Tech Pack Guide — What Factories Need

A tech pack is the technical brief that lets a manufacturer sample and produce without guessing. Incomplete packs create sample ping-pong, weak quotes, and bulk risk. This guide lists what B2B buyers should include when sending files to Rekhi Sports in Sialkot for OEM programmes — and what still helps when ODM development is required. Since 2003 we have asked for clear packs because clear packs protect both sides of the sealed standard.

You do not need a perfect corporate template on day one. You do need the decisions that affect cutting, sewing, decoration, and packing. Prefer a simple complete pack over a beautiful incomplete one.

Core contents of a usable tech pack

Include flat sketches or clear photos of the garment from front and back. Add construction callouts for seams, hems, neck finishes, pockets, and special operations. Provide a bill of materials direction: fabric family and GSM target, main and contrast panels, rib or binding, and critical trims. Attach graded size chart with units and measurement method. Include artwork files for logos, placements, and colour references.

Stitching and tolerance notes prevent arguments later. If you have a previous sealed sample code or season reference, include it. Version your files with dates so revisions do not collide.

• Sketches or photo references — silhouette and details.
• Construction notes — how the garment is built.
• Materials direction — fabric, GSM, trims.
• Graded measurements — sizes and method.
• Artwork and placement — logos, numbers, colours.
• Labelling and packing — private label and carton rules.

Artwork and colour standards

Vector logos travel better than screenshots. State print or embroidery size and distance from landmarks. For sublimation, provide engineered artwork matched to pattern pieces when possible. Colour should reference Pantone or physical standards when brand accuracy matters. Note thread colours for embroidery separately from print colours when both exist.

If marketing and product teams use different file versions, appoint one owner. Factories should not have to choose between three “final” artworks in one inbox.

Packing and compliance notes belong in the pack

Export programmes fail when packing is treated as an afterthought. Include assortment ratios, polybag rules, carton marks, and any destination labelling requirements you already know. Care instructions and fibre content expectations for labels should be stated when legally or commercially required in your market. We do not invent your compliance obligations; we need you to name what your market demands so packing and labelling can follow.

Incoterms and ship window are commercial fields that often travel with the RFQ even if they sit outside the tech pack PDF. Include them in the same brief.

What if your pack is incomplete?

Say what is missing. ODM support can help develop pattern and fabric direction, but only if priorities are clear. A partial pack plus honest gaps is better than a fake complete pack with invented measurements. Do not copy random internet size charts into a tech pack and call them yours without testing.

Low MOQ pilots still need enough detail to seal a useful standard. A pilot built on ambiguity teaches the wrong lesson about bulk.

How Rekhi Sports uses your pack

We review feasibility, ask clarifying questions, and propose a sampling path. Fit and decorated samples lead to a sealed standard. Bulk follows that standard. Measurement and decoration checks protect it. Packing executes your written rules. Related guides cover size charts, fabric, GSM, printing, sublimation, and OEM versus ODM path choice.

Upload or attach the pack through Get Quote channels suited to file size. Email works for formal threads; WhatsApp can flag that a pack was sent. Keep one programme reference in the subject so revisions attach correctly.

Tech packs are not bureaucracy. They are how professional buyers buy manufacturing. The clearer the pack, the faster a Sialkot factory can respond with a quote and sample plan that means something. Rekhi Sports would rather spend time sewing your sealed standard than decoding contradictions. Send the decisions once, version them carefully, and approve deliberately — then bulk has a contract it can follow.

If you need a checklist for your internal team, use the bullet list above as a gate before any RFQ leaves your office. Programmes that pass that gate waste less calendar time and protect seasons better than programmes that treat the tech pack as optional paperwork.

Internal gates before the pack leaves your office

Create a one-page internal gate: sketches present, graded chart attached, materials direction stated, artwork vectorised, placements dimensioned, packing notes drafted, path named OEM or ODM, destination listed. If any box fails, the RFQ waits. That habit protects seasons more than any urgent subject line.

Appoint a single pack owner who merges marketing and product comments before files reach the factory. Contradictory stakeholder emails are not the manufacturer’s job to referee. Factories should execute a coherent package, not host your internal debate.

After sealing, store the pack and sample photos with the style code. On reorder, send the sealed reference rather than rebuilding from memory. Memory drifts. Files should not. When a change is required, issue a revision with a new version number and a short change log — what moved, what stayed.

Rekhi Sports reviews packs for manufacturability and will ask questions where risks appear. Welcome those questions. They are cheaper than bulk defects. A tech pack is successful when a skilled factory can cut without inventing decisions you forgot to write down.