2007
Tip of the Day: Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Clothing Manufacturers Basket!
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I’m pretty sure you have heard that saying many times before, but not in the sense of running your own clothing line. The article Never Assume and Never Delay kind of goes hand and hand with not putting all your eggs in one Clothing Manufacturers basket.
One of the sentences from the article says “For instance, the supplier that I source my t-shirts from has been out of size medium in the style that I use for quite some time. On Monday they had the medium in one color that I wanted but not the other.” Needless to say when running an apparel line you just don’t have time for these types of inconveniences. Especially if you are using blanks and piecing together your garments using three or four different sources (blanks, labels, hang tags, screen printing) to have one finished garment. Let’s face it this is the real world and things happen that are unfortunate, but can easily be corrected if you are prepared for the worst…because sometimes the worst will happen!
Have a backup and I’m not saying just know about another screen printer or graphic designer, but actually go through the process that you do with your main supplier. Make sure that their quality and service is up to par and consistent as your main supplier just in case that well runs dry and you need someone who can keep your business moving without your customers or store accounts noticing a difference in quality, delivery or the final appearance of your clothing garments.
Do any of you already have more than one source for the many aspects of running your clothing business?
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June 22nd, 2007 at 11:48 am
As an update to the situation with the manufacturer and the mediums, I finally got them the week after the post and now I’ve been chasing the screen printer around for 2 weeks trying to get everything printed up and now my shirts are on delay because my designs didn’t fit on the old press so I had to wait for them to get a new press that could maintain larger designs. All of these set backs have set my launch date back a month from June 1st to July 1st. The real sad part is I have a store that wants the items but until they are printed I’m s#!@ out of luck. So remember the moral of this post Don’t put all of your eggs in one clothing manufacturers basket!!!!
June 24th, 2007 at 10:52 am
That’s a good tip for any sort of business. You’re always as weak as your weakest link in the supply chain, and if you can’t replace the broken link…you’re stuck !
July 22nd, 2007 at 3:42 pm
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