Manufacturing / Apparel & textile manufacturing
Run the production office without growing it
Evos operators run your wholesale order desk, line planning, materials sourcing, and factory compliance end to end. They work inside your own ERP, PLM, and spreadsheets, live within 24 hours.
- Order intake
- Line planning
- Materials sourcing
- Audit clearance
The reality
A booked order touches four desks before it ships, and each one runs on memory and email.
A PO lands from a retailer with a revised size curve. Someone retypes it into the order book, someone else slots it onto a line and rebalances when the buyer pulls the date forward, a third person chases the mill because the shell fabric is two weeks late against the cut date. Meanwhile the brand wants an updated factory audit before the goods move, and the CAP from the last visit still has two open items. None of this lives in one place. It lives in inboxes, an ERP nobody fully trusts, and the production manager's head.
The work is real but it is mostly handoffs and follow-up. When orders double, the only lever the office has ever had is more coordinators, more sourcing admins, more compliance staff. The headcount grows with the order book and the margin does not.
The operators on the desk.
- 01
01
Customer service & order management
Takes the wholesale PO, confirms the size curve and delivery window with the buyer, and pushes the booking into the order book so production can plan against it.
See the operator70% fewer order-admin touches by staff
- 02
02
Production planning & scheduling
Slots the order onto a cut-and-sew line, balances it against capacity and the ship date, and rebuilds the plan when a buyer pulls a delivery forward.
See the operator−50% of production-office time on scheduling
- 03
03
Purchasing & materials sourcing
Works the BOM into POs to mills and trim suppliers, tracks lead times against the cut date, and re-sources when fabric runs late so the line never starves.
See the operator−40% of sourcing-admin effort per season
- 04
04
Compliance & social audit management
Keeps the factory audit-ready, schedules BSCI and SMETA audits, closes out CAP items, and files brand approvals so nothing blocks the order from shipping.
See the operator−60% of compliance-admin effort per audit cycle
The after
The production office runs the order book at volume without adding people.
Operators carry each PO from booking to ship date — confirming size runs, balancing lines, sourcing materials, and clearing compliance on your own systems. Staff handle the exceptions and the relationships.
- Half the production-office hours come off scheduling
- Materials in house before the cut date, with late fabric re-sourced automatically
- Factories stay audit-ready, so compliance never stalls a shipment
The operators in detail.
What each does, its purpose, and the performance you can expect. See the full catalogue.
4 / 4 operators
| № | Operator | Industry | Sub-industry | Description | Purpose | Exp. performance | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Production planning & scheduling | Manufacturing | Apparel & textile manufacturing | Owns cut-and-sew scheduling, line balancing, and seasonal order allocation end to end. | Lines balanced, seasonal deliveries hit market windows. | −50% of production-office time on scheduling | Retailer pulls forward delivery; line plan rebuilt, fabric staged, delivery date confirmed. |
| 002 | Purchasing & materials sourcing | Manufacturing | Apparel & textile manufacturing | Owns fabric, trim, and sundry procurement, sampling, and vendor management end to end. | All materials in house before cut date. | −40% of sourcing-admin effort per season | Fabric delayed from mill; alternate fabric sourced, approved by design, cut date preserved. |
| 003 | Customer service & order management | Manufacturing | Apparel & textile manufacturing | Owns wholesale order intake, size-run confirmations, and shipment-window management end to end. | Retailers receive correct orders in their delivery windows. | −70% of order-admin touches by staff | Retailer revises size curve post-booking; order updated, production adjusted, confirmation issued. |
| 004 | Compliance & social audit management | Manufacturing | Apparel & textile manufacturing | Owns factory audit scheduling, compliance documentation, and brand approval submissions end to end. | Factories audit-ready, no compliance blocks on orders. | −60% of compliance-admin effort per audit cycle | Brand demands updated factory audit; scheduled, CAP tracked, approval submitted before order ships. |
Put your production office on operators
Connect your ERP and PLM and the desk is running on your orders within 24 hours.