Rough assumptions: - Target throughput: ~200 garments per day per microfactory cell. - Goal: reduce MOQ from hundreds per SKU to <50 units without exploding unit cost. - Production organized into semi-automated cells (cutting, sewing, QC). - Demand signals from online sales feed lightweight forecasting and replenishment.
What I'm unsure about: 1) Is ~200 units/day a realistic throughput for a small semi-automated setup, given changeover, quality, and labor constraints? 2) In practice, what usually dominates unit cost in small apparel production: labor, capex amortization, downtime, or logistics? 3) Have you seen real microfactory attempts succeed or fail, and why? 4) If you were validating this idea cheaply, what would you prototype first?
Not selling anything — genuinely looking for technical and economic reality checks.