MEET JOANNA
Joanna Ringe-Buttell – your clothing supply chain expert
Hello and welcome to JRB Technical Services — where design visions are transformed into wearable and functional perfection.
My name is Joanna, and with 35 years of experience in the clothing supply chain, I could write a book about it! However, I’ll cut to the chase with a little background about myself.
As a child, I grew up surrounded by fashion; my grandparents owned a lingerie business, and my mum was a talented seamstress who worked with esteemed clients such as Saks Fifth Avenue and the fabulous British designer Jenny McDowell.
Clothing wasn’t just in my blood – it was embedded in my DNA...
35
Years of Experience
50+
Projects Completed
100+
Happy Customers
What can JRB Technical Services provide for your company?
The aim of JRB is to support supply chains for both retail & manufacturers in the clothing business (fashion & corporate wear) when they have a shortfall in staff, or as a supplement to their existing teams with the following services.
Product Development
This is our full-service package, we will take your designs from beautiful flat drawings through to a 1st sample, utilising either your sample room or factory.
This service includes a product briefing session, a face-to-face risk assessment & production method review, complete tech pack writing (see Tech Pack Writing service for full details) sample ordering, follow through & full documented garment inspection on sample arrival.
Block Library Development
We will create a go-to library of factory friendly, full tech packs, this could be a whole silhouette library or just a specific product category. By creating a block library, you are not only creating a starting point for designers and future Product developers, speeding up sampling, but you are also safeguarding the integrity of your brands fits/sizing.
Process Assessment
Have you ever wondered why your design boards look better than the finished garments, even after multiple emails and calls with your factory, sampling is slow and you’re just not seeing the fabulous samples you were expecting?
Processes are often the key to right 1st time samples, let us take a systematic review of your design to production processes, following our assessment a full report will be provided highlighting areas for possible process realignments, along with a roadmap to making improvements.
Tech Pack Writing
Using your designs, we will create full, factory friendly tech packs with colour and black/white illustrations, our TPs contain detailed/annotated flat drawings, highlighting all feature areas with enlarged annotated illustrations, a fully graded size chart with a Points of Measurement illustration, a Bill of Materials, care instructions, labelling and packaging details.
Remember – the more detailed a tech pack = the more accurate your factories quotes will be, skimping on not supplying your factory with a great tech pack will cost your business more in the long run.
Fitting Sessions Support
Fit sessions are key in the development of any apparel item, we can cover any fit session for you, either onsite at your premises or offsite at your client’s offices.
Detailed fit comments with supporting photos will be provided within 1 working day of each fit session.
3rd Party Production Inspections
Inline inspections & finished bulk production AQL inspections are vital process for ensuring your brands goods meet all the criteria set out in the tech packs & approved seal samples.
We can provide support in both areas, covering local and offshore factories, all inspections are carried out to ISO/IEC 17020:2012 standards
Client Feedback Gathering
This is a very specific service, targeting wearer trails, which feature mainly in the corporate uniform world and can take your teams across design, fabric and development away from their day jobs, sometimes at business-critical times.
Following a product briefing session with you, we will visit your client’s business sites and speak with the trail wearers to ascertain their feelings and comments on the products being trialled. Covering subjects such as - fit, fabrics, functionality/practicality, styling, care of the wearer trail garments.
A full detailed report, including supporting photos will be provided within 1 working day of each site visit.
Pattern Cutting/Grading (Gerber)
Whether you require 1st patterns or a fully graded size set, look no further, with over 20 years’ experience in creative digital pattern cutting & grading JRB is your businesses digital pattern solution.
All patterns can be either supplied on a pen drive or sent digitally directly into your Gerber user inbox.
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