March 30, 2009
Tech Packs
What is a "tech pack"? A "technical package" that serves as documentation on a garment. A tech pack will include the following information: a flat sketch, a detailed sketch (if needed), all fabric information, color or print information, all trim information, construction required, all "specs", intended size range and even target a target cost. The more detailed your information the better your first sample will be. Understand also, in many factories there will be a language barrier... an image is worth a thousand words! this is why the flat must be perfect. and give as many images as possible. Tech packs are often now done on computer in either a template the company has created or in more advanced systems like "WEB pdm". WEBpdm is a system most of the industry uses where many people from offices all over the world can have access to their brand's tech packs as a live document. Usually set up by design as initial development, a tech pack lives on through fittings and into production where it is usually taken over by other departments to manage.