Why we built StitchLogic

We built StitchLogic because factories find out too late. Everything you need to see a delay coming is already on your floor every day — but nobody has the half hour to work it out, so the problem is found only when it is too big to fix.

We have spent years on garment factory floors. Not in an office reading reports. On the floor, in the evening, when the day’s output is counted.

In every factory, three people already know what is happening.

Three people each hold one piece, and nobody joins them up Three boxes across the top. The supervisor holds today's output. The merchant holds the buyer's delivery date. The register holds yesterday's numbers. Three lines run down from the boxes and meet at a coral dashed box below, which reads: nobody joins it up. Underneath, a line saying the delay shows up in month two. The point is that the information already exists in the factory but is never put together. Who already knows Supervisor Today’s output Merchant The buyer’s delivery date The register Yesterday’s numbers Nobody joins it up. So the delay is found in month two.
Nothing is missing here. It is just never added up.

Why nobody adds it up

A factory can be running 150 colours at the same time.

150 colours running, two that need you today A grid of 150 small squares, one for every colour a factory can have in production at the same time. All of them are a plain grey-blue except two, which are coral and ringed. Below the grid, two labels: 150 colours in the factory right now, and 2 that need you today. The point is that almost every colour is fine and only a couple need a decision. Every colour on your floor today 150 colours All of them running. All of them have a date. 2 need you today The rest are fine. Leave them alone.
On most days only a couple of colours need a decision. The hard part is finding which two.

A delay is small for a long time

When you find out an order will be late Two timelines running to the same delivery date. On the first, marked "now", you find out close to the delivery date. It is labelled TOO LATE, only a short stretch of time is left to act, and the costs listed are air freight, discount and overtime. On the second, marked "with StitchLogic", you find out near the beginning. It is labelled IN TIME, a long stretch of time is left to act, and the cost listed is one phone call. When you find out an order will be late Delivery date Now TOO LATE Air freight. Discount. Overtime. With StitchLogic IN TIME One phone call.
The order is the same. The only difference is when you know. The coloured part of each line is the time you still have to do something about it.

What we saw on the floor

This is not a technology problem. It is a time problem. So we built the half hour.

What it does

The three steps, from the supervisor's phone to the two orders Three panels left to right, joined by arrows. One: the supervisor types the day's output on his phone, on the floor, in under a minute a line. Two: it does the sums for every colour against every delivery date, already done before you ask. Three, marked in coral: you get the two orders that need you today, not a list of all 150. The point is that the owner's work drops from a long list to two decisions. How it works 1 Type it in On his phone, on the floor. Under a minute a line. 2 It does the sums Every colour, against every delivery date. Done before you ask. 3 Two orders The two that need you today. Not a list of all 150.
Nothing else in the factory changes. Only the half hour nobody had.

You do not need more reports. You need to know sooner.

Try this tomorrow. Pick one order going out next month. Using only what your factory already wrote down, work out whether it will be ready in time. Note how long it takes you. Now multiply that by every colour you are running. That is the problem we removed. See it done for all of them.

Common questions

Why do garment factories find out about a delay so late?

Because nobody does the sum every day. The delay is small at first and looks normal. By the time it is big enough to see, the only options left are overtime, air freight or a discount.

Do I have to change how my factory works?

No. Your team keeps working the same way. The one change is that the day’s output is typed into a phone instead of a register.

Will my supervisors be able to use it?

If they can send a WhatsApp message, yes. They tap the line, tap the colour, type the pieces. That is the whole job.

Can I use it in Hindi?

Yes. You can ask it questions in Hindi or English.

Do I have to stop using what I use now?

No. StitchLogic sits on top of whatever you already have, and everything comes out in Excel when you need it.

What does it cost?

There is a free plan with no expiry. Every new account gets three months of everything free, with no card. After that it is ₹60,000 a year for the whole company — any number of users, lines and factories.

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