Behind the Seams: A Practical Guide to Assessing Textile & Apparel Companies
The guide distills what we use in real project: factory discovery, shortlisting, site visits, and onboarding, into simple checklists and scorecards you can apply the same day.
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Behind the Seams: A Practical Guide to Assessing Textile & Apparel Companies
A field-tested framework to evaluate Vietnam manufacturers using checklists, scorecards, and practical prompts from real factory work.
~65 pages
PDF
Checklists + Templates
What’s inside
- Supplier screening workflow (from first contact to pilot order)
- Checklists: capability, compliance, quality, capacity, cost, comms, sustainability
- Templates to request docs, compare quotes & run factory visits
- Red-flag cues & “ask this next” prompts
Who it’s for
- Apparel brands & private-label startups
- Buyers / procurement expanding to Vietnam
- Ops leads & consultants needing a repeatable method
Chapters
- Finance & Cost Structure
- Operations & Supply Chain
- Quality & Compliance
- Workforce & Organization
- Sustainability & Strategy
