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SLICK STITCH EMBROIDERY CO LTD
More than just embroidery
After developing our embroidery process to the largest and most advanced operation in Europe we
have now added a new pick pack warehouse that perfectly complements our growing customer needs.
E
stablished in 1988 with a 12 head Tajima in
a 2000sq ft unit, we are now Europe's
largest contract embroidery house, currently
outputting approximately 65,000 garments a
week.
Our premises cover some 42,000sq ft split
between our main workshop, packing/QC and our
brand new pick pack warehouse. We have more
than 275 embroidery heads across all new
machines, which operate 24 hours a day, seven
days a week.
Our most recent machine purchase was the first
of its type in Europe – the new Barudan 18 head
V series, pictured right.
Our core business covers contract trade only
embroidery services to suppliers of workwear,
schoolwear, promotional/gifthouses and global
sportswear firms.
We also provide embroidery digitising services to
many companies – and as embroiderers we know
how designs should be punched!
Our guaranteed "next morning" service has gone
from strength to strength currently providing more
than 300 designs per week.
And with our own in house UK-based staff we
can offer a service enhancement to the countless the ability for customers to view stock throughout store customers' product and when requested
offshore options that have appeared over the last the process online. Our customers each have pick, decorate (if required), pack and distribute it
few years. secure IDs, which enable them to view stock throughout Europe.
details as they enter the building to the point Our customers have recognised the cost saving
Product and service developments when they leave. benefits of outsourcing this function and the
We are always developing our embroidery and obvious time savings that can be offered by
packing services – improving customer service Product launches having stock next to production facilities.
and driving down lead times with greater For our large contract customers we have Since its launch we are now distributing
efficiencies. A popular addition to our service is developed a new pick/pack/storage warehouse. We approximately 4,000 garments a day.
We are using a fully automated warehouse
management system, which interfaces with
customer systems and automatically translates
orders into "pick lists".
What makes us special?
The new warehouse has allowed customers to
free up costly space, resource and overheads,
focusing their efforts on sales.
Our efforts in making the embroidery process
totally transparent means customers are
proactively informed on order and stock
process.
With customer lead times ever decreasing we
have had to drive efficiencies to adapt to these
requirements. This has meant new machinery,
increased staff training and greater investment
in systems.
For more information call 01902 313368, email
embroidery@slickstitch.com or visit
www.slickstitch.com
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