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Manufacturing · Software for apparel manufacturers

Track orders, cutting and subcontract by size in one system.

Apparel manufacturers cut fabric in-house and send bundle tickets out to stitching units on subcontract delivery notes. The system would track orders, cutting and subcontract work around size ratios, so pieces out and pieces back are counted size by size. Piece rates come off the same record. Friday settlement then starts from one count.

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At a glance

Apparel manufacturers make shirts, trousers, polo T-shirts and school uniforms for brands, marketplaces, wholesalers and their own labels. Most work to orders that shift between the fit sample and the final packing list, as the buyer adds a colourway or pulls a ship date forward.

Every order splits into colours and sizes. Each size travels through spreading, cutting, stitching, thread trimming, pressing and packing, and each stage needs its own count. One short size, say XL, holds the whole carton lot.

How the work runs today

An order arrives with styles, colourways and a size ratio. A size set sample is cut, approved and measured against the spec sheet, and fabric, interlining, buttons and labels are bought against it. The cutting master spreads the lay, cuts bundles by size, and records the metres each lay consumed, so the marker plan and the cutting table can be compared.

Bundles go to stitching units on cut, make and trim terms, and some move on for embroidery, bar-tack or garment wash. Every movement goes on a subcontract delivery note. Tailors on piece rate are paid every week. Lots return with rejections and alterations, so the count back rarely matches the count out.

Finished goods are checked, pressed, tagged and folded into ratio packs, and a marketplace consignment is labelled to its own barcode specification before the lorry leaves. Marketplace returns surface weeks later with size complaints. Wholesalers buy on credit, and collection follow-up runs alongside next season’s orders.

Where it breaks

What goes wrong for apparel manufacturers without a proper system.

Pieces at fabricators are not tracked

The delivery note book records metres of fabric sent. It never shows how many collars, sleeves and bodies of each size should come back, or what still lies at each unit. Returns get counted by guesswork at the gate.

Fabric consumption exceeds the plan

The marker plan promises a metre per garment and the cutting table spends more. Short end bits and leftover rolls are never booked against any decision. The gap hides inside the cost sheet until the order is closed.

Shades are mixed across dye lots

Fabric from two dye lots of navy goes into one style, because both rolls carry the same colour name. The shade band shows up at final checking, or in the buyer’s own audit. Rejection lands at the last stage, after all the stitching cost is spent.

Size-wise stock is unclear

A marketplace asks for size M and the warehouse screen shows it, yet the shelf holds fewer. The order is cancelled with a penalty against the seller account. Sales are lost over a gap of a few pieces.

Piece-rate wages lead to disputes

Tailors’ counts sit in pocket notebooks kept by supervisors and checkers. Friday settlement turns into an argument over a dozen pieces. Trust between the unit and the factory wears down.

What the software does

What we would build for apparel manufacturers.

Named the way your team already talks about the work. We start with whichever part the audit shows is costing you most.

Orders by style, colour and size

Break each buyer order into a size ratio, with sampling and approval status against every style, so the ratio on the purchase order matches the one on the cutting table.

Fabric and trims stock

Track fabric rolls by colour, dye lot, shade band and width, and trims such as zips, buttons, labels and interlining by item. Each is issued against the order that needs it.

Cutting register

Record every lay with its plies, bundles by size and metres used, set against what the marker plan expected. Plan and table sit side by side, with end bits booked.

Subcontract delivery notes

Track bundles sent to stitching units, embroiderers and washers. Pieces returned, rejected and still pending appear by size, so the balance lying at each unit is known without a phone call.

Tailor and fabricator piece rates

Record pieces completed by each tailor or fabricator, price them at the operation rate, and have the week’s payment worked out before settlement day.

Finished stock and dispatch

Hold stock by style, colour and size, with ratio packs and loose cartons kept apart. Dispatch to buyers and marketplaces is recorded, and the packing list follows from it.

Before you talk to a supplier

A requirements checklist for apparel manufacturers.

What to cover, which reports to ask for and what to put to every vendor, ready to print or save as a PDF.

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Ready product

A product already built for apparel manufacturers.

It is adapted to how your business works before it goes live, and anything your trade needs that it lacks is added then.

Apparel Manufacturer Management Software

Purchase orders by colour and size, fabric and trims, cutting lays, bundle tickets, sewing lines, outside processing, piece-rate pay and packing for garment makers.

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Other products in the same sector as apparel manufacturers.

Solutions inside

The business modules apparel manufacturers use most.

Each one is also available on its own, or inside a system built for you.

All solutions by area

AI by department

Where AI can help apparel manufacturers.

Each one reads records you already keep, and a person approves every decision.

Connections

Tools apparel manufacturers often connect.

Services

The services behind it.

ERP, CRM and Business Software Implementation

One record of stock, orders, customers and accounts, set up so your team opens it every day.

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Business Process Automation

Approvals, reminders, follow-ups and reports that run on their own instead of on someone remembering.

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E-Commerce and Digital Commerce

An online store or B2B order portal wired to your stock, billing and dispatch.

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API and System Integration

Accounting software, WhatsApp, payment gateways, tax portals and your own apps sharing one set of numbers.

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All our other services

Guides

Written for apparel manufacturers.

Practical notes on running the business, not product marketing.

What an Apparel Manufacturer Should Track Every Month

Five counts for garment makers each month: pieces at fabricators by size, fabric per lay, rejections, piece-rate wages and size-wise finished stock.

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How it works

How the work runs from Bengaluru for your city.

  1. 1

    The audit, by call

    A screen-share and a look at the sheets, accounting reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.

  2. 2

    A written proposal

    Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.

  3. 3

    Build in short rounds

    Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.

  4. 4

    Go-live, in person when it helps

    For data migration and training we can come to your city. Travel is agreed in advance.

  5. 5

    Support online

    Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.

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The work we have published.

We only name clients whose work is published. None of them is in this trade; they show how the team works, not that it has built for this trade.

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Common questions

Questions apparel manufacturers ask before they call.

Does it make the marker or grade the patterns?

No. Pattern grading and marker making stay in the CAD software you already use. What would be recorded here is the lay, the bundles cut and the metres each lay took.

Can it count pieces by size at each fabricator?

Yes, that is part of the build. Each delivery note would hold pieces sent, returned, rejected and pending by size, so the balance lying at every stitching unit is known without a call.

Does it settle piece-rate wages?

It can be built to. Pieces completed by each tailor or fabricator would go in against the operation rates you set, and the week’s amount would build from those counts.

Can it work alongside our ledger software?

No ready link to accounting software exists. An export to your package can be scoped into the work and is quoted apart from the build. Size-wise orders, cutting registers and delivery notes would stay here.

How is a garment factory system quoted?

Which of cutting, subcontract delivery notes, piece rates and finished stock go into the opening build drives most of it. Units, users and barcode printers add more. Old order sheets count too. We quote only after your style and bundle records have been walked through on screen, part by part.

What should we keep ready before work starts?

A cutting register page, a subcontract delivery note, a tailor piece-rate sheet and one style with its size ratio. Add the trims stock list. Bring a marketplace label specification. Choose a cutting master and a unit supervisor to review screens.

Who holds the order and bundle data if we move away?

You do. Bundle counts, rates and delivery notes can leave as flat text files, and the programme code is yours. Support stays with the team that made it. Servers are ours to run unless the factory prefers its own.

What happens after I share my requirements?

An engineer reads what you send and replies within one business day. We then look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough. You get a short written summary ordered by priority, with no obligation to hire us afterwards.

How much will the software cost?

We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. That first review settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.

In Bengaluru

Bengaluru areas with many apparel manufacturers.

Across India

Cities where apparel manufacturers are common.

Related

Related industries.

Category

Part of these wider groups.

Selling online

Also sell online?

The e-commerce pages cover the online side of this trade: storefronts, dealer ordering and the link to your stock.

Talk to us

Tell us how your business runs today.

A few lines on your spreadsheets, software and WhatsApp groups is enough. We reply the same working day.

What happens after you share your requirements

  1. A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
  2. Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
  3. If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
  4. No call is booked and nothing is paid until you have read the note. Your details stay with us.

Start with your requirements

Seven short steps that tell us what you need. A senior engineer reads them before anyone gets in touch.

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