Strategic Planning and Apparel/Sewn Products

Operations Consulting Services



 Operations Consulting

One of the largest obstacles manufacturers and retailers face is aligning functional areas with overall business strategies. The organizations that can achieve this become true industry leaders. Using our proven methodology, [TC]² can help identify improvements that impact the bottom line. Focus areas include:

  • Developing Full Package Production Capabilities

  • Streamlining Product Development

  • Implementing Lean Manufacturing

  • Strategic IT Planning

[TC]²'s operations consulting staff offers a comprehensive range of services targeted specifically to the needs of Latin America to lower operating costs and improve production efficiencies. These services include:

  • Industrial engineering

  • Modular manufacturing

  • Work-in-process control

  • Mechanics' training
  • Methods Analysis and Improvement

  • Supervisor training & development

  • Quality assurance systems

  • Material utilization

[TC]² tailors its offerings to meet the specific needs of the customer and gears its programs to deliver visible, bottom line business improvements.

Product Development Process Consulting

[TC]²’s methodology for improving sewn product development processes, and preparing companies for PDM implementations, is driven by mapping process timelines and stakeholders rather than creating linear flow-charts. Value stream mapping illustrates time graphically and highlights opportunities for concurrent processing. It focuses on task ownership and creates a common language for product development and collaborating teams.

Supply Chain Consulting


Apparel Quick Response Model

Transitioning from two-way Quick Response partnerships to collaborative supply chains requires changes that can be greatly facilitated by a neutral party. [TC]² is uniquely equipped to assist in this culture change. Using sewn products industry business models and simulation tools, [TC]² will document and demonstrate improved processes.

  • Supply Chain Mapping – Business models are used for business process improvement, communication of supply chain goals, and education for new employees or inter-enterprise teams. These models represent generic processes that 80% of the industry uses and have been created for fiber, textile, apparel, and retail companies, as well as a logistics model. They can be tailored to a specific company or supply chain to graphically display the business and production process steps.

  • Sourcing and Replenishment Analysis - Using the Sourcing Simulator, [TC]² can analyze supply chains consisting of consumer goods manufacturers and retailers to show the financial and service level benefits of various sourcing strategies and varying consumer demand. The Sourcing Simulator demonstrates the financial results of product assortments, changes in lead-time, forecast uncertainty and vendor performance in the supply chain.

  • Textile Supply chain Game Role Playing Textile Supply Chain Game Role Playing
    Supply Chain Education - [TC]² can demonstrate how current business practices affect suppliers and customers in the supply chain. New practices and processes can be simulated through role-playing with the Textile Supply Chain Game, which players simulate how their decisions at each point in the pipeline affect raw material inventory, finished goods inventory, and backlogs.


    AMTEX Demand Activated Manufacturing Architecture (DAMA) project was completed in 2001. Final reports are available at techexchange.com.