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Notes for makers who count the cost

Costing, yield and inventory notes for small-batch makers, from the team behind Maker's Yield & Cost.

  • What Goes in a Footwear Tech Pack

    A plain checklist for a footwear tech pack or shoe spec sheet: header, drawings, spec sheet, last, measurements, grading and sample rounds. Checked against Wade Motawi's book How Shoes Are Made.

    • footwear tech pack template
    • shoe spec sheet
    • tech pack
    • footwear design
    • sampling
    • shoe last
    • design students

  • Handbag BOM Costing: A Simple Guide for Design Students

    Build a handbag bill of materials, add labor and margin to reach a FOB price, then find landed cost and retail. Every number shown.

    • handbag BOM
    • bill of materials costing
    • FOB price
    • landed cost
    • handbag design
    • design students

  • How to Calculate Leather Yield (and Stop Wasting Hides)

    A cutting-table guide to leather yield: the formula, a worked example with real numbers, and four habits that cut waste on expensive hides.

    • leather yield
    • leather yield calculator
    • hide yield
    • cutting waste
    • handbag
    • footwear