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The PLM that fills itself in, then does the follow-up.
Every style passes through designers, buyers, mills and factories. Spurby keeps its record from what they say to each other, and chases what slips.
A style changes hands eight times before it ships.
Concept
Design
Tech pack
Design, factory
Lost here
Fabric
Mill
Costing
Buying, agent
Sampling
Factory, QA
PO
Buying
Production
Factory, QA
Ex-factory
Factory, agent
Every module fills itself in.
Nine modules, one record. Five of them, as a merchandiser sees them on a Monday.
029 Sherpa Jacket, tech pack
- v3Collar changed, page 4Latest
- v2Sleeve 1.5 cm shorter
- v1First issue
Who is cutting from what
- Farhan’s unitv2Not the latestSend v3
- Rajesh Knitsv3Up to date
- Line planning
- Tech packs
- Materials
- Sourcing
- Costing
- Sampling and fit
- Time and action
- Quality
- Vendors
What is your next drop waiting on?
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Decision-days spent waiting this season
4,320
180 styles × 6 decisions × 4 days. That’s 24 days a style waits on its own decisions.
Where a season goes wrong between companies.
Five that start in a chat and end in a re-dye, a short shipment or a late drop.
An approval with a condition is read as a yes.
On a call, design approves the lab dip “if it’s a touch redder.” The merchandiser tells the mill it’s approved, and bulk dyeing is set for the first shade.
A re-dye, or a shade the brand rejects at inspection.
ApprovalsLab dip, 041 Linen overshirt, navy
Approved, if it’s a touch redder
- “Approve it if it’s a touch redder.”
- “Lab dip approved.” The condition was left out.
- Bulk dyeing set for Thursday, to the first shade.
Bulk dyeing startsThu, in 2 days
Asked the mill to confirm the redder shade before Thursday.
Keeps the condition with the approval, and asks the mill to confirm the new shade before bulk dyeing starts.
Your team decides: Whether the new shade needs another look.
The numbers changed in a chat. The PO didn’t.
The merchandiser agrees on WhatsApp to 2,000 more pieces at ₹6 less, in a new size ratio. The PO keeps the old numbers, and the factory’s PI keeps the old price.
Invoices, packing lists and payments that don’t agree, and weeks to untangle them.
About one supplier in five says its buyers’ bulk orders are less than 90% accurate.
Purchase orders033 Cord trousers, PO 7724
Item Agreed on WhatsApp Factory PI PO Quantity 6,000 6,000 4,000 (doesn’t match) Price ₹412 ₹418 (doesn’t match) ₹418 (doesn’t match) Size ratio 1:2:2:1 1:2:2:1 1:3:2:1 (doesn’t match) Drafted the PO amendment for buying, and asked the factory to reissue its PI at ₹412.
Checks every PO, PI and invoice against the latest agreement, and flags a number that doesn’t match before anyone pays.
Your team decides: Which number stands.
The test failed. Cutting started anyway.
The lab emails a shrinkage failure to the mill. The mill tells the factory it’s “a bit high” after a third of the lot is cut.
Garments that lose a size in the first wash, and the returns that follow.
TestingBulk fabric, 044 Knit polo, lab report
Item Spec Result Check Shrinkage, length 3% max 5.2% Fails Shrinkage, width 3% max 2.1% Matches Colour fastness Grade 4 Grade 4 Matches pH 4.0 to 7.5 6.2 Matches Sent the report to QA and Rajesh Knits the day it came in. Cutting was due the next morning.
Reads every lab report against the spec, and tells QA and the factory the same day, before cutting.
Your team decides: Hold, re-finish or accept.
The label rules changed. The printer never heard.
A marketplace changes its care-label and carton rules. The email reaches the brand, and the trims supplier keeps printing from the old artwork.
Relabelling at the warehouse, and a charge for every carton that arrives wrong.
One European retailer charges €5 per handling unit for a missing care or origin label, with a €150 minimum.
Labels and packingCare label and carton rules, from 2 Nov
- Label artwork v2Trims supplier6 daysNot confirmed
- Carton markingFarhan’s unit1 dayConfirmed
- Packing list formatBuying agent2 daysDue Fri
Draft to Vikram, trims supplier
Hi Vikram, the care label changed on 2 Nov. Please print the 044 run from artwork v2, and confirm today.
Sends the new rule to every company it touches, and follows up until each one confirms.
Your team decides: Whether old stock is relabelled or shipped.
A line was held on a promise nobody wrote down.
Farhan agrees on a call to hold two lines from 15 Nov if the PO reaches him by Friday. The PO sits in approval, and the lines go to another brand.
The drop slips by weeks, or moves to a unit you haven’t worked with.
Picks the condition out of the call, puts its deadline on the record, and reminds whoever owns the PO while there’s still time.
Your team decides: Whether to commit the PO.
Where the hours and the margin go.
$38B
a year can go to buying agents to coordinate garment orders: up to 7% of about $547B in trade.
72%
of suppliers say inaccurate specifications add sampling time and cost.
40–45%
of its styles lose efficiency in hand-offs, a ₹500 Cr+ brand told us.
See your own styles on one record.
A guided walkthrough with sample data from a fashion brand. Nothing to prepare.