Apparel & Clothing

Apparel and clothing manufacturers need to efficiently identify, organize, track, and move products through every stage of production. From raw materials and work-in-progress garments to finished products and shipping, accurate product identification is essential for maintaining productivity, inventory visibility, and traceability. IBC provides barcode, RFID, labeling, tagging, fastening, printing, and data capture solutions designed specifically for apparel and clothing manufacturing environments.

Whether you’re producing everyday apparel, outerwear, denim, intimate apparel, footwear, accessories, or specialty garments, IBC can help build an identification and tracking solution around your production workflow. Solutions can include garment tags and labels, barcode and RFID identification, tagging guns and fasteners, mobile computers, thermal printers, and software for managing production and inventory data. RFID can also provide item-level visibility where manufacturers and retailers require more automated tracking and inventory accuracy.

Garment Identification & Tagging

Product identification needs to be fast, consistent, and appropriate for the material being tagged. IBC provides a range of apparel tagging solutions, including conventional tags and fasteners as well as specialized systems for delicate fabrics.

Solutions can include:

  • Garment tags
  • Price and size tags
  • Barcode tags
  • Care and identification labels
  • RFID apparel labels
  • MicroTach® fastening systems
  • Fine Fabric™ fastening systems
  • Standard Swiftach® systems
  • Heavy-duty fastening systems
  • Tagging guns and applicators

Avery Dennison’s fastening portfolio, for example, includes systems designed specifically around different fabric delicacy, tag positioning, and fastening-strength requirements.

Production & Work-in-Progress Tracking

IBC helps apparel manufacturers capture information throughout production so products can be associated with the appropriate orders, batches, production stages, and destinations.

Barcode and RFID technologies can help connect physical products with digital production information, giving manufacturers greater visibility into work-in-progress and finished inventory.

Warehouse & Distribution

Once garments leave production, accurate identification continues to be critical. IBC provides:

  • Shipping labels
  • Carton labels
  • Pallet labels
  • Barcode scanners
  • Mobile computers
  • RFID readers
  • RFID labels and tags
  • Warehouse identification systems

These technologies can help improve receiving, picking, packing, shipping, and inventory processes.

Apparel Traceability

IBC can help apparel manufacturers create traceability systems that connect product identification with production and inventory information. Whether using traditional barcodes or RFID, the goal is the same: capture accurate information at the point where the product is being produced, handled, moved, or shipped.

Why IBC?

IBC combines labeling, automatic identification, data capture, RFID, printing, software, and automation into integrated solutions rather than treating each component as an isolated product. This allows us to help apparel manufacturers design technology around their existing workflow and identify opportunities to improve productivity, accuracy, and traceability.

Looking to improve apparel production, tagging, inventory, or traceability? Contact IBC to discuss an apparel identification and tracking solution built around your operation.