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Apparel Production Monitoring Program

If you buy garments, other types of textile products, or in general some orders that require pre-production approvals and close follow up of a mostly manual (and potentially very inconsistent) production process, a Production Monitoring Program from Sofeast can help you.

This program is primarily for buyers of apparel and other soft goods who don’t want to leave anything to chance.

Certain orders necessitate a lot of attention, from the approval of pre-production lab dips and samples, all the way to production quality and shipments.

If a large order for a key customer suffers quality issues and delays, the financial implications can be very heavy.

Sofeast follows up on the progress of development and manufacturing for you, sending someone on-site when needed to gather first-hand information, and reviewing samples in our office. We report the results regularly back to you, the buyer.

It is a combination of off-site project management and communication, off-site sample reviews, and on-site inspections.

Explore this example PMP (in this case for garments) where you can see the activities undertaken by Sofeast (in orange).

If you buy garments, other types of textile products, or in general some orders that require pre-production approvals and close follow up of a mostly manual (and potentially very inconsistent) production process, we can help you.

If your suppliers are in China, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, or Bangladesh, you may not have the ability to fly someone there to check what is going on and give you quick feedback. You can rely on our local teams.

In addition, you may have difficulty communicating with some of your suppliers. Our local staff will usually be able to get your messages across effectively in their language.

How much does it cost?

Pricing is tailored to each project based on its scope and complexity. Typical costs vary depending on product type, supplier location, and required support.

From 299 USD per man-day for work in factories.

Setting up and running your apparel production monitoring program costs 40 USD per hour for office work, 299 USD per man-day for work in factories. Pricing is negotiable based on the volume of work.

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    Apparel Production Monitoring Program FAQs

    This is the typical approach we’ll use to provide you with a production monitoring program that ensures improved quality:

    1. Initial handover of factory and order information (based on your production capacity plan, on past issues with that factory and that style, on the factory’s cooperation & management systems maturity, etc.).
    2. Initial plan for that specific project: what resources are needed at what point.
    3. Particular attention given to the first bundles of finished products coming out of each sewing line – following an approval process before they ramp up.
    4. When we find issues, get the factory to show how they correct it.
    5. Follow up on what needs to be reworked (and the factory has to act on it).
    6. If necessary, have a higher-level person go once a week for accountability meetings – covering what needs to get done, what was done, why were certain actions not taken, getting commitments for the next actions, etc. based on a list of open issues.
    7. Weekly three-party calls if accountability is slipping, and briefings with your representative before and after each of our visits to your supplier.

    Some factories don’t have good management systems and fail to implement the corrective actions or do rework where needed.

    When dealing with a difficult supplier like this we specifically focus on following the above steps during the sewing, finishing, and packing phases.

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