Costed Properly. Made Properly. Checked Properly.

Three disciplines that only work together. A good price that fails inspection is not a good price.

Costing

An Open Cost Sheet, Line by Line

We work from a transparent cost structure: fabric consumption and price, trims, cut-make, wash and finishing, testing, packing, and agreed margins. Buyers can see where the money is and challenge any line.

Cost engineering then looks for value without compromising the product — better marker efficiency, a more available fabric width, a trim specification that is equally good but not needlessly expensive, or a construction change that removes operations from the line.

Where a target price cannot be reached, we say so and show the gap rather than accepting it and trying to recover it later through quality.

Commercial costing and negotiation discussion
Cost Structure

What a CrestTex Cost Sheet Contains

Fabric
Consumption, width, GSM, price per unit and wastage allowance, stated separately
Trims & Accessories
Itemised: labels, threads, buttons, zips, interlining, packing trims
Cut, Make & Trim
CM value based on standard minutes and the nominated factory’s rate
Wash & Finishing
Wash type, laundry cost, special finishes and pressing
Testing & Compliance
Fabric and garment testing to the buyer’s standard, RSL where required
Packing & Freight Terms
Polybag, carton specification and the agreed Incoterm
Quality Assurance

Where We Check — and Why There

01

Fabric Inspection

Incoming fabric checked for shade, width, GSM, shrinkage and defects before cutting. Fabric faults found after cutting are expensive; found after sewing they are unrecoverable.

4-Point SystemShade BandsShrinkage
02

Pre-Production Meeting

The PP meeting with the factory team walks the sealed sample, the spec, the critical operations and the known risk points before the line starts.

Sealed SampleCritical Ops
03

Inline Inspection

Checks during production at the point where a fault can still be corrected on the line rather than reworked from a finished carton.

First OutputInline AQLMeasurement Checks
04

Finishing & Packing Audit

Pressing, folding, carton packing, ratio and labelling verified against the packing instruction.

Ratio CheckLabellingCarton Marks
05

Final Random Inspection

Final inspection at the agreed AQL against the sealed sample and approved specification, with a written report and photographs.

AQL 2.5 / 4.0Written ReportPhoto Evidence
Production Management

Holding the Calendar Together

Critical Path Control

Every milestone from fabric booking to ex-factory is tracked, with early warning when a date is at risk.

Capacity Booking

Line capacity reserved against the order so the programme is not displaced by another buyer’s late change.

Material Follow-Up

Fabric and trim in-house dates chased directly with mills and trim suppliers, not left to the factory alone.

Output Tracking

Daily and weekly output against plan, so shortfalls are visible while recovery is still possible.

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