C. F. Production schedule update and more
Sept 17, 2015 22:11:41 GMT -6
Winterland, ickes, and 11 more like this
Post by cianofarmer on Sept 17, 2015 22:11:41 GMT -6
Hey everyone,
i see that there are some concerns about our production times.
I know..we are behind……I am so sorry and you can blame me……
I am here to to show you how we are going to fix the
problem and have solutions to each one of the problems we are
experiencing … I will do my best to make sure we do what we outline hear
I do not want another { you know the brand} upset..WHOOOO!!!
Mike and I are here to stay and GOD willing we will get thru all this.
God will put us on the right path as HE always does…
So here are the problems we are faced today..
And we may have more but this is a start to help show the issues
we have and with your help we can get this all solved…
[ you guys on the forum are like family so if you have any feed
back let us know. HAAAA. Mike gets his ass chewed out every
day from his wife and I do to from his wife [ and the “DRAGON LADY]
..so we are use to the ASS chewing on a daily basis….that is why
we love the TEXAS BUORBON..HAAAA]
THE ISSUES AT HAND.
1. our corrozo button supplier is late on his delivers ..we have been
waiting 2 months and can not get answers….this effects the duck canvas
orders.
SOLUTIONS
Mike is looking on ebay and etsy tring to find buttons that match
our color to fill the current orders.. we do have an option to get Italian
horn buttons an get them in as a sub…
2. Mt Veron..duck canvas supplier has been late on all the deliveries…
but a we are good to go on the order on hand…
SOLUTIONS
We can order from a third party but..the prices are triple and ..so if we have to we will.
3. CURENT ORDERS
We are a little backed logged.. because of our supplier issues and man power.
SOLUTIONS
We hired a person on the outside to help start cutting only.
For us. This will help us catch up with the BACK LOG.. [ I HOPE]..
I will get back to you on the time frame…
but it looks like all the June and July orders will be done by the end of the month Sept and begin Oct..this is a target..so do not hold me to it as of now… the Aug and Sept order will try to get on the 11-13 week turn...
4. BACK LOG ON ORDERS
Here are the issues we are running into that is/are slowing us down.
A. CUSTOM MEASUREMENTS.. this is the big hold up for us…we have a
lot of orders requesting us to change our specs to meet the customers need. We are okay with this but…it is slowing us down. We offer FREE of charge if you need the waist, knee or opening adjusted..but realistically..we have to do a new pattern…
We cut each jean [ 1 each ] out by hand and and use the OLD SCHOOL patterns…
we do not use a mass markers like other brand..each jean is cut out 1 at a time….
If we just used our current pattern we would be a little better on the cutting time…
SOLUTIONS
going forward we will charge for any measurement change to our current specs…
the extra charge will help go towards hiring someone to help with this service….
5. CUSTOMIZATION
we do a lot of customization for free..and this is hurting our bottom line...
for example…the Vintage pennies..we offer this free but is take the same process as the hand hade buttons we charge 15USD.
It takes us 15 mins to 20mins for each jeans to apply the Vintage peenies..we have to drill the holes and hand set each rivet and cut out the 3/16 copper post..so we hand make each button.
SOLUTIONS
going forward we going to have to charge for this customizations.The money will go towards hiring more people to help us…
6.PRODUTCION TIME.
The current production time we have stated is 6-8 weeks. But realistically this is not a real time frame for us anymore…. Thanks to all our of great customers!!!!!!!!!!
we cut each order as it’s own unique order… one at a time..always
we do not cut and make like the other brands and make our
items in bulk..and we do not use all one color thread and one
spec with no customization…if we did this would save a lot of
time…..and we would be little everyone else…
SOLUTIONS
We are going to have to increase our production time to 10-12
week turn around time…
We are working out how to add more people to help us achieve
this goal.
BUT as we add more people we will hopefully reduce the time down….
7.PRODUCTON COST AND PROFIT
Mike and I believe we need to offer a great
product at a great price, but currently this is hurting us at a profit level to hire new people…
Every penny we make GOES right back into buying supplies,
upgrading our trims or getting the lastest greatest fabric that we
can offer all to all of you.
For example. We upgraded our current leather patch..it is twice the thickness and better leather…the cost is 5x more… :-(
SOULTIONS.
We need to increase our prices on our lower price items by 10-25% TO START….
to help make more of a profit to hire more people… we may have to go a little more
on other items… BUT FOR NOW..just a couple of items.
If you noticed we are sold out of the Texas Denim..Mike is going over to see
if we can increase our price on the Texas Denim from the Old Man…GOD help him…….!!!!!!!
We have to do this so we can get money in to get skilled people in to help
us make our current product….
We love doing stuff for free for people and given stuff a way..but this is hurting
us and has been…so we really need your help and understanding to get the
people we need to get our stuff out faster to all of you….at the same or better quality
CONCLUSION
HAAAA. The money we do make at the end of the month currently is
enough to buy us a nice bottle of Texas Burbon..HAAAA…
Mike and I do this because we love making stuff for you guys....
I am not in this to buy a Ferrari..HAAAA…THE 1984 FORD F150
does the job for me…and as long as we have enough money in
the bank to buy a bottle of Burbon..Mike and I are good to go…
But we know each and everyone of you support us from the
bottom of your heart..and want us to be successfully..we could
not have gotten where we are today without all of you…
So I already feel rich from all the support and the wealth will
come [ GOD willing ] when we get thru all of our issues with your
help and understanding..
So I will do my best to keep y’all informed more when we run
into to problems..so you get the a better picture of what we are
going thur.
We may have missed some issues and we will address them as we go along..
But we are not going anywhere and we are here to stay for a
while and becomes a unique resource for denim…for each and
everyone of you..
So Mike said “ call us and give us a good ASS chewing if we missed something”
281-202-1078..
Cheers
Ciano
PS..sorry for any typos....
i see that there are some concerns about our production times.
I know..we are behind……I am so sorry and you can blame me……
I am here to to show you how we are going to fix the
problem and have solutions to each one of the problems we are
experiencing … I will do my best to make sure we do what we outline hear
I do not want another { you know the brand} upset..WHOOOO!!!
Mike and I are here to stay and GOD willing we will get thru all this.
God will put us on the right path as HE always does…
So here are the problems we are faced today..
And we may have more but this is a start to help show the issues
we have and with your help we can get this all solved…
[ you guys on the forum are like family so if you have any feed
back let us know. HAAAA. Mike gets his ass chewed out every
day from his wife and I do to from his wife [ and the “DRAGON LADY]
..so we are use to the ASS chewing on a daily basis….that is why
we love the TEXAS BUORBON..HAAAA]
THE ISSUES AT HAND.
1. our corrozo button supplier is late on his delivers ..we have been
waiting 2 months and can not get answers….this effects the duck canvas
orders.
SOLUTIONS
Mike is looking on ebay and etsy tring to find buttons that match
our color to fill the current orders.. we do have an option to get Italian
horn buttons an get them in as a sub…
2. Mt Veron..duck canvas supplier has been late on all the deliveries…
but a we are good to go on the order on hand…
SOLUTIONS
We can order from a third party but..the prices are triple and ..so if we have to we will.
3. CURENT ORDERS
We are a little backed logged.. because of our supplier issues and man power.
SOLUTIONS
We hired a person on the outside to help start cutting only.
For us. This will help us catch up with the BACK LOG.. [ I HOPE]..
I will get back to you on the time frame…
but it looks like all the June and July orders will be done by the end of the month Sept and begin Oct..this is a target..so do not hold me to it as of now… the Aug and Sept order will try to get on the 11-13 week turn...
4. BACK LOG ON ORDERS
Here are the issues we are running into that is/are slowing us down.
A. CUSTOM MEASUREMENTS.. this is the big hold up for us…we have a
lot of orders requesting us to change our specs to meet the customers need. We are okay with this but…it is slowing us down. We offer FREE of charge if you need the waist, knee or opening adjusted..but realistically..we have to do a new pattern…
We cut each jean [ 1 each ] out by hand and and use the OLD SCHOOL patterns…
we do not use a mass markers like other brand..each jean is cut out 1 at a time….
If we just used our current pattern we would be a little better on the cutting time…
SOLUTIONS
going forward we will charge for any measurement change to our current specs…
the extra charge will help go towards hiring someone to help with this service….
5. CUSTOMIZATION
we do a lot of customization for free..and this is hurting our bottom line...
for example…the Vintage pennies..we offer this free but is take the same process as the hand hade buttons we charge 15USD.
It takes us 15 mins to 20mins for each jeans to apply the Vintage peenies..we have to drill the holes and hand set each rivet and cut out the 3/16 copper post..so we hand make each button.
SOLUTIONS
going forward we going to have to charge for this customizations.The money will go towards hiring more people to help us…
6.PRODUTCION TIME.
The current production time we have stated is 6-8 weeks. But realistically this is not a real time frame for us anymore…. Thanks to all our of great customers!!!!!!!!!!
we cut each order as it’s own unique order… one at a time..always
we do not cut and make like the other brands and make our
items in bulk..and we do not use all one color thread and one
spec with no customization…if we did this would save a lot of
time…..and we would be little everyone else…
SOLUTIONS
We are going to have to increase our production time to 10-12
week turn around time…
We are working out how to add more people to help us achieve
this goal.
BUT as we add more people we will hopefully reduce the time down….
7.PRODUCTON COST AND PROFIT
Mike and I believe we need to offer a great
product at a great price, but currently this is hurting us at a profit level to hire new people…
Every penny we make GOES right back into buying supplies,
upgrading our trims or getting the lastest greatest fabric that we
can offer all to all of you.
For example. We upgraded our current leather patch..it is twice the thickness and better leather…the cost is 5x more… :-(
SOULTIONS.
We need to increase our prices on our lower price items by 10-25% TO START….
to help make more of a profit to hire more people… we may have to go a little more
on other items… BUT FOR NOW..just a couple of items.
If you noticed we are sold out of the Texas Denim..Mike is going over to see
if we can increase our price on the Texas Denim from the Old Man…GOD help him…….!!!!!!!
We have to do this so we can get money in to get skilled people in to help
us make our current product….
We love doing stuff for free for people and given stuff a way..but this is hurting
us and has been…so we really need your help and understanding to get the
people we need to get our stuff out faster to all of you….at the same or better quality
CONCLUSION
HAAAA. The money we do make at the end of the month currently is
enough to buy us a nice bottle of Texas Burbon..HAAAA…
Mike and I do this because we love making stuff for you guys....
I am not in this to buy a Ferrari..HAAAA…THE 1984 FORD F150
does the job for me…and as long as we have enough money in
the bank to buy a bottle of Burbon..Mike and I are good to go…
But we know each and everyone of you support us from the
bottom of your heart..and want us to be successfully..we could
not have gotten where we are today without all of you…
So I already feel rich from all the support and the wealth will
come [ GOD willing ] when we get thru all of our issues with your
help and understanding..
So I will do my best to keep y’all informed more when we run
into to problems..so you get the a better picture of what we are
going thur.
We may have missed some issues and we will address them as we go along..
But we are not going anywhere and we are here to stay for a
while and becomes a unique resource for denim…for each and
everyone of you..
So Mike said “ call us and give us a good ASS chewing if we missed something”
281-202-1078..
Cheers
Ciano
PS..sorry for any typos....