Factory Ready Checklist

Everything to lock down before you contact a manufacturer. Work through it, fill in your targets, then copy the brief at the bottom and send it straight to your factory.

Why this matters A complete, organised package gets you faster, more accurate, cheaper quotes. Every gap a factory has to chase up costs them time, and time is what they price in. The more decisions you make up front, the less they pad the quote and the fewer sampling rounds you pay for.
Branding level Full custom: built to your spec, every branding and trim decision left open for you to make. The usual starting point for our clients.

Tech pack

Everything below lives inside your tech pack. The more complete it is, the cheaper and faster your quote comes back. Tick each part as it is finalised.

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Branding, trims & packaging

Decide each one now, not mid production. Anything you want needs its own artwork or spec ready; late trims and labels stop bulk cutting. "Not sure" is a decision you still owe the factory.

Commercials & targets

Give the factory the numbers up front so they can quote to your reality, not guess. Leave a field blank if it does not apply yet.

Total units you intend to order across this style. If it splits across colours or sizes, note that in Special requirements below.
The minimum order quantity you can realistically place, per style and per colour. Factories quote against their own MOQ; stating yours up front filters out partners who will not fit before you waste time.
Your target cost per piece. Setting one keeps quotes in the range you can actually build a margin on, and tells the factory straight away whether your numbers fit theirs.
Where the goods will be sold. This drives mandatory labelling: fibre content, care symbols, country of origin, plus rules like CPSIA for children's items. Tell the factory so the labels are right the first time.

Certifications & special requirements

ISO 9001 and a social or ethical compliance audit (BSCI / Sedex / amfori, WRAP) are the baseline a serious factory should already hold, and worth asking for. The textile certifications are product specific: only tick what you actually need, as each one adds cost and narrows your factory list.

Anything a factory would not assume by default: a specific wash or finish, custom packaging breakdown, ethical or audit needs, a size and colour split, dropshipping, a nonstandard QC standard, an NDA, etc. The unusual asks are exactly the ones to flag early.
Your factory readiness
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Work through the lists above. Do not approach a factory until the tech pack essentials are locked.
Essentials
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Decisions made
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Targets set
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About your brand

Factories screen brands before they take them on, the same way you would vet a partner. A good one is choosing who to invest its time and capacity in, and it wants to know who that is. Tell your story here: who you are, what you make, who it is for and where you are heading. This is what turns you from a cold enquiry into a brand they want to grow with.

Your factory brief

This builds itself from everything above. Copy it into your first message to a manufacturer. One tidy brief beats ten back and forth emails, and it is what gets you a sharp quote fast.

A preparation tool, not a guarantee. Your quote and lead time still depend on the factory, your fabrics and how quickly you reply. As the kit says: the more complete your package, the cheaper and faster the answer, because for a factory, time is money. Part of the Entreupia Production Readiness Kit.