Today I give you 2 approaches to master production for your small retail apparel business.
We are going to look at 2 ways to approach production for your small business. Both ways will help you to organize your workload into one production run. Making all of your orders at once saves time because it allows you to set up an actual production line. (Cut all at once, serge all seams, move on to single needle, move on the embellishments/finishing.) This process saves so much time!
APPROACH 1: Production based on your selling cycle:
- Plan a collection or piece of clothing
- Release a collection
- Have a selling period
- Plan on overages
- Buy supplies
- Complete the lot
- Deliver orders
- Sell remaining stock
- Start over
- Plan a Collection or Piece of Clothing
- Release a collection
- Have a selling period
- Produce based on orders and cut off orders when supplies are fully reserved
- Decide to produce overages or keep excess material
- Complete Lot
- Deliver orders
- Sell remaining stock or use fabric for new design
- Start over