Apparel makes up over one-third of distributor sales, per the Counselor 2018 State of the Industry Report. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could streamline all those orders to make a third of your business more efficient?


Well, you can if you know what to look for when picking an apparel supplier. Be sure to ask your partners about these five key features, and your order fulfillment will be even easier this year.

Believe it or not, you can showcase top styles across multiple brands without having to work with multiple suppliers. Instead, choose one supplier that partners with the biggest brand names in the biz. That way, you can showcase styles from different vendors without having to work with additional companies and complicate your ordering process.

 

For instance, Scalable Press is proud to be integrated with some of the most prominent apparel providers in the industry, including S&S Activewear, SanMar and alphabroder. When you order from Scalable Press, you get access to all the styles offered by their partners while only placing one order; they’ll do the heavy lifting for you. Think of them as the silent partner you didn’t realize you needed and don’t know how you ever lived without.

Raise your hand if you’ve ever placed multiple product orders for the same project. It’s OK, you’re not the only one. If your apparel provider doesn’t offer the decoration method you need, you have to ship your goods to a third-party decorator and keep track of yet another shipment. While this may not seem like a big deal, you’re effectively doubling the orders you need to manage – which means double the work for you.

 

Instead, work with a supplier that consolidates it all for you, cutting your workload in half. Scalable Press works behind the scenes to figure out the decoration logistics for you. The result? You’ll only ever get one product order from them, no matter where your apparel needs to be decorated.

You heard correctly. Not only does Scalable Press handle outside decorating for you, they’re also fully equipped to handle the most popular decorating methods under their own roof! If your clients need one of these customization methods, your order will be in great hands with these best-in-class services:

Screen Printing

  • 1,000+ products available
  • Up to 8 print colors
  • Typically 3-7 day turnaround

DTG Printing

  • 100+ products available
  • Unlimited print colors
  • Typically 3-5 day turnaround

Digital Printing

  • 4 paper types available
  • Unlimited print colors
  • 72 hour turnaround

Sublimation

  • 20+ products available
  • Unlimited print colors
  • 72 hour turnaround

Embroidery

  • 1,000+ products available
  • Up to 15 print colors
  • Typically 3-5 day turnaround

If fast turnaround is an area of improvement for you, we’ve got one word for you: location, location, location. You can serve apparel customers in any state and offer the same blazing-fast turnaround times to all of them just by looking at your supplier’s distribution centers.
 

Got a need for speed? When you place an order with Scalable Press, your order is automatically routed to whichever of their four nationwide locations is closest to your client. Add their average turnaround of 72 hours on all their product types and you’re looking at faster fulfillment than ever before.
 

The best part? You don’t need to figure out the shipping logistics yourself. Scalable Press does it all for you automatically.

San Francisco, CA
Headquarters
Fresno, CA
Production facility
Fremont, CA
Administrative offices
Dallas, TX
Production facility
Indianapolis, IN
Production facility
Scranton, PA
Production facility

When you don’t know where your orders are, neither do your clients – and they dislike being left in the dark just as much as you. Improve your client relationships and build trust by providing tracking updates every step of the way. Your clients will appreciate the extra communication and be more likely to work with you again.
 

It’s easy to offer tracking updates when your supplier already sends them to you. Take a look at Scalable Press – they give each order a unique barcode that’s scanned at every stage of production, giving you on-the-pulse updates on where your clients’ garments are.

The more manual touchpoints there are on a project, the more chances there are for human error. This is true for any business. You can reduce the possibility of mistakes for your apparel orders by choosing a high-tech supplier with automated processes. They’ll be able to provide the most accurate projects possible and reduce the steps involved in fulfilling each order.

 

To see what we mean, learn from one supplier who does it best: Scalable Press utilizes pioneering technology to track all of their orders and increase speed in order fulfillment. You can rest assured no detail, no matter how small, will fall through the cracks.