San Mar PSST Program If you are in the apparel graphic industry you know what the PSST program is (Pack it separately and shipped together). This is San Mar’s way of shipping cheaper and keeping orders organized for the printer and embroider. Rich Jacobs, West Coast Rep I spoke with […]
Author: Erik Mickelson
Swag is a waste of marketing dollars
Promotional Products can waste Marketing Dollars I was at a trade show earlier in the year and watched all the cheap swag that vendors were handing out. Stress balls, note pads, stickers etc. I also looked at the garbage outside the trade show where all the swag ended up. It […]
Why Decosource is Raising Prices
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Tips to sell embroidery to Police and Fire
How to sell embroidery to Police and Fire Since we have built up all this goodwill with the donations of caps, we should now go after the police and fire. We need to find high quality product that they will buy. They don’t like the cheap stuff. Apparel: Flexfit […]
Costs to Run an Embroidery Factory
Costs to Run an Embroidery Factory To write up an order it takes 45 minutes To order merchandise it take 15 minutes per vendor To receive and count an order it takes 15 minutes Names cost us $5.00 each to do (standard lettering only) Sampling and working with Stahl’s or […]
Use Shopworks to Manage Embroidery Orders
Currently we are managing orders by counting boxes on the factory floor. This system doesn’t give our production management (Gail and Stacy) a full view of what is actually in process. We need to change our box system to a system where we manage by paper and utilize the computer. […]
Santa Barbara Custom Apparel Business Plan
Santa Barbara Custom Apparel *Confidential* Santa Barbara Custom Apparel is a custom logo apparel store located in downtown Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara Custom Apparel creates custom logoed apparel for the local surfers and thousands of tourists that visit annually. Jimmy Jennings aka “Jimmy J” is the owner of Santa […]
Shipping and Receiving Job Description Idea
Shipping and Receiving Job Description Hours: 8:30 to 5pm Lunch: 11:30 to 12:30pm Breaks: 2- 10 minute breaks. Overall Basic Expectations: Arrive to work on time Basic math skills: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplication and Division Basic English writing and reading skills. Spelling, Reading and writing simple sentences. Communication skills: You should […]
Example of a Contract Embroidery Price List from 2004
Contract Embroidery Price List 2004 Customer Supplies Product Stitches 48-71 72-144 145-288 289-576 577-1008 Up to 5000 $ 3.10 $ 1.70 $ 1.45 $ 1.35 $ 1.20 Up to 6000 $ 3.40 $ 1.90 $ 1.70 $ 1.68 $ 1.42 Up to 7000 $ 3.70 $ 2.20 $ 1.95 […]
How to Give an Embroidery Sales Rep Review
How to Review a Sales Rep This is a short write up that will give you ideas how to give a review Previous Review: August 20th 2017 We moved Karen from the front desk to the cubicle, so she wouldn’t be distracted writing the contract orders. Karen doesn’t have to […]