Garment workshop production flows, fully traceable.
In a contract garment workshop the work is not lost on the sewing line — it is lost in the gaps between steps: a sample waiting for a customer's written approval, a cutting order that never recorded how much fabric was wasted, a subcontractor laundry that sent back half a batch and nobody logged it. Tenderely BPM ties style, sample, order, production, subcontracting and shipment into one traceable record without code, so the whole workshop runs on the same information.
What does a garment workshop repeat every season?
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Style and pattern cards
Every new style needs a reference card: fabric specification, construction details, stitch counts, accessory list. When that card lives in someone's notebook, every person on the floor works from a slightly different version.
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Sample approval
A prototype goes to the customer. Comments come back over WhatsApp or in a meeting. Without a written approval record, production can start on a version the customer never formally signed off.
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Size-broken order entry
Customer orders arrive split by colour and size. Totalling the pieces, assigning them to production lines and keeping the balance visible as output builds up is a daily arithmetic problem.
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Cutting orders and waste tracking
The cutting room turns fabric into parts. The difference between the fabric issued and the pieces confirmed is waste. When that number is not recorded per cut, fabric losses only appear on the inventory count at year-end.
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Daily line output
How many pieces each line completed today, against the target, feeds the delivery forecast. If the number is collected verbally and entered the next morning, decisions are always one shift behind.
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Subcontracting — wash, print, embroidery
Bundles leave the workshop for an outside laundry, screen printer or embroiderer. What was sent, what came back, and whether the return count matched needs to be recorded each time.
Where does this break down today?
Sample approval is verbal
The customer said yes over the phone, production started, and three weeks later they say the collar was supposed to be different. Without a written approval at the right revision, the dispute is settled by whoever shouts louder.
Order balance lives in one person's spreadsheet
One person maintains the order-tracking file. When they are away, nobody knows how many pieces are still outstanding per size. When two people edit it, the numbers diverge.
Subcontractor losses are discovered late
Bundles go out for washing and come back short. If the difference is not logged at the moment of return, it surfaces as a quantity discrepancy at shipment — after the customer's deadline has already passed.
Quality defects are not counted, only corrected
Faulty pieces are sent back to the line to be fixed. Without a defect log by style, operator and defect type, the same problem repeats in the next order because there is no data to act on.
What changes with Tenderely BPM
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Sample revision is a structured record
Each revision of a prototype is a new record linked to the style card. The approval step sits inside the flow, so the next stage does not open until the customer has given written sign-off.
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Order balance updates itself
As line output is entered, the remaining balance per colour and size recalculates. Everyone looking at the dashboard sees the same number at the same moment — no spreadsheet to synchronise.
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Cutting waste is captured at the source
Fabric issued and pieces confirmed are fields in the cutting order record. The waste figure is there immediately, by style and by cut, not assembled from memory at month-end.
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Subcontractor handovers are logged both ways
What leaves and what returns are separate entries on the same subcontract record. A short return triggers a notification before the bundle reaches the sewing line and causes a downstream shortage.
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Quality defects become a dataset
With Tenderely BPM, defect type, style and line are captured at the inspection step. That data sits on a dashboard, so recurring problems surface before they reach the customer.
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Shipment is confirmed against the order
The shipping record links back to the original order. What was ordered, what was produced and what was shipped sit in one view, so a partial shipment does not get forgotten.
FAQ
Can we start with a ready-made setup or do we have to build from scratch?
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The Garment Workshop package installs with style cards, sample approval flow, order entry, cutting orders, daily output, subcontract records and a quality control step already in place. You adjust the forms to match your own workshop and publish them. The package is a starting point, not a constraint.
Can our customers approve samples from outside the system?
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Yes. A public form can be sent to a customer as a link. Their approval or revision comments land on the same record inside your workflow, and the next step does not open until the response is received. The customer does not need an account.
Can we track multiple production lines at the same time?
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Yes. Each line's daily output is a separate record linked to the same order, so totals accumulate automatically. Role-based access means a line supervisor sees their own line's target and output while a production manager sees all lines on one dashboard.
Who can see pricing and customer data?
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Unit-, role- and field-level permissions decide exactly who sees what. A cutting-room entry operator can record fabric quantities without seeing the customer's price. Sensitive fields are hidden from roles that do not need them.
Does it work on the workshop floor, not just in an office?
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The same flows run in the iOS and Android apps, so a line supervisor can enter their daily output count from a phone at the end of a shift and a quality inspector can log a defect standing next to the inspection table. No desktop required.