The Complete Garment Production Process

Every MILAY order follows the same eight-stage workflow regardless of MOQ. The workflow is boring on purpose — it is the only way to promise a brand partner a delivery date ten weeks out and actually hit it.

Stage 1 — Brief & tech pack

Everything starts with a document. The tech pack locks fabric, trims, measurements, stitch types and packaging. We read it together with the brand, flag ambiguities, and issue a sign-off before we spend a single rupee on fabric.

Stage 2 — Fabric sourcing

Fabric is ordered from mills we have already audited. Rolls arrive with a mill certificate and go straight to our inspection table — 4-point system for woven fabrics, GSM and shrinkage checks for knits. Rolls that fail are sent back to the mill before any bundle is made.

Stage 3 — Sampling

We run three sample rounds: a proto to check the silhouette, a fit sample to check the grade, and a PP (pre-production) sample to lock the final spec. The PP sample becomes the reference for the bulk line — any piece in the PO that deviates from it is a defect.

Stage 4 — Cutting

The marker is validated against the approved tech pack. Layers are cut by CNC or hand depending on fabric; every bundle is ticketed so we can trace any garment back to its roll and its layer. This is where we catch marker mistakes before they cost us a whole PO.

Stage 5 — Stitching

Bundles move to the stitching floor and split into operations — single-needle, overlock, flatlock, button-hole, bartack. Supervisors audit at every critical operation and the daily defect dashboard tells us whether any line is drifting before it becomes an end-of-day problem.

Stage 6 — Quality control

QC is not a final step — it runs in parallel with stitching. In-line inspectors catch defects at the source and route them back to the responsible operator. A final AQL 2.5 audit at end-of-line is the last gate before the garment is folded and packed.

Stage 7 — Finishing & packaging

Pressing, folding, hangtag attachment, polybagging, carton packing — every step to spec. Packaging is a touchpoint, not an afterthought. For private label orders we apply the brand's own labels, tags and polybags; for export orders we build carton stacks ready for the master packing list.

Stage 8 — Dispatch

Final documentation — invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, bank docs — is prepared in-house. Cartons load onto the vehicle the same day they are finished. For international orders we hand over to our vetted freight partners with copies of every document the destination customs will ask for.

None of this is exotic. It works because it is the same every time.