Page 8 of 19. Earlier articles from the Uphance blog.
Production Marker making in garment production is the process of arranging pattern pieces on fabric to minimize waste before cutting. This refresh explains methods, fabric efficiency benchmarks, CAD tooling, and how marker decisions ripple into costing, production, and inventory accuracy across an apparel operations stack.
Inventory Best practices for managing uniform inventory: tracking systems, categorization, ordering policies, audits, demand forecasting, and storage.
Ecommerce 
Production 
ERP 
PLM A working review of the best 5 pattern making and pattern grading software tools for apparel brands, covering Uphance, Modaris, CLO, TukaTech, and Optitex, with selection criteria tied to tech pack handoff, graded specs, and production readiness.
Inventory Blind inventory counting is a counting method where the counter does not see the system count before counting. For apparel brands, the decision of when to use blind versus visible counting depends on operational profile, SKU velocity, and the type of variance the count is trying to detect.
Ecommerce 
Warehouse 
Order Credit notes for apparel brands cover wholesale shorts, DTC refunds, and retailer chargebacks across five recurring situations. This refresh explains the workflow, the QuickBooks and Xero integration depth that matters, and the six-component process that keeps finance and operations aligned.
Production 
Inventory 
Wholesale 
PLM 
Production How cut and sew manufacturing works, from tech pack and pattern making to fabric sourcing, sampling, and production, plus how to vet a factory.
Production 
Production 
Ecommerce A comparison of six ecommerce platforms for apparel brands, including Uphance, Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Magento, and Squarespace.
