Excel
Holds a list.
No proof.
Ensure your factorymakes the tech packyou approved.
For brands wiring $20k-$100k per run. Lock your pack as baseline. We secure factory proof before cut.
Protect your $10k deposit.
Stop material swaps before cut.
- 1Baseline
- 2Proof
- 3Secured
- 4Clearance
LIVE DEMO · Coastal Runner
Coastal Runner · $34k PO exposed
- Assembly$48k failure impactNext
Walk away without this and you pay $48k to rebuild it elsewhere. Needs: 20 sec video.
- BOM$34k failure impact
Wrong material runs the whole order. You eat dead stock.
- Pattern$17k failure impact
No locked file = sizes drift, retailer rejects the lot.
Your tech pack is the baseline. Factory Bouncer proves the factory is building it.
A footwear tech pack needs a dated match to live plant input, not only a PDF on a drive. Pick the tool that matches how you clear production.
Spreadsheet vs PLM vs Factory Bouncer
PLM
Centric, Stylepedia, and peers
Holds design intent.
Too complex for plant chat and deposit holds.
Factory Bouncer
Forces factory proof before production starts.
Built for chat threads and fast approvals.
Factory Bouncer is the approval checkpoint before production. You hold the bill of materials, construction details, and sample target as the locked tech pack. You collect factory proof against that pack before cut. Release per part of the run, not after a vague chat yes on the whole PO.
What one bad run can cost.
$34K
Factory cost on an example Jinjiang run of 2,500 pairs
$10K
Deposit already committed once production starts
$75K+
Wholesale revenue at risk if retail rejects the shipment
Example from a Jinjiang run: 2,500 pairs at about $13.79 FOB, about $34,000 factory cost, a 30% deposit, and about $75,000 estimated wholesale order value if a retailer rejects the shipment. These are separate views of one run. Do not add them.
Why substitutions show up mid run.
Thin margins
Thin margins make substitutions tempting. When material prices rise, an "equivalent" fabric quietly replaces the approved one.
The leverage gap
Big brands staff production. You have a chat thread and a ship date. Fear of missing retail forces quick yeses.
QC arrives too late
Final inspection is after production runs. If QC catches a problem, the fabric is cut and the deposit is gone.
Monday night.Factory wants to start.
Without Bouncer
Factory says material unavailable, using equivalent, starting Monday. You say yes. They cut the wrong fabric. The money is gone.
With Bouncer
Factory says material unavailable, using equivalent, starting Monday. You check their production input against your locked tech pack. It does not match. The wrong fabric never reaches the cutting table.
In the factory 
In production 
Jinjiang
“Jinjiang, 2024. Mid run the factory replaced the upper with a cheaper substitute. Final QC only saw it after cut and stitch. Retail rejected the lot. $28K factory cost gone, plus the season. If materials on that run had required input photos next to the locked swatch via a single magic link, that cut never happens. That loss became the reason I built Factory Bouncer.”
Andy, Founder · 15 years in factory production in Jinjiang and beyond
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