Sewing itself is very fast so why does it take so long to get finished product out the door and why does it cost so much? As I mentioned in my book, you can have a much greater effect on reducing production sewing time and problems in the design phase than you can in production and today I’m going to show you how.…
Someone I’ll call Thomas writes:
I’ve been seeing more and more mass customization type apparel companies and they have been mostly men’s formal (shirts, suits, etc.). What are your thoughts on that? I have your book and have been reading your blog and I believe you have written about just-in-time manufacturing/custom manufacturing in years past.
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We got some excellent responses to yesterday’s challenge, I’m very pleased and appreciate the time you took to watch the video and record your responses. And here is your gold star! I should have started passing those out long ago.
Now for analysis from your responses.…
Your challenge: watch this video and figure out however many ways you could think of to streamline production of these iPad cases made by DODOcase. It is neat to watch practiced people doing their jobs so smooth and neatly. That’s evidence of the muscle memory of experienced craftsmen at work.…
[With a title like this, I’m certain your hands tremble with scant contained excitement…]
I’m very taken with a knock down garden cart kit that Mr. Fashion-Incubator bought. As you know, DIY construction from store bought kits can be an exercise in futility if not frustration but this garden cart kit was designed to minimize confusion in one ingenious way; namely through hardware sorting and organization:
The hardware supplied with the kit was sorted according to each step in the instructions and laminated to a piece of cardboard (above).…
