What Can A Tech Pack Be Used For?

A tech pack is a document containing all the technical information about your product. It's an essential document for designers and production teams when producing new collections as it helps clearly communicate every detail to your manufacturer. 

1. Quotes

If you send a comprehensive tech pack along with a request for initial quote, your manufacturer will be able to cost more accurately and quickly; which means fewer surprises and more control over cash flow. 

 

2.  Communication

Tech packs make communication between you and your manufacturer easier and clearer, reducing misunderstandings and mistakes. They are even more important when manufacturing abroad, across time zones and cultures.  

 

3.  Production manual

Usually you have a single point of contact at a factory who looks after the entirety of your order; from designing, sourcing, sampling and production. However,  during this process, your product passes through many different people and departments within the factory and they all need to be working from the same document as each other.  Revisions and details will inevitably get lost or misinterpreted if not all in the same document, so your tech pack essentially becomes an instruction manual bringing clarity, consistency and cohesion throughout the production process.

 

4. Contract

Your tech pack acts as a contract between you and your manufacturer and is signed off by you alongside your pre-production samples.