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Guides
How to choose between embroidery and screen printing for a promotional apparel order, and the questions to put to a decorating shop about artwork, samples, labels and children's sizes.
Features
Fictional 72-piece licensed apparel costing case with scope, rights, garment variants, setup, labor, spoilage, royalty, price, actuals, shipment, and records.
Rules
Graphic apparel business problems call for controls on quotes, artwork rights, fiber claims, proofs, late changes, and job records tied to production.
Maintenance
Apparel order checklist for product descriptions, artwork rights, costing, price, approvals, invoice, labels, care, production, shipping, returns, and records.
Reviews
Graphic apparel models compared across direct retail, wholesale, print-on-demand, licensing, and contract printing by inventory, margin, control, rights, and risk.
Guides
Graphic apparel order costing, step by step: freeze the scope, price blanks and decoration, load labor, allow for spoilage, and track actuals against the quote.
Guides
Graphic apparel business guide to the operations behind a streetwear label: offer, job cost categories, label rules, artwork rights, records, and fulfillment.
Rules
Print shop injuries trace back to solvent exposure, hot platens, unguarded presses, weak exhaust and lifting strain. Control the source, then verify.
Reviews
Print shop safety controls compared for apparel printing, weighing substitution, enclosure, exhaust, work practices, and PPE in garment production.
Guides
A task-based apparel printing risk assessment follows one job through setup, printing, reclaim and cleanup, then assigns controls, owners and review triggers.
