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| Decision field | Free accountFOURSOURCE Supplier NetworkGlobalRemove | Open accessMaterial Sourcing RequestGlobalRemove | Open accessPattern Grading & Size-Run Validation RecordGlobalRemove | Open accessFabric Purchase PlannerGlobalRemove |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision fit | ||||
| Primary job | Source production | Choose materials | Find patterns & fit | Choose materials |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Production | Materials | Patterns & fit | Materials |
| Best for | Searching global apparel and textile production capabilities | Requesting comparable fabric, trim, or component offers | Auditing inherited grade rules or controlling a new multi-size pattern release from approved targets through sample evidence | Documenting how a pattern-based fabric quantity becomes an order length |
| Know before using | The company count is a changing platform claim. Search fields, profiles, certificates, locations, and account access do not independently verify the legal entity, factory ownership, capability, capacity, certificate validity or scope, compliance performance, delivery, or project fit. Confirm the site and subcontracting, credentials with issuers, samples, audits when appropriate, specifications, contracts, and commercial terms. | The request does not set product-specific pass values, prove fitness or safety, validate claims, replace laboratory testing, or determine legal compliance. | The record does not create a production grade, supply universal increments or breakpoints, validate a CAD file or fit population, reproduce licensed standards, or replace qualified anthropometric, pattern, technical-design, fit, quality, accessibility, safety, statistical, and user-research review. | The planner adds and rounds user-entered lengths; it does not create a cutting layout, infer shrinkage or matching allowances, compensate for a width change, establish usable width, or prove that the order quantity is sufficient. |
| Practical access | ||||
| For | Apparel brands | Apparel brands | Apparel brands | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | Global | Global | Global | Global |
| Access | Free account | Open access | Open access | Open access |
| Format | Marketplace | Stitch Authority | Stitch Authority | Stitch Authority |
| Source type | Commercial marketplace | Stitch Authority | Stitch Authority | Stitch Authority |
| Source and review | ||||
| What the source establishes | FOURSOURCE's current public network page presents an operator-reported global company count and country or territory search. It says logged-in users can narrow results by compliance certificates, product groups, fabric types, target groups, minimum order quantities, and other fields, with a free-trial and supplier sign-up route. | The request uses official textile test-method scopes, labeling guidance, and trade capability questions to keep specifications, methods, samples, substitutions, and supplier evidence comparable. | The guide cites current ISO body-table, size-designation, and garment-measurement boundaries plus two peer-reviewed studies that tested the relationship between conventional grade rules, anthropometric evidence, and garment fit; it requires product-specific target deltas and validation instead of publishing universal increments. | NIST defines 1 yard as exactly 0.9144 metre. Sewing & Craft Alliance guidance ties an applicable cutting layout to the exact view, size, fabric width, and nap condition and recommends layout work when listed conditions do not fit the project. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jan 17, 2027 | Jul 15, 2027 | Jul 27, 2027 | Jul 16, 2027 |
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