Cogence for Apparel & Footwear
Bring Better Collections to Market Faster
Cogence connects design, merchandising, product development, sourcing, quality and your factory partners on shared workflows. Line planning, tech packs, sampling, costing, testing and production approvals keep every style on calendar.
- Line Planning
- Design & Concept
- Tech Pack
- Sampling & Fit
- Costing & Sourcing
- Pre-production
- Production & Delivery
The challenge
Hundreds of styles, many factories, one calendar
Every season brings hundreds of styles. Each one goes through rounds of samples, fit comments, costing negotiations and lab tests with factories across the world. When that runs on spreadsheets, email and tech packs passed back and forth, milestones slip, costs creep and quality issues surface too late.
Cogence gives every style a shared workflow, from line plan to shipment, with your teams and factories working on the same version.
- Every style tracked against its time-and-action calendar
- One current tech pack shared with every factory
- Fewer sample rounds through structured fit comments
- Costs negotiated and approved against target margins
- Testing and compliance cleared before production
Product development
From line plan to approved sample, faster
Cogence orchestrates design and development across merchandising, design, technical design and sourcing, with milestones and approvals at every step.
Line planning & calendars
Plan the line by season, delivery and channel, and track every style against its time-and-action calendar.
Tech packs & specs
Manage tech packs, measurement specs, BOMs, construction details and artwork under version control.
Sampling & fit approval
Request samples, capture fit comments and approvals by round, and see every style's sample status at a glance.
Materials & trims
Develop and approve fabrics, trims and colors, including lab dips and strike-offs, with supplier and test history.
Costing
Request quotes from factories, compare cost breakdowns against targets, and route negotiated costs for approval.
Change control
Manage late design, spec and material changes, and communicate them to the right factories immediately.
Sourcing & factory collaboration
Work with factories and mills as one team
Your factories are an extension of your product team. Cogence gives them a portal to work on the same styles, specs and milestones as you do.
Factory portal
Share tech packs, sample requests, comments, POs and pre-production approvals with factories and mills.
Vendor onboarding & audits
Onboard new vendors, manage social compliance and quality audits, and track corrective actions.
Sustainability & traceability
Collect material, origin and certification data from suppliers to support traceability and sustainability claims.
Quality & compliance
Right first time, every shipment
Cogence makes testing, inspection and corrective action part of the development process, so quality problems are caught before they ship.
Product testing & compliance
Plan and track lab testing for performance, safety and restricted substances, and keep certificates attached to each style.
Inspections
Schedule in-line and final inspections, record results and defects, and manage release decisions.
Returns & corrective action
Trace customer returns and quality complaints back to styles, materials and factories, and drive corrective action.
Better suppliers
Supplier development that pays off every season
The best brands invest in their factories. Cogence structures supplier assessments, capability development and improvement plans, so your supply base gets better season after season.
Supplier developmentCogence Applications
Ready-to-use applications for every step
Cogence includes ready-to-use applications for program management, change management, supplier qualification, audits and corrective action, so your designers and developers can focus on the product.
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