Womenswear Fashion Brand
Year:
2026
Service:
Supply Chain & Operational Audit
Industry:
Retail / Apparel
Size:
7 Employees
A fast-growing womenswear business with an established fulfilment operation. Our audit identified around $550k in first-year opportunity across freight, inventory, returns and production costs.
The Company
A fast-growing, multimillion-dollar DTC womenswear brand combining overseas manufacturing, its own online store and an in-house fulfilment operation.
The business had built strong customer demand and an efficient warehouse. Continued growth put greater weight on the decisions feeding that operation: which products to buy, how much stock to hold, when to replenish and how to move goods cost-effectively.
Onflair was engaged to assess the supply chain and establish the planning and purchasing capability needed for the next stage of growth.
The problem
The warehouse was performing well, but purchasing and replenishment needed a more structured approach.
Bestsellers were running short while slower-moving products absorbed cash. Buying relied on manual spreadsheets, stock records differed across systems and replenishment lacked clear reorder triggers.
Inbound freight also offered an opportunity. Predictable purchases were travelling by air alongside urgent stock, increasing transport costs. Returns created further pressure, with sizing and fit emerging as important areas for improvement.
These issues needed to be assessed together: purchasing decisions affected availability, freight costs and the cash available for the next order.
The solution
We reviewed sales, inventory, purchase orders, freight invoices and returns records, then benchmarked transport and production costs against alternative quotes.
The audit established which products needed replenishment, which purchases should pause and where excess stock could release cash.
We separated urgent freight requirements from stock suitable for planned sea shipments, assessed sourcing alternatives and mapped improvements to sizing, exchanges and returns management.
The findings became a phased roadmap connecting stock accuracy, forecasting, reorder rules and purchasing decisions.
The outcome
One audit identified approximately $550,000 in first-year opportunity, combining recurring annual value with a one-off release of cash from excess stock:
The business gained a quantified set of priorities: which products needed replenishing, which should stop being bought, where costs could come down and what planning capability would prevent the same issues recurring.
The audit gave SIZZ a clear commercial basis for deciding what to fix first and how to approach its next stage of growth.
Client name withheld. Figures are rounded and presented in USD. Opportunities are subject to implementation and validation. Cash release is a one-off amount.
