by Jessica Liu on Feb 21 2018

in Apparel Industry News, Fashion Trends, Supply Chain Managment, Events

How to find an efficient and right garment manufacturer??

This is one of the biggest challenges for all companies.Read on the below article: how to find a right garment manufacturer that can elevate your production to a level

6 Must-Haves Before You Start looking

❑ Know the amount you are looking to produce.

❑ A working prototype or sample of your product.

❑ Have a time frame.

❑ Create or have a DC PLATFORM.

❑ Make sure you have an idea of your budget. Have information about your product and brand goals established.

❑ Know the type of capabilities you’ll need your manufacturer to have.

When looking for a right garment manufacturer it is important to understand what kind of garment manufacturing partner you need or want. While searching for a right garment manufacturer, one common misconception that some entrepreneurs think is that factories can do everything, such as the designs, source materials, and production. However, not all factories are one-stop-shops and you will likely have to find a design partner, a materials partner, and a production partner.

DC PLATFROM can solve all you problem. We offer a full set of service. You can see this article:Five Important Points to choose an appropriate apparel factory

4 Where To Search For A Right Garment Manufacturer

❑ You can attend some fair find a manufacture. You local fair or world fair. Such as Magic show, canton fair, HK fashion show etc.

❑ You need to know is what type of factory are you looking for. If you are looking for apparel manufacturing, it’s important to know some of the key terms that can help you with your production process.

❑ Once you have learned all of the lingo and technical terms it’s now time to take your search to the internet. One of the best ways to find a garment manufacturer is through online directories. Directories contain over thousands of garment manufacturers, suppliers, and wholesalers.

❑ You can also search for them on social media platforms so you can see what they produce and get in contact with them. You can do this through hashtags and some keywords that relevant to what you’re searching for.

3 How To Contact A Garment Manufacturer

❑ When reaching out, it is important for the factory to know who you are and what your brand is. It’s best to keep it simple and brief. State the name of your brand, your main product, and what you’re looking to produce.

❑ It’s also important to include a  when sketch reaching out. If you don’t have a sketch, provide a detailed description of the product you are trying to produce. The following is a list of important things you might want to include about your product when reaching out:

1. An estimated budget.
2. General timeline.
3. Images or sketches of your product.
4. Your exact needs such as materials, production, sample making, and drafting.
5. What is your current process status and what you need help with.
6. State if you require a business consultation.
7. Factory requirements such as location and the can do end-to-end development.

❑ You have contacted a manufacturer it’s important to have a good relationship with them. Be very respectful when communicating and keep all your things organized. Furthermore, it’s good to keep track of all the factories you have contacted.

More articles you can know it.

1.How to make your traditional apparel chain into a Quick Response Manufacturing(QRM)?

2.Top 3 points of quality control of clothing you should know.

3.How to do fast fashion and where to find the apparel manufacturers?

4.How DC integrate all resource to make quick response manufacturing of apparel supply chain.