ask "what is my position, and where is my reorder point?" The answer to the first question follows.
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Send us your model's monthly needs. If you share the Sheet 2 totals — kilos of wax, grams of each oil, counts of wicks and containers — we can quote regular quantities and flag any size that is out of stock before your levels depend on it. GST invoicing, MSDS and IFRA documentation on request. With Diwali on 8 November 2026, October's levels are the ones to check first.
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Every earlier page in this series is one part of this model seen close up: I Want to Keep 30 Days of Candle Raw-Material Inventory — How Do I Convert Monthly Unit Sales into Kilograms of Wax and Fragrance Stock? is Sheet 2 for thirty days, I Want to Maintain Two Weeks of Safety Stock for My Candle Business — How Do I Calculate the Minimum Quantity of Wax, Fragrance, Wicks and Jars I Should Never Fall Below? is the safety-stock column, My Wax Supplier Takes 10 Days to Deliver — At What Stock Level Should I Reorder if I Produce 50 Candles Every Day? and My Fragrance Supplier Takes Two Weeks to Deliver — How Do I Calculate Reorder Points Separately for Fast- and Slow-Selling Candle Fragrances? are reorder points, I Can Get a Better Wax Price if I Buy 100 Kg Instead of 25 Kg — How Do I Determine Whether My Current Sales Are High Enough to Justify the Larger Purchase? and My Fragrance Supplier Offers a Better Rate at 5 Kg — How Many Monthly Candle Sales Do I Need Before Buying That Quantity Makes Sense? test whether a bigger order earns its keep, and I'm Planning Production for the Next Three Months — How Do I Convert My Candle Sales Forecast into a Purchasing Plan for Wax, Fragrance Oils, Wicks and Jars? runs Sheet 2 across a festive quarter. This page puts them in one place so they agree with each other.
Why trust this guide
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. A procurement model that works will usually make a maker buy less, more often. We have built it that way on purpose, and said plainly that on our listed prices there is little reason to buy bigger than the gap.
Oil and wax prices come from live CSI listings pulled on 24 September 2026; Eco Candle Wick prices from the 25 September 2026 pull; the White Matte Glass Jar price was verified on 10 September 2026 for Blog 760; Golden tin and Heart Cutout Velvet Jar prices from the 24–25 September 2026 catalogue pull. Consumption, levels, positions and order values are plain arithmetic on those figures.
The forecast, scent shares, the 200 g White Matte fill, the wastage percentages, lead times, safety days, review period and the Monday count are labelled examples. CSI does not publish delivery times or volume discounts. For a quote on your model's regular quantities, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
How do I calculate raw material requirements for candle making?
Units × formula consumption × (1 + wastage), per material. Wax per candle = fill × (1 − load); oil = fill × load, split by scent; one wick and one container. Then subtract stock on hand and on order before buying.
What is a reorder point for candle supplies?
The stock position at which you order: daily use × delivery days + safety stock. Compare it with on hand plus on order, not the shelf alone.
How do I avoid overbuying candle making supplies?
Order only up to an order-up-to level — daily use × (delivery + review days) + safety stock — minus your stock position. Count stock on order. Avoid round-number orders that are not linked to the gap.
How much safety stock should a candle business keep?
Enough days of use to cover late deliveries and busy weeks. This model uses seven days as an example; two weeks suits businesses with less reliable deliveries, and a variability-based method suits those with a year of data.
What wastage percentage should I use for candle production?
Your own recorded figure. This series uses 3% for wax and oil, 2% for wicks and 1% for glass as labelled working assumptions. Track actual loss for a quarter and replace them.
Can I build a candle inventory model in a spreadsheet?
Yes — one row per material, with columns for monthly need, daily use, safety stock, reorder point, order-up-to level, on hand, on order and order quantity. The eight formulas on this page are the whole model.
The model, not the mood
Forecast × formula × wastage — then reorder point, order-up-to and a weekly count.
Luxury Soy Wax Chunks in 5 kg and 10 kg bags, 93 fragrance oils to 1 kg, Eco Candle Wicks to 1,000, White Matte jars, Golden tins and Heart velvet jars. Send us your model's monthly totals and we will quote regular quantities.
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Continue the read — procurement and reorder
- I'm Launching Three New Fragrances but Don't Know Their Demand Yet — How Much Fragrance Oil Should I Initially Buy Compared with Established Bestsellers?
- I Want to Keep 30 Days of Candle Raw-Material Inventory — How Do I Convert Monthly Unit Sales into Kilograms of Wax and Fragrance Stock?
- I Want to Maintain Two Weeks of Safety Stock for My Candle Business — How Do I Calculate the Minimum Quantity of Wax, Fragrance, Wicks and Jars I Should Never Fall Below?
- I Have ₹1 Lakh Available for Raw-Material Inventory — How Do I Decide How Much Should Go into Wax, Fragrance Oils, Wicks and Jars Based on Actual Monthly Consumption?
- I Can Get a Better Wax Price if I Buy 100 Kg Instead of 25 Kg — How Do I Determine Whether My Current Sales Are High Enough to Justify the Larger Purchase?
- My Fragrance Supplier Offers a Better Rate at 5 Kg — How Many Monthly Candle Sales Do I Need Before Buying That Quantity Makes Sense?
- I'm Producing 5,000 Candles a Month — How Do I Calculate Monthly Raw-Material Consumption and Set Automatic Reorder Levels for Every Major Component?
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Figures pulled 24 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Lavender ₹105.02 / 15 g, ₹270.00 / 50 g, ₹540.00 / 100 g, ₹2,620.00 / 500 g, ₹5,221.00 / 1 kg; British Rose ₹94.40 / 15 g, ₹212.40 / 50 g, ₹342.20 / 100 g, ₹1,593.00 / 500 g, ₹3,068.00 / 1 kg; Dark Vanilla ₹130.00 / 15 g, ₹410.00 / 50 g, ₹790.00 / 100 g, ₹3,840.00 / 500 g, ₹7,646.00 / 1 kg; Mango Coconut ₹93.22 / 15 g, ₹250.00 / 50 g, ₹500.00 / 100 g, ₹1,982.00 / 500 g, ₹3,964.00 / 1 kg; Neroli ₹118.00 / 15 g, ₹342.20 / 50 g, ₹665.52 / 100 g, ₹3,327.60 / 500 g, ₹6,655.20 / 1 kg. Luxury Soy Wax Chunks ₹299.00 / 500 g, ₹599.00 / 1 kg, ₹2,995.00 / 5 kg, ₹5,999.00 / 10 kg. Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 ₹59.00 / 10, ₹118.00 / 20, ₹295.00 / 50, ₹590.00 / 100, ₹2,950.00 / 500, ₹5,900.00 / 1,000 (₹5.90 each; 25 September 2026 pull). White Matte Glass Jar ₹354.00 / pack of 5 (₹70.80 each; verified 10 September 2026, Blog 760). Golden Aluminium Tin, 85 g fill, ₹360.00 / pack of 12 (₹30.00 each). Heart Cutout Velvet Jar, 50 g wax capacity, Red: ₹45.00 / 1, ₹225.00 / 5, ₹450.00 / 10.
Non-price figures and assumptions: Load is a share of finished weight (8%). Example forecast of 500 × 200 g (tested fill; White Matte jar fill not published), 250 × 85 g (Golden tin's listed fill) and 150 × 50 g (Heart velvet jar's listed wax capacity, treated as the finished fill); scent shares 30/25/20/15/10%; wastage of 3% wax and oil, 2% wicks, 1% glass, 0% tins; lead times of 7, 10 and 14 days; 7 safety days; a 7-day review period; and the Monday count are labelled working assumptions. CSI does not publish delivery times. Oils are valued at 1 kg per-gram prices. Luxury Soy Wax Chunks are rated up to 13% fragrance load (wax maker's stated maximum). Diwali 2026 falls on 8 November. Prices and availability change; the linked product pages are authoritative.