Uniform manufacturing software for school, hospital and company orders
Software for uniform makers — orders with many garments, measurements per person, a production board, stock by the metre, GST bills and staff pay by the garment.
VirtueTailor2 min read
The short answer
A uniform maker needs to track many garments on one order, keep measurements per person, watch fabric by the metre and pay masters by the piece. VirtueTailor puts every garment of an order on a production board, saves measurements per person, keeps stock in metres with low-stock warnings, makes GST bills, and works out pay per garment finished.
Two hundred shirts, one deadline, no idea how many are done
The school wants every uniform before the term starts. Cloth is cut in batches, stitched by six masters and finished by two. Nobody can say how many are ready without counting the pile.
Every garment counted, every master paid right
- Many garments on one order
- Measurements saved per person
- Each garment tracked stage by stage
- Fabric stock by the metre
- GST bills
- Pay per garment finished
What makes uniform work different
- Volume — one customer, many pieces, one date.
- Repeat — the same school or company every year, often the same patterns.
- Material — fabric bought in bulk, and running short is costly.
- Labour — masters often paid by the piece, so counts must be right.
How VirtueTailor handles it
One order, many garments
Each garment on the order is its own card on the production board, so you see how many are at cutting, stitching or finishing.
Measurements per person
Each person measured is saved with their numbers, ready for next year's order.
Masters move their own pieces
From their phones, so the count on the board is the count in the workroom.
Fabric by the metre
Stock in, stock out to orders, and a warning before the roll runs out.
Pay by the piece
Set a master to per-garment pay and finished garments build their payable for the month.
Billing institutional customers
Schools, hospitals and companies usually want a proper GST invoice. VirtueTailor makes GST bills with CGST and SGST and records part-payments against the order. See GST billing for tailors.
Planning the season
Uniform work peaks before the school year, the way boutique work peaks before festivals. The same planning applies: know your weekly capacity, buy fabric early, and watch the late list. See planning the rush.
Questions
Is there software for uniform manufacturers?
Yes. VirtueTailor tracks each garment of a large order through the workroom, saves measurements per person, keeps fabric stock in metres, makes GST bills and works out per-garment pay.
Can I pay my tailors per piece in the software?
Yes. A master can be paid by the month, by the garment, or both, and finished garments build the month's payable.
Try it in your own shop
Free to start. Our team will help you bring your customers and measurements in.