Infrastructure for apparel manufacturing.
Tech packs, BOMs, fit comments, lab dips, PP samples. The development work that takes a style from spec to top of production. We sit on the brand side, talk to the factory side, and keep the package and the conversation in sync.
- Jersey-lined hood, 2-piece
- 3-needle coverstitch, side seam
- Bar-tacked pocket openings
- 2x1 ribbed cuff & hem
- Tonal flat drawcord, 5mm
A tech pack is the easy part.
The round-trip is the work.
First proto is the easy part. What slows the calendar is the back-and-forth: fit comments in WhatsApp, lab dips that change the BOM, costing questions routed through three people, a tech pack that no longer matches what’s being sampled. That work is what we do. We sit on the brand side, talk to the factory side, and keep the package and the conversation in sync.
Comments don’t make it back into the source.
Fit notes in chat threads. Lab dips in attachments. Costing changes in someone’s inbox. We reconcile every round back into the spec.
Each vendor works from a different version.
Same style, four factories, four interpretations of what “antique brass” means. Same package, same format, same callouts to every supplier.
Round one is fine. Round three drifts.
Specs shift between rounds. Material swaps happen in conversation. We version every change so the next round is built on the last one, not from memory.
We operate as your development bench.
Your team owns the brand. We own the round-trip. Every vendor sees the same package. Every revision lands back in the source. Every open question routes to one place.
Package, owned end to end.
We start from your brief, build the vendor-ready tech pack (cover, flats, BOM, POMs, construction, colorways, QA notes), and keep it current through every round.
Vendor briefs that get the same answer twice.
Standardized briefs to every supplier in the same format. Quotes line up. Proto comments compare like for like. Same callouts, same tolerances, same QA flags across the vendor matrix.
Software in the loop. Operators in the seat.
We use internal tooling to pull comments out of email and chat, reconcile them into the spec, and queue the next round. Result: more styles per operator per week, without thinning the work.
A fictional hoodie, a real package structure. Your pilot uses your product and your suppliers. The structure stays the same.
Sample 001 · Ivory
Tech pack PDF
Vendor-ready document for quoting, sampling, and factory review.
Editable workbook
BOM, POMs, measurements, grading, construction, colorways, packaging, revisions.
Technical flats + callouts
Front, back, and detail views with construction and placement decisions made explicit.
BOM and color mapping
Materials, trims, labels, hardware, packaging, suppliers, colorway-specific details.
Factory question list
Open items every vendor will ask about before they quote.
QA + assumption notes
What's confirmed, what's inferred, what changed, what still needs signoff.
Vendor briefing templates
Standardized briefs that go to every supplier in the same format.
Multi-factory quote comparison
Side-by-side quote prep so you can compare apples to apples.
Sample review workflow
Structured comments that flow back into the next revision automatically.
Factory matching
Match styles to the right vendor based on category, capacity, and fit.
Material library
Reusable fabric and trim specs across styles, seasons, and vendors.
Production coordination
Track each style across rounds, vendors, and milestones from one place.