The SupplyCompass Blog
SupplyCompass has changed and we explain why we've pivoted from being a sourcing agent to a software company.
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New In
How do you navigate the path towards sustainability when you need to juggle vast amounts of information as well as people spread around the globe? We suggest a three-phase approach that balances short-term goals with long term visions and is fair, inclusive, holistic and hyper-conscious of the role brands play in the convoluted fashion system.
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Collaborative Production is a term we often use at SupplyCompass for several reasons. We explain why this mode of working goes far beyond the traditional model, by stressing communication and workflows that produce the most efficient, sustainable results for everyone involved.
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Systems thinking is an approach — or philosophy — to problem-solving that views 'problems' as part of a wider, dynamic system. We break down why the fashion industry needs to be viewed through a systems thinking lens and our role as a business and enabler.
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Top stories
There’s a whole host of different fashion software out there that caters to businesses of all different shapes and sizes, each focused on solving specific challenges, driving better team collaboration, and streamlining processes.
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I've been thinking a lot about how fast things have changed in the fashion industry since we started SupplyCompass - obviously no more than last year—seasons, systems thinking and sustainability.
The SupplyCompass Co:Lab is a hub created for the fashion industry to discover, play, learn, and connect. Joining the dots across the complex global ecosystem, we are building the Co:Lab for anyone who envisions a more interconnected, collaborative and responsible future for fashion
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Features
Tech Talks
Spotlights software and technology companies at the forefront of cutting-edge innovation through the lens of fashion and supply chains.
SupplyCompass speaks to Abbie Morris, Founder of Compare Ethics. Compare Ethics is the platform that builds trust and transparency through sustainable product verification. They turn sustainable product data into increased revenues via their verification technology and product impact measurements.
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SupplyCompass speaks to Stephanie Benedetto, CEO & Co-Founder of Queen of Raw. Queen of Raw matches buyers with sellers, where unused textiles are sold quickly and easily at lower price points, giving people access to materials that they never had before
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Perspectives
SupplyCompass series that focuses on our supply chain partners operating at the intersection between innovation, efficiency and sustainability, to help shape more inclusive conversations in the fashion industry.
SupplyCompass speaks to Eric Firmann, Co-Founder of Re: Down, a business recycling post-consumer down and feathers for insulation in the apparel and bedding industries. He walks us through their innovative process, how they have coped through the pandemic, and what his visions for a circular industry are.
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SupplyCompass speaks to Marieke Lenders, the Program Lead of Circular Apparel at Enviu. Our conversation focuses on Enviu’s Reweave Venture Studio, an initiative building disruptive and impactful ventures looking to drive the fashion sector towards a circular and fair value chain in India.
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In Conversation With
Highlights fashion businesses from around the globe who are balancing people, profit and planet, and are leading the way when it comes to responsible business.
SupplyCompass speaks to Stuart McCullough, Managing Director of The Woolmark Company—the global authority on wool. The Woolmark Company connects the global apparel and textile supply chain on behalf of about 60,000 woolgrowers that help fund the not-for-profit company.
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SupplyCompass speaks to Josh Bowden, Co-Founder of noissue, a New Zealand-headquartered sustainable packaging company that’s changing the status quo when it comes to e-commerce packaging.
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SupplyCompass speaks to The Curated, a Scandinavian-based company focusing on timeless, high quality staples. Primarily known for their coats—which are quickly taking over the Instagram world—they focus on sustainable, affordable luxury and minimal elegance for women.
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SupplyCompass speaks to Good On You, the Emma Watson-approved world-leading source of trusted brand ratings, articles and expertise on ethical and sustainable fashion. Since 2015, they have built a database of thousands of fashion brands, all assessed against their robust rating system for their impact on people, the planet and animals.
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SupplyCompass sits down with Gertjan Meijer, CCO of Arch & Hook, to talk about how the company began, their sustainable products, the effects COVID-19 has had on their business, and what sustainability means to them.
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Platform updates
After some major product feature launches in Jan, we’ve been busy since making lots of small, but important updates. Here's a round-up of our 6 hottest new features released in the last month
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SupplyCompass launches an in-platform chat feature, for real-time communication among global fashion teams with their manufacturers. The future of Supply Chain Communication!
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Current ways of managing sampling make it harder than it needs to be. We’ve been working closely with hundreds of brands and manufacturers for over a year to design, build and launch a new way to manage the sampling process. One that works for both brands and manufacturers.
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Production
There's growing pressure on brands and their factories to delight and meet the ever-evolving expectations of the digitally savvy, increasingly climate-conscious fashion consumer. They're reacting by designing and producing smaller collections faster and dropping new lines more frequently. A fresh approach to selling requires a fresh approach to producing.
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Our moodboard feature isn’t a moodboard as you know it. You can use it not just as a collaborative inspiration sharing tool, but also as a sourcing pack with your factory, for sharing and commenting on quality assurance images, and to gather and share customer feedback with your factory!
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As a brand, you want to deliver your customers the best quality product at an affordable price point, yet you also need to make sure it can be a profitable line for your business. Products need to fall into a specific RRP price point, so finding ways to maximise your margin needs to come from the design. Here we look at 5 top tips to help you maximise your profitability.
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Circularity
Mehathab Joharullah, Production Manager at SupplyCompass shares her thoughts and learnings in the circular economy space and what it means for the future of fashion.
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At the 9th Future Fabrics Expo held recently in London, SupplyCompass attended a seminar which sought to examine circularity through the lens of recycling.
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Traditional paper is made from wood pulp, and although it’s possible to make paper from other types of plant such as cotton, bamboo and hemp, about 95% of the raw material used to make paper comes from trees.
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Materials
Our guides have been downloaded hundreds of times and we’ve received some brilliant positive feedback from design and production teams.
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Think you know wool? Think again. These innovative product developments will change the way you work with wool. From innovations reducing the impact of end products, to driving the adoption of cleaner process and technologies within the supply chain, this is Merino wool, but not as you know it.
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With technological advances comes material innovation. Biomaterials can be found in multidisciplinary industries with different functions and uses.
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Technology
The SupplyCompass Co:Lab is a hub created for the fashion industry to discover, play, learn, and connect. Joining the dots across the complex global ecosystem, we are building the Co:Lab for anyone who envisions a more interconnected, collaborative and responsible future for fashion
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We sit down for a rapid-fire Tech Talk with Yazan Malkosh, Founder and CEO of digital materials marketplace Swatchbook.
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PLM System isn’t a nice-to-have anymore. It’s essential for fashion brands. We compare the top 5 PLM software companies.
Webinars & Events
We recently hosted a webinar featuring Browzwear, Swatchbook and WAIR about how 3D and the inclusion of digitalization have evolved in the fashion industry, and what the future looks like for a more technologically capable industry.
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We recently hosted a webinar with Stephanie Benedetto, Co-Founder of Queen of Raw, an NYC-based technology company with a marketplace solution that matches fashion organizations looking to offload excess fabrics with buyers interested in high quality sustainable and affordable textiles.
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We recently hosted a webinar with the #1 sustainability ratings and discovery platform for fashion, Good On You, and the online luxury fashion retailer, Farfetch. Our panellists sought to explore how the critical growth of sustainability in fashion is shaped by consumer choices and business innovation.
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Storytellers
Co-Founder at SupplyCompass
Flora is Head of Product & Co-Founder of SupplyCompass and is responsible for the vision and direction of this platform. Flora is passionate about reimagining how the fashion ecosystem can work more openly and collaboratively together, and sees the shift in emphasis towards stronger partnerships between brand and factory, as foundational to the transformation of the industry.
Guest Contributor
Aly is a footwear and accessories designer from London College of Fashion with a specialised focus on disassembly and circularity within footwear design. Since graduating she has worked for Stella McCartney, Two Degrees, McQ Alexander McQueen and Ganni.
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Brooke Roberts-Islam is an award-winning digital knitwear designer and consultant and Co-Founder of BRIA. She is also a "fashion-tech" and sustainability writer for Forbes.com, Chaos 69, Eco Age and Techstyler—a publishing platform she founded—sharing opinions and interviews from the crossroads of these sectors.
Sustainability and Marketing at SupplyCompass
Nayanika is a designer, writer and illustrator with experience across design activism, sustainable supply chains, craft production, and circular economies. She graduated from the prestigious MA Fashion Futures program at London College of Fashion with a Distinction in 2019.
Guest Contributor
Lisa Griplas is The Woolmark Company’s Global Editor, where she has worked for close to a decade. Her passion for conscious consumption and igniting positive change within the fashion and textile industry aligns with the ethos of the global authority on wool, creating content across the supply chain to build demand for nature’s original eco fibre – Merino wool.
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Elly Strang is digital editor at noissue, which provides custom, sustainable packaging at low minimum order quantities. She’s passionate about e-commerce, the art of branding, and ways businesses can reduce their impact on the world.
Head of Supply Chain
Srishti has 11+ years of experience working in the fashion value chain including manufacturing, retail, operations, and strategy consulting. She has worked with global retailers on large-scale projects to set up responsive supply chains and implement technologies i.e. PLM and ERP systems.
Co-Founder & CEO at SupplyCompass
Gus is responsible for driving sustainable growth across the business. He believes that the best route to creating seismic change within the global fashion manufacturing industry is to find virtuous loops that drive improvements for people, planet and profit.
Head of PR at SupplyCompass
Roxane has been delivering integrated PR campaigns for world number ones and challenger brands for over a decade. With a career that spans the UK and Australia, she has extensive experience in consumer and corporate PR, experiential and events, and influencer engagement.
Senior Account Manager at SupplyCompass
With a background in sustainability and responsible production, Hannah has project management experience in factories in Nepal and Cambodia. She has managed 20+ brands with SupplyCompass and is focused on continually discovering materials and processes less harmful to producers and the planet.
Assistant Project Manager
Mehathab has worked in sustainable sourcing for over 5 years, developing her career in ethical textile supply chains in both London and India. At SupplyCompass, she works to create high-impact projects by providing transparency, sharing knowledge, and breaking preconceptions in sustainable manufacturing.
Guest Contributor
Shaunie Brett is a thought leader, coach and consultant in sustainable clothing consumption. Through content and campaigns she helps citizens navigate the world of sustainable shopping, and as founder of Sussed Consulting she helps brands design transformative customer connections and experiences.
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Margo is a brand marketing manager with a focus on sustainability and collaborations in fashion, currently working for adidas’ Global Brand Comms team in Germany. She is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper in the Frankfurt, Germany hub.
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