Discover the essentials for optimal efficiency in Apparel and Merch print-on-demand. In this video, we outline the seven key steps for automating workflows in apparel and merch production, from order intake to shipping. Watch now to learn how to streamline your operations and achieve significant cost savings.
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I talk to a lot of garment and merchandise print-on-demand sites. I’m struck by how incomplete the factory workflow is at many of these sites. Here are the seven things that we consider as the minimum example of a highly efficient site. Firstly, 100% automation onto the press, which means completely automate, get the order, process the order, correct the artwork and archive. Secondly, automate a batch formation. Use business rules to auto-form your batches, align what you need to print with what you need to pick. Thirdly, automate your picklists and labels. Generate your picklists and thermal labels automatically with pick verification to ensure accuracy. Then, automate onto the press. Streamline the process to get jobs onto the press with simply a barcode scan. Then, automate a tracking. Track every action by every person all the way through to finishing. Next, automatically consolidate orders. When you’ve got multi-orders, group them that pre-dispatch in order to optimize moving onto shipping. And lastly, automatically ship right through to machine integration. Follow these seven steps will lead to a highly efficient organization and huge cost savings. If you’d like to know more about how to achieve those savings, reach out. We’d love to talk with you about it.
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