Day in the life of a Production Manager.
Hey there, I'm Taryn and I'm the Production manager here at The Branding Hub. I am your go-to girl for all your printing needs, questions, and queries. I like to structure my day however depending on what jobs are on I have to be flexible.
But what does my day usually look like?
I get into work between 8-8:20 and when I get in, I settle in, grab a cup of tea and start my working day. The first thing I do is look at emails. I have a personal business email ([email protected]) and our general sales email ([email protected]) I will flick through the emails and reply to our customers. I also have a look at our social media to see if anyone has messaged and engage with customers. I have two desks at The Branding Hub one upstairs (where you'll see me most of the time) and one downstairs with my colleagues at our sister business The Local Marketing Team. I always have my trusty notepad with me wherever I am in the office, my notepad consists of a daily to-do list and things I want to get done that day. I also write down during the day things I need to remember and people I need to contact. My notepad just keeps me organized its also good to look back on if I need to. I write down when I've made an order to our suppliers and what we've ordered to keep up to date with everything. I check this in the morning and write down some extra bits that I want to get done. After this, I go upstairs and turn on all the machinery and complete the printing jobs I need to get done. I usually like to put on embroidery while printing as I have to wait for the embroidery machine, I find this a quicker way to work and get orders out quicker.
My day always changes but throughout 8:30-5:30 I am answering emails, making calls, receiving calls, seeing customers that come into the office, taking payments, shipping out parcels to royal mail, sending out quotes and invoices, communicating with our graphic designer to get designs done for customers and mock-up's, writing a blog post every week, creating content for social media and posting out content, engaging with businesses the list goes on and on. We also have an exciting project happening that's been months in the making. Its taken a lot of meetings, decision making and a
lot of testing for this so its exciting to see it unfold. Its something we are very proud off however I cant reveal this till a later date.
I end the day on my computer making sure I have caught up with everything that day and reply to customers and order some supplies. I write out my to do list for the next day and once every thing is turned off and done I head back home. That's my typical day although is changes everyday. I will always give you my best advice so contact us today and lets get the ball rolling to get your perfect branded workwear.
Why choose print?
We offer 2 different print types here at The Branding Hub. Print is one of them, but what is print and why is it so popular?
The print method we use is a laser dark (no cut) heat transfer. We use this as we are able to print on a vast range of materials including cotton, polyester, nylon, silk, leather, denim, and mixed fabrics. This allows us to meet to our customer's needs as we can say yes to any clothing printing job. We are able to print really small intricate designs to big bold colourful designs and we can size it to how you want it.
But how does this work? We use our Oki laser printer that prints on paper specialized for laser dark printing. The paper we use here is called A paper. Our printer prints CYMK & W which means it prints the colours Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black and White. These colours will make up the colours in your design or logo. We can print any design and logo. We print a lot of custom prints for customers as well as workwear as we have the facilities to print any design. Once our design is printed on our paper we then have to transfer that onto another piece of paper called B paper. We heat-press the two bits of paper together for 120 seconds at 160 degrees to create a sticky surface for our image to stick on. Once it's had that two minutes we can then peel the B paper away from the A paper leaving our image ready to press onto your clothing.
Now we have our design we are really flexible where we can print. We can print anywhere on clothing whether that's Left Breast, Right Breast, Front, Back, Back of Neck, Arm, Leg, or on a specific part of the clothing like a pocket. We use heat again to press your logo onto your clothing. Depending on what material you have we change the temperatures from 110 degrees to 150 degrees to press your logo onto your clothing. We have to leave this cold before peeling off the transfer paper to leave your design. We have to give your garment one more press to soften the touch of the print and to increase the washability.
Thats the whole process of printing!
This type of printing is great as there's no minimal orders, you can order as many as you like. You are left with a design that is rich in colour and soft to touch. With its quick process we can get your clothing to a quick deadline for you. We can accommodate extra printed shirts after you receive your order in a few easy steps. This print method has a all round advantage for our customers contact us today to discuss your printing needs.