The tech packs are comprised of eleven different sections, some used and some not by our department. Three of our factories (MMK, Coddy, and PBMS) can see the tech packs directly through their own version of Enovia. Kyra, one of our other sample rooms, receives the tech packs through an emailed PDF. (As a side note, I got to go on a drop off run to Kyra. Kyra is located on 37th Street so we don't ship the packages there; they get hand delivered. I went there and went up the high rise and the showroom is super tiny. There's just stuff everywhere! I didn't see any sewing machines or anything though, so maybe we drop off the samples and they send them out somewhere else? Who knows!)
I was able to take pictures of an old tech pack to help explain what the different things are.
Page 1: Product Overview
The product overview is like the cover page for the tech pack. It includes the basic information like the sketch, the style number, the factory, the FAD (fit approval date), fabric, colors, all that good stuff.
Page 2: Sketch Overview
This page will have the detailed flat sketch of the garment. MK does all their flats by hand rather than Illustrator, which I thought was interesting. This page may also include design details or inspirations and the designer's comments.
Page 3: Artwork
This particular tech pack doesn't have anything on the artwork page, but it's pretty much the same concept as the sketch overview. It may have an example of the print on a fabric or something, but it is not used in tech.
Page 4: Bill of Materials
This page will list out every material used for the garment, from the fabrics, to trims, buttons, threads, zippers, chains, ect. It was also list the prices of all of these. We don't use this page in tech.
Page 5: Color Details
All the colors of the garment fabric and trims are listed on this page. We don't use this page.
Page 6: Current Measurements
This page is very important in the tech department. This is where we keep track of all the current measurements of a particular garment. Every time a sample comes in we have to measure it following the POMs (point of measure) listed on the current measurement charts. The measurements listed are the measurements we requested for that piece, but the samples do not usually come in at the exact number we requested. The current measurement chart can take up multiple pages. The longest chart I saw was 4 pages of POMs.
Page 7: Measurement History
We don't use this page either, but it basically just keeps track of the changes we make to different measurements on the charts. This can also be several pages long.
Pages 8-10: Sample Requests
The sample request pages are also very important in tech. It consists of multiple pages that keep track of recorded measurements for the sample, photos from the fitting, comments to the factory about the fit and requests for the next sample. Sample requests can become lengthy especially when there are a lot of problems with a current sample.
Page 11: Graded Measurements
This is another chart that tracks all the measurements for each size of that garment that will be produced. We fit samples as size 8/M, plus, and occasionally petite. But all the other sizes in between are figured out based on a grading scale. To grade things means to size up or down. This is also an important sheet for the tech department.
Page 12: Graded Increments
We don't use this page either. All it does is state the numerical differences between sizes.
Page 13: How to Measure
This page is just a more in depth description of the POMs and how to physically go about measuring the garment. We don't use it because we all know what the POMs mean.
Each team (tops, dresses, knits, pants, jackets, ect.) keeps record of all their own tech packs. I was also in charge of filing the tech packs in binders for each team I worked for. The tech packs are organized by season in a binder and filed by style number. Needless to say, the binders are huge!
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