supplier management
A sourcing agent finds, vets, and manages factories on behalf of an apparel brand. In exchange, the agent earns a commission on the order value. Most agents charge 5 to 10% of the FOB price. However, the rate shifts with order size. A small trial order often pays more. A…
More than 40,000 organizations across 33-plus countries now use some version of the Higg Index (Cascale). For most apparel brands, though, that data still lives in someone’s inbox. Specifically, it sits in a PDF exported from a supplier’s Higg Facility Environmental Module assessment. Usually, that PDF gets filed away until…
Supplier scorecard software tracks how a factory actually performs after onboarding, not just how it looked on paper before the first order. Most apparel brands vet a new factory carefully, then stop measuring it once production starts. In fact, a scorecard tracking as few as five to eight KPIs can…
