# Stitch Authority resource comparison

Generated: 2026-08-03T23:14:54.393Z
Comparison: <https://stitchauthority.com/directory/compare?ids=cafta-textiles-directory%2Cpom-method-record>

This file preserves the published decision metadata for the selected routes. It is not a recommendation, provider approval, compliance decision, or record of project-specific due diligence.

## 1. CAFTA-DR Textiles and Apparel Directory

Permanent record: <https://stitchauthority.com/directory/cafta-textiles-directory>
Source page: <https://textiles.connectamericas.com/>

- Primary job: Source production
- Area: Production
- For: Apparel brands
- Location or jurisdiction: Latin America & Caribbean
- Access: Open access
- Format: Directory
- Source type: First-party platform
- Linked page reviewed: 2026-07-15
- Next review due: 2027-01-11

### Best for

Nearshore supplier discovery in the CAFTA-DR region

### What the source establishes

The ConnectAmericas-powered platform exposes a company directory for manufacturers, importers, and input suppliers plus purchasing notices and a knowledge center.

### Know before using

Regional inclusion and a company profile do not prove origin eligibility, available capacity, minimums, compliance, workmanship, or commercial fit.

## 2. Garment POM Definition & Verification Record

Permanent record: <https://stitchauthority.com/directory/pom-method-record>
Source page: <https://stitchauthority.com/guides/points-of-measure-explained>

- Primary job: Source production
- Area: Production
- For: Apparel brands
- Location or jurisdiction: Global
- Access: Open access
- Format: Stitch Authority
- Source type: Stitch Authority
- Linked page reviewed: 2026-07-16
- Next review due: 2027-07-16

### Best for

Turning an ambiguous POM name, code, or diagram into a reproducible method before setting targets, tolerances, or inspection decisions

### What the source establishes

The guide cites current ISO garment-measurement, body-measurement, and textile-conditioning standards plus NIST measurement-process guidance for repeatability and reproducibility; it requires organization-specific codes, added points, targets, and tolerances to remain explicitly controlled.

### Know before using

The record does not reproduce licensed ISO measurement drawings, supply universal POM codes or targets, approve an internal method, prove measurement capability or product fit, or replace qualified technical-design, pattern, fit, quality, metrology, safety, and regulatory review.

## Next checks

1. Remove any route whose audience, jurisdiction, access, or scope does not match the job.
2. Open the permanent record and source page for every remaining route.
3. Recheck facts that can change after the listed review date.
4. Verify project-specific capability, terms, test evidence, and legal requirements with the responsible source or provider.
5. Record the reason for the final choice outside Stitch Authority.