How do I prepare to work with you?
What to send, decide and check, in twelve guides.
Checklists and tables for each moment of a programme, from the first enquiry to the export documents. Every guide prints cleanly, and where a policy depends on your order, it says so.
A swatch checked against its weave design sheet at Donear, one of our fabric mills.
01Shelf · 03 guides
Before you enquire.
What to send so the first reply can be a real answer.
- Guide · 18 pointsHow to prepare a tech packWhat a complete tech pack contains, how to check it before sending, and what to send if you do not have one yet.What a complete tech pack containsBefore you send itIf you do not have a full tech packOpen the guide
- Checklist · 10 pointsHow to send a reference sampleHow to send a physical garment as the starting point for a new style, so nothing is lost in interpretation.Prepare the sampleSend with itBefore you post itOpen the checklist
- Checklist · 11 pointsWhat we need for a quoteThe information that turns an enquiry into an accurate quotation, and why each item moves the price.The essentialsHelpful, if you have itOpen the checklist
02Shelf · 03 guides
Development
Decisions to make while the style is being developed and sampled.
- 04Guide · 13 pointsSampling: a buyer's guideWhat each sample is for, what to check on it, and how to give comments that move a style forward.The samples you will see · How to give fit comments · Settled before the counter sample
- 05Guide · 16 pointsFabric selection guideHow to choose a fabric for a woven style: what the garment needs, which qualities deliver it, and what to tell us.Start from what the garment must do · Questions that narrow the choice · Tell us
- 06Guide · 11 pointsGarment development guideThe decisions that turn an idea into a production-ready style, in the order they need to be made.Decide in this order · Keep a range consistent
03Shelf · 02 guides
Before bulk
Everything to agree and approve before the first piece is cut.
- 07Checklist · 10 pointsQuality checklistWhat to agree with your manufacturer before bulk, so quality is judged against the same standard on both sides.Agree before bulk · Kidswear points worth specifying
- 08Checklist · 14 pointsPre-production checklistEverything that should be approved and confirmed before bulk cutting starts, in one list.Approved and on file · Confirmed in writing · If something is still open
04Shelf · 02 guides
Packing and export
How the finished goods should be packed, marked and documented.
- 09Checklist · 10 pointsPacking requirementsThe packing and labelling details to send with your order, so goods arrive retail-ready to your rules.Specify · Send with the specification
- 10Guide · 10 pointsExport documentation guideThe documents a garment export shipment commonly involves, and the details we need from you to prepare ours.Documents commonly involved · What we need from you
05Shelf · 02 guides
Minimums and audits.
Minimums and audit visits, the two questions most buyers ask early.
- 11FAQ · 10 pointsMinimum order quantities, explainedWhat sets a minimum order quantity in woven garment production, and how to plan a programme around it.What drives the minimum · Ways to make a smaller quantity workable
- 12FAQ · 9 pointsPreparing an audit visitHow buyer and third-party audit visits to Bhiwandi are arranged, and what to send before you come.Arranging a visit · On the day · Common requests
From the journal
The reasoning behind the lists.
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01 · Development · 2 minHow a tech pack becomes a production styleWhat happens to my tech pack once I send it?
02 · Materials · 2 minWhy fabric choice changes garment performanceWhich fabric suits the garment I have in mind?
03 · Development · 2 minWhat happens between proto and bulkWhy does sampling take more than one round?
04 · Quality · 2 minHow garment QA worksWhat does AQL actually mean?
05 · Quality · 2 minWhat buyers should check before bulk approvalWhat should I check before I approve bulk?
06 · Construction · 3 minUnderstanding woven constructionWhere does a woven garment get its shape?
07 · Value addition · 2 minEmbroidery and value additionWhen does embroidery or print have to be decided?
08 · Programmes · 2 minHow retail programmes are managedHow are many styles kept moving at once?
09 · Compliance · 2 minPreparing for a factory auditHow do I prepare a factory audit?
10 · Programmes · 2 minHow private-label manufacturing worksWho owns what in private label?
Checklist done? Send it over.
Attach your tech pack, sketch or reference photographs to the enquiry form, as a file or a link, and the open points come back as questions.