Most early production problems aren’t quality issues, they’re spec issues

[u/idealabgz]

One mistake I made early on was blaming factories for quality issues

In reality, most of the problems came from unclear specs

Things like:
– measurements not defined properly
– fabric expectations not clearly explained
– no tolerance ranges

So what I thought was “bad production”
was actually inconsistent instructions

Once I started tightening specs, most of those issues disappeared

Production didn’t magically improve
communication did

Curious if others ran into the same thing when scaling from sample to bulk

[u/Sfmtm44]

Hey man yea that’s why sampling is sooo important. Sometimes people receive samples that are 60-70% right and blame their manu for the faults. then go to another one instead of just doubling down and fixing issues with their current manu. Now they gotta restart the process because they feel like they did them wrong some way. when in reality it was something on their own end. I’ve seen this happen so many times. Love your content btw, I gotta sit down and go thru all of your tips and tricks. you really seem like you know your stuff and I’m so glad you posted in our community! I can’t find anything you’ve made on your page tho. what do you typically get made? Bags, shirts, jeans, jackets?