{"id":4605,"date":"2019-05-13T06:23:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T05:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/?p=4605"},"modified":"2024-02-19T19:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T19:36:20","slug":"5-ways-tech-packs-cut-costs-save-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/product-development\/5-ways-tech-packs-cut-costs-save-time\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways Startups Can Use Tech Packs to Cut Costs and Save Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sayam Kochar<\/strong> – the co-founder of fashion tech company Techpacher<\/a> spent years creating an easy to use software that allows new and experienced fashion creatives to spec out their ideas and communicate them in the best possible way to manufacturers.<\/p>\n Here he tells us why making tech packs an integral part of your development process is a MUST.<\/p>\n Let me ask you this: What is a tech pack?<\/p>\n For most of you, it\u2019s a static blueprint. A bundle of all your design requirements.<\/p>\n Fashion brands have treated tech packs as mere documents for far too long. They spend hours meticulously assembling them on Excel just to shove it to their manufacturers and hope for the best.<\/p>\n But tech packs can be so much more.<\/p>\n More than just a starting point, tech packs can become the cornerstone of your entire product development process.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n What do I mean by that?<\/p>\n Picture a tech pack not as tables, numbers and sketches plastered on a spreadsheet, but as an interactive tool to communicate with your team and manufacturers in real-time.<\/p>\n Imagine tech packs unifying your entire supply chain: designers, product developers, merchandisers, and QAs, all using your tech packs as a single source of truth, from planning and design, all the way to sourcing and quality control.<\/p>\n And finally, imagine being able to create said tech packs in just minutes.<\/p>\n That\u2019s exactly what Techpacker <\/a>does.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an intuitive platform used by hundreds of fashion startups to create beautiful tech packs in minutes, update with teams in real-time and keep manufacturers up to date.<\/p>\n You can use it to transform <\/em>tech packs from static spreadsheets into design environments where you can manage, reuse and iterate your designs visually.<\/p>\n Here are 5 ways you can use these improved tech packs to save time and money.<\/p>\n Imagine having to create a product sample, without the exact instructions.<\/p>\n How many tries would it take you to get a product 100% right?<\/p>\n Several?<\/p>\n A dozen?<\/p>\n You get my point.<\/p>\n Without a good quality tech pack, your manufacturer will surely misinterpret your designs.<\/p>\n This extends your product development timeline and costs you money.<\/p>\n With a good tech pack, your final sample will take just a few tries, maybe even on the first one if you\u2019re lucky. This drastically reduces your sampling costs.<\/p>\n Bottom line: <\/em>the more accurate your tech packs are, the fewer adjustments your manufacturer will have to perform during sampling, the more money you\u2019ll save in sampling costs.<\/p>\nRelated reading: Tech Pack vs Specification Sheet \u2013 What\u2019s the difference?<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n
1. Reduce your sampling costs<\/h3>\n