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Production Sampling and the Green Quadrant
Selected ExcerptsFrom 2009 AATCC Conference
Dan RandallColorways 3/11/2009
2009 Color of the Year
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Color Technologies thatSave Money and the Planet
• Shade Bands with fewer Hands
• The $15 Sample Garment
• Virtual QC Check at the DC
Memories of Charleston
• Number of lab dips produced per year for Retail/Brand companies in the USA: 5,475,398
• Cost of producing these dips: • $481,835,024
• Cost of sending by courier: >$20,000,000
• Dips 5,475,398 x 4” size = 345 miles of dips end to end.
1 – Retailer A Production Sampling
• <2002 All SBs were sampled and expedited to Retailer’s Offices
• 2002-Present: Shift from Physical to Electronic Sampling
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2008 Shade Band results
• Total SBs tested: 104,529• Total Approved: 82,769 (~80%
passing)• SB Physicals : 22,250
• SBs not requiring physicals: 82,279• Savings in shipping costs: $2.9M
2002-Present
• Shade Bands – Electronic: 464,200• Saving to Suppliers, shipping: $16.3M
• Lab Dips – 9,500 /month = 114,000 / year– 40% electronic = 45,600 – Savings in shipping cost: $1.6M
• Total Cost Savings in Shipping: $27.5M
2 - The $15 Sample Garment
• Lifesize• Color Accurate• Realistic
Did I mention they are printed on paper?
Visualize the collection
Garment MappingWith just one suitable plain ‘donor’ garment ……
and a pattern repeat in an electronic file……
orStripe dimensions….
and the required shades…….
Virtual Garments, Savings in..
Transporting SamplesTime-consuming Admin.
Making-up into garments
Slides courtesy of
3 - Virtual QC Check at the DC
• Sampling garments that are not measurable
• Denim, prints, for example
Communicating Quality
Photos courtesy of
Environmental Benefits
• Difficult to calculate exactly
• Approximate by– Shipping Process– Fuel Consumption– GHG (CO2) output
One Package from Suzhou
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One Package from Suzhou
• Shanghai to Anchorage – 4,331 miles – 8.75 hrs– 8,500 gal Fuel
One Package from Suzhou
• Anchorage to Memphis Superhub – 3,142 miles – 6.25 hrs– 4,700 gal Fuel
One Package from Suzhou
• Memphis to Tulsa – 411 miles – 0.9 hrs– 675 gal Fuel
• Tulsa to Retailer– 101 miles, Truck– 7 MPG = 14.4 gal
One Package from Suzhou
• Total: 8,035 miles• Fuel Consumption:
– 13,889 gallons
• 4.6B gallons annually for shipping• 2.5B US deliveries• 2.4B Tons CO2 from US deliveries
Just ask yourself….
• Do I really need that 3rd Lab Dip?
• Do I really need to dip every color in the palette?
• Am I working toward digital color processes that reduce physical sampling?
We thank you
And the Planet Thanks you