Stop guessing garment costs. A step-by-step guide to calculating Standard Allowed Minute (SAM), applying ILO allowances, and determining precise manufacturing costs. Why “Time” is Your Most Expensive Raw Material In garment manufacturing, fabric is expensive, but time is volatile. If you estimate that a shirt takes 12 minutes to sew, but it actually takes 15,…
Deciding between Air-Jet vs. Rapier looms for weaving technology? We break down the speed, yarn flexibility, energy costs, and ROI to help mill owners make the right 10-15-year investment. The Loom Investment Dilemma: Choosing Technology for the Next 10-15 Years Investing in weaving looms is one of the most financially decisive moments for any mill….
The definitive guide to the textile ecosystem. We dissect technical KPIs for spinning, weaving, wet processing, and garment costing to optimize mill profitability. The Textile Ecosystem: Engineering over Tradition Textile manufacturing is often oversimplified as just “making cloth.” In reality, it is a high-stakes discipline of chemical engineering, mechanical precision, and rigorous data analytics. For…
If you’re in textile sourcing, you live by one rule: the “First Cost” is never the “Final Cost.” A supplier in Bangladesh quotes you $2.50/meter for a knit fabric. A supplier in Turkey quotes $2.80. It seems like an easy decision, right? Not a chance. That $2.50/meter could balloon to $3.50 by the time it…
