Tech pack: turning a design into a production-ready instruction
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The tech pack describes not how the style will look but how it will be made. In PLM, the tech pack is linked to the product record; the workshop and the subcontractor always see the current version.
In this part
- You list the main parts of a tech pack: technical drawing, size chart, materials, stitching details, labels and packaging.
- You read what the point of measure, size and tolerance mean in a size chart.
- You explain why a new version of the tech pack is shared through the record and not sent as an e-mail attachment.
- You know that around the world the same document is called a "tech pack" and is read with the same logic.
Terms in this part
- Tech pack
- The production package that gathers a style's technical drawing, measurement chart, materials, stitching details and instructions in one document.
- Measurement chart
- A chart showing the target value of each measurement point of a style, size by size.
- Revision
- The new version of a style, tech pack or costing after a change.
- Contract manufacturing
- A brand having work such as cutting, sewing or pressing and packing done by outside workshops.
There are 3 questions at the end of the part; at least 2 correct answers open the next part. The questions open with your Academy account, after your Basic certificate.
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