Costing, Margins & Production Planning
The math behind your product — material costs, factory quotes, delivery timelines and the levers that protect your margin at volume.
Open Costing Template
An open-costing template that breaks a factory quote into its real components — fabric, trims, labor, overhead and margin — so you can see what you’re actually paying for and where there’s room to negotiate. Open costing is how serious brands turn an opaque “price” into a line-by-line conversation, and this is the worksheet that gets you there.
Landed Cost Calculator
A landed-cost calculator that takes you from ex-works price to the true cost of a unit in your warehouse — freight, duty, insurance, handling and the small charges that quietly erode margin. Price your product off the EXW number and you’ll bleed margin; this worksheet makes the real figure visible before you commit to an order.
Sourcing Cash Flow Guide
A practical guide to model, shrink and fund the sourcing cash gap: map deposits and balances to sell-through, stress-test payment terms, MOQs and drop timing, and avoid hitting the working-capital wall that stalls otherwise healthy brands.
First Sourcing Steps
A free, practical starting point for founders taking their first product to manufacturing — the order of operations from idea to first factory conversation. It lays out what to prepare, what to research, and the early mistakes that quietly cost months, so you arrive at your first supplier looking like someone worth quoting for.
Target Costing Worksheet
Reverse-engineer your costs from the retail price down. Spreadsheet you can copy and adapt. This resource is in production and will be available soon.
Margin Calculator
Wholesale, DTC, and retail. The math behind every channel before you commit to a price. This resource is in production and will be available soon.
Production Timeline Calculator
Plug in your delivery date, get the working-back schedule. Sample, fabric, production, shipping. This resource is in production and will be available soon.
Capacity Booking Framework
How to lock factory capacity ahead of order - and what to do when seasons collide. This resource is in production and will be available soon.
Order Sizing & Curves
Right-sizing the size run. How to allocate units across XS-XXL without dead inventory. This resource is in production and will be available soon.
Material Lead Time Reference
Knit fabric, woven fabric, trims, packaging. How long each takes and what blows your timeline. This resource is in production and will be available soon.
Costing Sheet Template
Editable per-style costing sheet. Materials, trims, labour, overhead, margin - line by line. This resource is in production and will be available soon.
Payment Terms & Currency
LC, TT, deposits, and the FX exposure that quietly eats your margin. This resource is in production and will be available soon.
Negotiation Frameworks
Price, MOQ, lead time, payment terms - what's actually negotiable and the language that moves a factory. This resource is in production and will be available soon.
PO & Contract Template
The documentation layer. PO structure, payment terms, penalty clauses, and remedies. This resource is in production and will be available soon.
Reorder & Replenishment Planning
How to forecast, when to commit, and how to negotiate priority on repeat orders. This resource is in production and will be available soon.