Benchmark a style
Send one current or upcoming style. Share the tech pack, reference, quantity, material requirement and target delivery, and AHM will evaluate the development and commercial FOB opportunity.
Already sourcing?
You don't need to move an entire program to evaluate AHM.
Send one existing or upcoming style. We review the specification and come back on construction, fabric, trims, development, commercial FOB costing and lead time, with the cost-engineering options attached, not hidden.
- Construction
- Fabric
- Trims
- Development
- FOB costing
- Lead time
Benchmark Specification
Draft
Commercial FOB price
Quoted against specification
We don't publish an estimate before seeing the tech pack. Price follows construction, fabric, decoration, quantity and schedule.
Your selections carry through to the quote form. Attach a tech pack there and we review against the actual specification.
What a benchmark actually tells you
This is a test of a supplier, run at low cost, before you commit a program to one. You learn four things.
- Whether the construction is understood
- The questions a factory asks about a style reveal more than any capability deck. Vague questions mean vague sampling later.
- Where the material actually lands
- Composition, weight, construction and finish against what your current supplier ships — with options where the requirement can be met more than one way.
- What development the style needs
- Pattern work, trims, decoration route and how many sample rounds are realistic before an approved sealed sample.
- Whether the commercial case is real
- An honest FOB evaluation at your quantity, or a straight answer that the style is not competitive here. The second answer is worth more than a hopeful first one.
Why one style, and not a catalogue
Benchmarking a whole range wastes both sides' time before trust exists. One style — ideally one you are currently buying, so you can compare against a known number — is enough to judge whether the development conversation is worth continuing.
No price is estimated here
The configurator produces a specification, not a quotation. A price that arrives before anyone has read a tech pack is a number chosen to win an enquiry, and it moves the moment costing is done properly. AHM prices after reviewing the specification.
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