Comments on: What is a tech pack?

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:09:48 +0000

Cindy & Andrea: if you’re working in a plant where they do their own production, I completely agree. It could likewise be true if the operation has close ties and an ongoing history with a stable contractor. What you’re saying has been my experience the first half of my career -and is also my preference.

However, things change. With outsourced production, many contractors won’t take work unless you provide this documentation so it’s not up to the designer, pattern maker etc. You do it if your contractor won’t take the job otherwise. Similarly, if the company sells to large retailers, this documentation is sometimes required by the buyer before the company can be vetted during the vendor compliance process (I suspect this aspect as it relates to sizing will become very prevalent, the writing is on the wall so to speak). So while you may be right, the conditions of sale and production have changed so the producer doesn’t have the option of not “wasting the time and money” of tech pack creation.

Even so, I completely agree that many specs the pattern maker may get from a client are insane or impossible so you either refuse the job or help them -for a fee- to develop something workable. It’s just how things are now.

By: Andrea Kozy

Andrea Kozy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:23:09 +0000

Same here Cindy

By: Cindy Ingram

Cindy Ingram — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:58:27 +0000

I have been a pattern maker for 20 years in all areas of the industry from Coutoure fashions, bridal to sportswear. Tech packs are not helpful. (waste of time and money) After pattern is created, size specs established and sent to grader it is definitely easier and quicker to use an exel spreadsheet for specs to accomany patterns. Graders that use Gerber or Tukatec can help with those. I make the first pattern cut the sample, take it to one of our sample makers to sew the prototype just to make sure pattern is correct and fit is correct and then on to the grader it goes. JUST THAT SIMPLE. Make pattern, cut out sample and make sample in less that 48 hours it is ready for grading and into production in less than a week.

By: joe

joe — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:37:18 +0000

does anyone have a example of a mens woven dress shirt techpack it has to have english and chinese translation of point of measurements.

i’m searching for the measurement terminology not your actual measurements

please help
thanks

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:03:08 +0000

Hi all,
I’m business process consultant. Now I’m working on global retailer. They said to me, “Tech pack layout is very different by countries. I found tech pack sample layout from Google image search.

For example;

USA:http://www.techpackdesign.com/tp.htm

China:http://wenzhou.365zhaosheng.com/html/2010/08/2010081409460398446.shtml

Japan:http://www.unixtk.jp/shiyousho2.html

Does anyone know why tech pack layout is very different each country? Any reason?

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By: Zayra

Zayra — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:46:56 +0000

Hi Kathleen!
Thank you so much for this wonderful information! It is helping me a lot with my class project!
Also, I want to congratulate you for your book! you did a great job! I love It!

By: Jill Homiak

Jill Homiak — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:31:02 +0000

AMAZING POST! One of my favorites because it neatly outlines what the DE needs to give that pattern maker for the tech specs.

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By: Shikha

Shikha — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:15:11 +0000

Tech pack is a document where you acn come to know about the complete inforation of the product i.e. a season; content of the product; size of the product; how to do the labelling and where to place it.
illustrations of the details including hangtag and label placement diagrams
folding directions
packaging requirements
finish measurements with tolerances