Case studies
Knitwear Case Studies.
How real orders move through our factory, from the first drawing to shipment. Client names are left out at their request; the dates and steps are from our order records.
Case 1 · Retail programme
Six containers of sweaters for a supermarket chain, shipped on time.
The client: a large supermarket chain in Latin America with more than 100 stores.
The order: men’s and women’s sweaters in around 20 styles, including crew-neck, V-neck, striped, polo-neck and zip styles, each in up to three colourways.
The brief: the buyer sent drawings in August 2025 and asked for a quotation. A retail programme of this size has a fixed delivery date, so price, samples and bulk colours all had to be settled early.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| August 2025 | Drawings received and quoted. The price was confirmed as workable with the buyer within one week, and first samples followed two weeks later. The buyer was very satisfied with the sample quality. |
| Late October to early November 2025 | Bulk quantities and order prices fixed for the women’s and the men’s orders. |
| Early December 2025 | The buyer opened two letters of credit, with latest shipment dates of 10 and 17 February 2026. |
| Mid-December 2025 | Revised samples and bulk colour swatches were made in parallel; pre-production samples and final product photos confirmed with the buyer. |
| Late January 2026 | Shipment samples approved by the buyer. Final inspections by Intertek, a third-party inspection company, on 24–25 and 28–29 January: passed. |
| 3–4 February 2026 | Six containers loaded under Intertek’s supervision and shipped, ahead of both latest shipment dates. |
What made it work: the price was agreed before sampling, revised samples and bulk colours ran in parallel instead of one after the other, and every stage had an approval the buyer could check: pre-production sample, shipment sample, third-party final inspection and supervised loading.
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