Your Checklist For Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management Checklist

Understanding your Business- What are the most important factors for you supply chain strategy?

  • Price Point
  • Speed and Market- How Long
  • Location for Logistical or practical purposes
  • Extra values offered by the factor or company
  • Quality
  • Other Factors
    • Stability
    • Design
    • Technical Advisors

Make sure you are comparing apples to apples!

  • Same Fabric &Trims to your samples
  • SameTrim, constitution and sewing (Tech packs)
  • Same specs (Tech packs)
  • Same terms
  • Same social compliances
  • Samples or swatches
  • Tech pack
  • Standards – Sizing
  • PO Terms and Conditions

Tech pack- information needed for consistent pricing and delivery

  • Fabric weight, construction, and content
  • Trim detail with spec including buttons, zippers, embroidery stitches, labels, hang tags
  • Sewing Details
  • Packing Details
  • Size specs graded and size range defined
  • Chemicals applications and washes and finishes to apply including the standards

Company standards:

Some common standards that may differ for knits and woven will include you minimum ratings and test methods to use:

  • Shrinkage
  • Crocking- Wet and Dry
  • Colorfastness to laundering
  • Colorfastness to light
  • Torqueing
  • General Appearance test
  • Pilling
  • Seam strength

*The more requirements and tests needed, the higher the garment coat and coat to the buyer

Other Company Requirements That May Affect Price

  • Social Compliance Requirements
  • Terms
  • FOB Point- Factory, Freight  Forward or other
  • Document Filling Costs such as 10+2
  • Inspection requirements- Important timing
  • Payment Agreement for testing
  • Payment Agreement on samples
  • Payment Agreement on Sample Freight

General Overview: what to look for in a Factory

  • Social Certification of compliance
  • Factory overall capacity and available capacity for customers
  • Minimum orders by fabric, color, and style
  • Location- country and distance to port
  • How long has the company been in business?
  • Past and present customers with similar products
  • In house facilities and where is the outsourcing done
  • Average turn time for specific styles after all approvals
  • Inventory of their equipment and maintenance schedules
  • In house  auditors, auditing procedures and records of audits
  • Technical staff available for assistance

Communication

  • Do they write and speak English?
  • Response time?
  • Do they have a complete understanding of your questions and comments?
  • What W.I.P reports will the provide
  • Sample Quality- any issues due to poor communication skills 

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