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Practical guides for textile, apparel and fashion businesses: tracking garment production from India, exporter websites, textile ERP, tech packs and AQL inspection. Written from inside a textile group in Chennai.
A practical guide for brands and importers: the production stages to track, what to ask your supplier to report, the warning signs of a late order, and the tools that work across time zones.
Websites · 6 min readA 12-point checklist for fabric mills, textile exporters and garment manufacturers: what overseas buyers look for before they send an enquiry, and what makes them leave.
Software · 8 min readWhat a textile ERP needs to handle (mixed units, lots and shades, job work, GST and export documents), the questions to ask vendors, and when custom software makes more sense.
Product development · 5 min readA tech pack checklist for fashion brands: sketches, measurement specs with tolerances, fabric, trims, grading, construction, wash and packing. Miss one and you pay for it in sample rounds.
Quality · 6 min readWhat AQL means in garment inspection, how sample sizes work under ISO 2859-1 General Level II, and how many defects you can accept at AQL 2.5 and 4.0, with a quick-reference table.
Sourcing · 8 min readA practical checklist for fashion brands and importers: matching a factory to your product, checking capacity and compliance, running a trial order, and agreeing payment and shipping terms.
Fabric · 5 min readWhat GSM means, typical fabric weights for shirts, tees, sweatshirts and denim, how GSM converts to ounces, and how to show fabric weight on your product pages.
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