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Same design, different age groups, fits or sizes? Here's when one product needs more than one measurement chart, and how to manage them in one tech pack without duplicating everything else.
A tech pack can look complete and still come back wrong. Aris Sergakis explains where the gaps hide in performance apparel, and how he closes them with callouts, reference images and clear change tracking.
Same product, different suppliers, colorways, prints or markets? Here's when one product needs more than one BOM, and how to manage multiple BOMs in one tech pack without duplicating everything else.
Excel was never designed for tech packs, and moving off it doesn't mean migrating everything. Learn how to make a clean-start switch, rebuilding active styles one at a time while your old files stay archived and replace the FINAL_v3_REVISED chaos with a simpler version workflow.
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Tech pack templates
A free Excel tech pack template costs nothing to download, but charges you in formatting time on every style you build. Here is what built-in software templates do differently.
Learn what a Tech Pack is, why it is important, and how to create it using up-to-date tools. Bonus: free Tech Pack templates!
A bastard child of Excel and Illustrator: a new kind of product tool built for both structure and visual work. And because it is file-based, your work stays yours.
Learn how to audit your tech pack, eliminate common documentation gaps, and reduce sampling rounds with a digital-first workflow.
Are you still using Excel to create tech packs? You can create them much faster and more easily with Techpack Builder.
Most tech pack software reviews focus on flashy features instead of what matters. This guide covers the five essentials that impact production, overlooked factors like offline access and file ownership, and a six-step test to evaluate any tool before you buy.
