REAL TALK:Sourcing and

ManufacturingToday

Celia AriasDirector of Marketing, Sourceeasy

Why Are You Here?

Why Am I Here?

AgendaHopefully you’ve already done…

Are you ready to run a business?

It’s A Hard-Knock Production Lifecycle

Baby Steps: Pre-production

Where’s my fabric? #Sourcing

Let’s Make it

Resources & Questions

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You Ready for this?

Builders

Managers

Operators

Pranay  says,  check  your  team:

It’s a Hard-knock Production Lifecycle

Baby Steps: Pre-Production

Tech Packs

Samples

Where’s My Fabric

Do  Ask:For  swatches

What  are  their  minimum  order  Quantities?  (MOQ’s)

What  are  their  lead  times?  

Do  they  do  color  matching  lab  dips  and  how  does  that  affect  costs/  timelines?

What  are  their  payment  methods  and  requirements?

Do  they  arrange  shipping  the  fabric  to  your  manufacturer?

Don’t  Ask:For  a  fabric  that  some  brand  or  designer  used

For  education  on  fabric  make  and  properties  (that’s  why  you  researched,  remember?)

Questions:

Let’s Make It

Why Costing is Important

Quality Control

Delivery

FOB

DDP

LDP

Resources & Questions:

celia@sourceeasy.comwww.blog.sourceeasy.com

www.sourceeasy.com