What are the best practices and standards for creating Tech Packs in the fashion industry?

Lo primero es conocer al cliente, sus necesidades, escuchar atentamente, de lo que desea obetener, y con esta informacion dise?ar, su paquete técnico. Indaga cual es el uso, el tiempo de vida de los productos, los materiales, el tipo de armado y el uso final

In my experience a comprehensive manual from company to manufacturer is very important, giving a guide on all expectations from tech pack, to size spec’s, garment finishing, Kimball’s, labels, care labels, testing, size speck, number of samples and sealing samples, it’s imperative all team members within a business follow the same standards between design, merchandising, technologists and suppliers, all should be clear about how the tech pack is formatted, where technical specifications are in the pack, and how to use the pack as a clear path from prototype sample to sealing sample stages

In my experience a picture is worth 1000 words. The best illustrative technique could be a completely flawed communication tool. Think through what every detail looks like and draw it simply and elementary. The canvas is real estate of time and effort. Use it wisely and future efforts will be lessened. Use chapters to section out details, and blow up diagrams to pinpoint key or complicated areas. An over complicated tech pack or hap hazard layout will lose its value. Use consistent language and establish as many standards as possible. Remember the reason for a tech pack is basically an esay to use handbook for the garment. You get what you put in.

Most business have well established guides and pattern blocks of your company’s core measurements, it’s more important to give specification of style lines, design detail and any unusual design detail measurements, bust waist hip etc should be as standard, if you want a style to be over sized, have a large gathered balloon sleeve, a high low hem, a curved cutting, an unusual cuff length an interest collar etc etc these things are more important to specify in my experience .

All brands need to define their customer. A SM is not the same between brands. Giving only simple details is putting a lot of expectations on your supplier, who might work with many customers using different specifications for the same thing. Get a good tech designer to identify the customer and establish fit standards. They will then establish and test a grade. Nothing is standard until they determine it to be that. Every fabric reacts differently and it’s their responsibility to make adjustments to achieve a similar core fit between products and silhouettes. Suppliers require this so they aren’t shooting in the dark with endless sampling. They can add the simple details easily. If you’re not providing they are internally.

Something that is overlooked frequently. Establish an easy to follow brand right timeless marketing program that makes sense for a multitude of product. These details should be plug and play. But check by product to mitigate issues later. Every step of production needs to be within a well oiled machine of product engineering. Otherwise on the fly design or decisions will cause delay and possibly jeopardize financial returns.

Articulate each step of your tech pages with verbal and visual direction. Make sure they are correlated by steps. Step 1 page 1 and so on. Include quality and vendor directives. This helps immensely for implementation and end product quality. If your new to the country research the suppliers for quality assurance and track record. After 30 years and many countries in manufacturing I’ve learned the verbal and visual method to be successful in translating the design. If you can have real samples included in your tech and spec even better ~