How One Order Moves Through Six Specialist Units, and Who Checks Each Handover

Short answer: we are an export house, not a single plant. Each stage of your order is done by a unit that specialises in that one job. We write the spec, book each stage, check the goods at every handover, and ship as exporter of record. If anything is wrong, you deal with us.

The six stages

Then comes the final inspection to AQL 2.5, packing, and dispatch to Cochin.

Why work this way

A unit that only weaves is good at weaving. A unit that only dyes is good at dyeing. Using the right specialist for each stage gives a better result than asking one plant to do everything adequately.

It also lets us make towels, bed linen and robes for the same buyer, because each product can go to the units that suit it. One plant can rarely do all three well.

What it means for you

• One order, several products. Bed, bath and robes on one purchase order, one invoice and one shipment.
• Smaller runs. Trial runs from 500 pieces, and bed linen and white robes from 50 pieces per size.
• One party responsible. Your contract, your invoice and your bill of lading all carry our name.
• Checks along the way. A shade problem is caught after dyeing, not after 2,000 pieces are stitched.

The honest downside

More handovers mean more places for delay. A stage that runs late pushes the next. That is why we quote 30 to 45 days and build in the handover time, and why late artwork or a changed spec costs more time with us than you might expect. We manage this by booking stages ahead and following the order daily, and we tell you early if a date is at risk.

What we don't tell you

We don't name the units or publish what each stage costs. That knowledge is how we keep prices where they are, and it is the one part of our business we keep to ourselves. You are welcome to see your order in production by arrangement.

What we don't claim

You will not read that we own a mill or a dye house, because we don't. We also don't claim certificates that belong to the units. OEKO-TEX Standard 100 is available on certified lines. Organic and social audit certificates sit with specific certified units and are confirmed per order.

Where responsibility sits

That table is the point of an export house.

Read more

For how this differs from a factory or an agent, see export house vs factory vs trading agent. For the timeline, see the 60 days after you approve a sample. Our why Anabyn page sets out what we add. To see it on a real order, ask us for a quote.