INTERPRETATION OF PRO-TECH PACK AND
SAMPLE PROGRAMME SHEET
Under The Guidance of :
MS. V. PRIYADARSHINI
Presented By:
Shaik Areef (18)
Shalini Yadav (19)
Sourav Kumar (22)
Arvind Mills
Arvind Brands is a subsidiary of Arvind Mills.
Its headquarters is in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
It manufactures a range of cotton shirting, denim, knits and bottom
weights (Khakis) fabrics.
It is India's largest denim manufacturer, apart from being world’s
fourth-largest producer and exporter of denim.
In the early 1980s, the company brought denim into the domestic
market, thus started the jeans revolution in India.
Own brands like Flying Machine, Newport and Excalibur
Licensed international brands like Arrow, Lee, Wrangler and Tommy
Hilfiger
Manufacturer :
Arvind Mills Pvt. Ltd.
Buyer :
AMERICAN EAGLE - 77KIDS
AMERICAN - EAGLE – “77kids”
In October 2008, AMERICAN - EAGLE released and launched 77kids, a line of
clothing aimed at children from two to ten years of age. Initially, an on-line
concept only, AEO opened its first 77kids store on July 15, 2010, in the Mall at
Robinson in Pittsburgh, PA, and eight others followed that year. Expansion
continued in Fiscal Year 2011.
77kids Collection
What is techpack ?
A tech pack is all the instructions a factory needs to
create a specific style of the garment.
A “Tech Pack” is a set of design or style sheets which
contain all the necessary specifications to construct a
garment or a sewn product for prototype or production
purposes.
Prepared by the designer.
Finalized in consultation with the merchandisers.
Then forwarded to the production department for the
reference and guide for bulk manufacturing of the order.
A Tech pack will contain:
Technical Sketch Form (Detailed photograph of the sample or
Roughly drawn sketch with details mentioned)
Fit Comment Sheet
Measurement Verification Sheet
Grading Sheet
Sample Size Sheet
Details of accessories and trims.
Patch labels, Main labels details.
Color details for each color combo.
Details of wash care labels or side labels.
Style Color Combination Form
Tech Pack description
Style Summary
Construction Sketch
Proto Sample
Sample Required
Fabrics/Trims and Construction Details
Graded Measurements - Standard dresses
Labels and Placement
Fit Evaluation Form
How To Measure Guide
1st Iteration
Process Flow of Proto Samples 2nd Iteration
Rejection
Fit Samples to Comments received
Buyers Meeting
Buyers from buyer
Approval
Comments received Size Set Sample Order
from buyer send to Buyer Confirmation(Col+Qt
y+Delv+Price)
Approval
Rejection
Rejection
1st Iteration Lab dip sent to Comments
received from 1st Iteration
2nd Iteration Buyer
buyer 2nd Iteration
First Lot of Bulk Fabric(from first Bulk Color Fabric
Finished Fabric lot) sent to buyer for Received From
received color approval Buyer
Sent for
Approved Embroidery Approval
Cutting thread sent to
Process(~2 days) buyer for
approval
Sewing Production
Process(~20 Washing ~20 Days Sample sent To
Days) Buyer
Approved
Goods out of
Factory
Samples required in the Techpack
Prototype Samples
Sales Man Samples
Fitman Samples
Wash Test Samples
Pre-Production Samples
PROTOTYPE (REFERENCE) SAMPLES
Proto sample is developed at very initial stage and normally order is confirmed
to the factory based on proto sample only.
Normally, buyer send proto sample request to 2-3 factories.
The factory which submits the good quality and optimum price will get
confirmation from buyer.
Proto sample are normally prepared in similar fabric if actual fabric is not
available.
Substitute Trims can be used on proto.
Factory need to submit at least 4 proto samples (quantity may change buyer to
buyer)
If buyer does not approve the proto sample, factory needs to submit the 2nd
proto sample to get approval.
Once proto get approved buyer asks to start working on fit sample.
Salesman Sample (Promotional Samples)
The main purpose of salesman sample is to collect the
order from the retailers.
This stage of sampling is very important as the sales of
buyer depends upon this sample presentation, look, feel of
fabric is important.
The quality of the sample should be up to the mark of the
buyer; hence merchandiser should aware and make sure
that product development team is well aware about the
sample quality parameters.
FITMAN SAMPLES
Fit sample is made and send to conform the fit of the garment on live models or
on dummy and for approval of construction details.
At this stage of sampling, buyer makes sure that factory understands
thoroughly the construction and quality details and standards. The sample sent
mostly in medium and large sizes mentioned by the buyer.
The fabric used for fit sample production is the actual fabric which is going to
be used for bulk production or sample yardage fabric is used.
The Fit samples are neither fully accepted nor fully rejected by the buyer, so the
buyer asked for revised samples (on the mentioned comments) to finally approve
the samples.
A few conversations and modifications are made in the design.
So the rework on the samples is done and “Revised Samples” are again
sent to the buyer for the approval.
After many modification in the design according to the buyer, finally the
samples got “conditionally approved” from the buyer.
Retailers of Arvind Textile Mills
Tommy Hilfiger
Mega Mart
Flying Machine
USPA
Bridge to Luxury
Wash Test Sample
Wash sample is made and submitted to buyer for
assessment of feel and handle of fabric after washing
of Denim, hence either at size set stage or PP stage
washing sample is sent to buyer for approval and carry
forward of washing program.
Pre-Production Sample
PP sample is considered to be a contract between the
buyer and the factory.
The pre-production samples are garments that are
produced in the facility that is planning to manufacture
the bulk order.
Washing, embroidery and printing should match to
actuals.The PPS should be an exact representation of what
you intend to ship as final product.
SHIPMENT SAMPLE
When style is being finished and packed for shipment, 2-3
finished and packed pieces with all packing details are
kept for future reference. Shipment sample is kept by
factory merchants and buyer’s merchant. The approved
shipment is sent directly to warehouse
Sample Programme Sheet
Person Contacted
Vaani Mahendroo
Asst. Manager
Visual Merchandiser at Arvind Brands
Bibliography
https://dilberttheintern.wordpress.com/tag/size-set-sample/
http://www.textileschool.com/School/Apparel/Sampling.aspx
http://www.shininghub.com/index.php?app=service&mod=Index&act
=fitting-sample-and-size-set-sample-assessment
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29786017/Garments-Merchandising-
Process
http://www.textiletoday.com.bd/magazine/609
