Oct 13 2021 House of Baukjen wins the UN Global Climate Awards Blog, Production We are so thrilled to announce that our customer and BCorp, Baukjen, has won the 2021 UN Global Climate Action Awards and have been hailed as Carbon Negative Circular Leaders in the fashion industry.   We urgently require solutions and actions […]

Apr 20 3 min read Introducing our free Moodboard for Fashion Tool Blog, Platform Our Fashion Moodboard Tool is free to use and helps teams design together digitally, while they can’t be together physically. The Moodboard for fashion is synonymous with the start of the design development process. For too long, it has been an […]

Sep 16 4 minutes SupplyCompass and the SDGs Header Image: UN SDGs Blog, Thought Leadership SupplyCompass and the SDGs Back in 2015, all 192 United Nations member states came together to commit to tackling 17 ambitious global goals – the Sustainable Development Goals – by 2030, to achieve peace and prosperity for all. With specific targets […]

The goal is the same but we’ve decided to change the game we’re playing. 4 minutes Jul 14 Header Image: Visualise Value by Gus Bartholomew in The Right Thing, Thought Leadership The goal is the same but we’ve decided to change the game we’re playing. TL;DR – We have stopped our sourcing agency service. This […]

Apr 28 3 min We’re Joining Farfetch’s Dream Assembly Alongside Leading FashTech Startups from Around the Globe All photography provided by Farfetch Blog, Press LONDON, 28 APRIL 2020: SupplyCompass is thrilled to announce it has joined the fourth Dream Assembly powered by Farfetch, alongside a cohort of innovative start-ups making impactful change in the fashion […]

Footwear Design for Disassembly and Recycling 3 min read Jan 1 Header Image: Unsplash by Nayanika Bharadwaj in Circularity The need for circularity and closed-loop systems is gaining increasing traction in the fashion industry with major commitments by many industry behemoths and increasingly scalable development. These include mechanical and chemical recycling and materials such as […]

Fashion Supply Chains Emerging out of COVID-19 8 min read Aug 17 Header Image Source: SupplyCompass by Srishti Dhawan in Production As the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic slowly recede, fashion supply chains across the world are finding new priorities and ways to reorganize themselves. Creating safe workplaces for garment workers, discovering new ways […]

Structured data, easily accessible information & shared systems play a key role in the sustainable transformation of fashion. Here’s how. 4 minutes Jul 30 Header Image: Nayanika Bharadwaj by SupplyCompass in The Right Thing, Thought Leadership Structured data, easily accessible information & shared systems play a key role in the sustainable transformation of fashion. Here’s […]

by Lisa Griplas Guest Contributor Lisa Griplas is The Woolmark Company’s Global Editor, where she has worked for close to a decade. Her passion for conscious consumption and igniting positive change within the fashion and textile industry aligns with the ethos of the global authority on wool, creating content across the supply chain to build […]

What the fashion industry can learn from systems thinking 4 minutes Jul 27 Header Image: Nayanika Bharadwaj by SupplyCompass in The Right Thing, Thought Leadership First up, what is systems thinking? Systems thinking is an approach — or philosophy — to problem-solving that views ‘problems’ as part of a wider, dynamic system. A more holistic […]

5 Top Tips to make your product lines more profitable 5 min Mar 12 Header Image from SupplyCompass by SupplyCompass in Production 5 Top Tips to make your product lines more profitable As a brand, you want to deliver your customers the best quality product at an affordable price point, yet you also need to […]

Webinar: Navigating Uncertainty in the Fashion Industry 45 min webinar, 15 min Q&A Apr 27 Webinar took place on 12 May at 4:30pm BST. by SupplyCompass in Events What to expect? Announcing our webinar, in partnership with Common Objective and Techstyler, on navigating uncertainty in the fashion industry as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Top 5 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Softwares for Fashion: A Comparison Jan 20 Image: Unsplash by SupplyCompass in Technology Product Lifecycle Management or PLM softwares were originally designed for the automotive industry but has been adapted over the decades to service other industries. Due to the complexities of product development and supply chain as well […]

Furniture Manufacturer Type of factory Furniture and homewares Employees 130 Location Delhi, India Working day Monday–Saturday, 9am–6pm MOQS 50-100 units / style Lead Times 60-75 days Production Capacity 50,000 SupplyCompass partner Since 2017 Key Certifications About This furniture manufacturer specializes in high quality, contemporary home furniture, and lamps made from wood, metal, rattan, glass and jute. […]

Garment Manufacturer Type of factory Textile & Garment Manufacturer – Hand Wovens Employees 20 Location Tamil Nadu, India Working day Monday–Saturday Fabric/Garment MOQS 100m / 5m (Stock fabric) / 10 units (Stock fabric) Lead Time Fabric / Garments 30-70 days / 120 days Production Capacity 500-2500 pcs per month SupplyCompass partner Since 2017 Key Certifications […]

Garment Manufacturer Type of factory Garments – Menswear Employees 120 Location Delhi, India Working day Monday–Saturday MOQS 500 units / style Lead Times 90 days Production Capacity 150,000 pcs / month SupplyCompass partner Since 2017 Key Certifications Manufacturer, India This manufacturer produces a broad range of menswear, womenswear, kidswear as well as selected home furnishings. […]

Garment Manufacturer Type of factory Garments – Womenswear Employees 300 Location Jaipur, India Working day Monday–Saturday MOQS 100 units / style Lead Times 100-120 days Production Capacity 70,000 per month SupplyCompass partner 2018 Key Certifications About A complete garment manufacturing unit specialising in day and occasion wear for women and kids.  Their strengths lie in […]

Leather Bags Manufacturer Type of factory Leather and accessories Employees 142 Location Tamil Nadu, India Working day Monday–Saturday, 9am–6pm MOQS 100 units / style Lead Times 60 days Production Capacity 10,000 units p/m SupplyCompass partner Since 2019 Key Certifications and Audits About This partner produces high quality cow, sheep, calf, buffalo, eco, and recycled leather […]

Terracotta Manufacturer Type of factory Terracotta Employees 220 Location Lisbon, Portugal Working day Monday–Saturday, 9am–6pm MOQS 500 units / style Lead Times 30-90 days Production Capacity 75,000 p/m SupplyCompass partner Since 2018 About Established in 1900, this family-run factory is considered as one of Portugal’s (and the world’s) leading manufacturers of terracotta products. They have […]

The State of Packaging: Polybags in the Fashion Industry 5 min read Jan 5 Header image: Arthur & Henry by Flora Davidson in Production In a 2017 survey by Packaging Digest and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, brands said the questions they were most commonly asked by consumers were: Why isn’t their packaging sustainable? Why do they […]