With over 22 years’ experience in the apparel industry working from Haute Couture with Vivienne Westwood to mass production in Lingerie, Shirts, Blouses, Jeans, Suits, sportswear and active wear with very well-known manufacturers within Europe, Asia and Africa. It has given me an advantage when going into new or established companies.
During my time I have worked on a very wide range of fabrications from delicate lingerie to heavy duty denim and work wear, No matter the type of fabrication or cost per meter or yard objective remains the same and that is SAVINGS and UTILIZATION.

To give a short explanation as to what I'm offering is a way your factory can turn around a loss in profit in terms of procurement of fabrics but then increased profit via shipment performance, no matter the product type, if you cut it I can make savings or make additional revenue in terms of shipment performance.
Accurate yardage yield in the very beginning before purchasing fabric is key, you have to make sure your costing is as tight as possible with the correct amount of allowances added; this is a must for fashion colours if there is no repeat, also there should be no fabric left in your warehouse after completion of the order. But the costing can't be too tight as you don't want to under ship, because not only will this result in a loss of income to the factory, but you will also be penalised by your buyers, in some cases up to 10%.

The best way to have a return on investment (once fabric is purchases) is to maximize your shipments, most buyers will accept over 100%, this is great but in a lot of cases you are short shipping so you have an even bigger incentive to achieve, and that's to hit 100% shipment then look at over shipment. This is where I come in and that's all about Lay planning and cutting room procedures on how your expensive fabric is handled.
Marker ratio's (ensuring you are combining the right sizes during Lay planning)
Market Efficiencies (squeezing every last area in the marker increasing the efficiency)
Fabric utilization (maximizing the actual cut width)

Systems and procedures (ensuring the handling of the fabric is correct)
These are the areas to be targeted, ensuring you have the best marker ratios will reduce yardage yields and increase the marker efficiencies, not only is there a saving in fabric but an immediate saving in cutting as a reduced amount of markers will be made. This saving will reflect in Paper, spreading and cutting times. Together with some simple calculations I will ensure you make the savings in time as well as money.