Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Efficiency & Time Management


Since we have been in Hohoe for a full week now, so much has happened I don’t even know where to begin. We have accomplished so much here up to this point, it really feels like we have been here for months!

The sudden and frequent downpours of tropical rain are a constant challenge we have to work around, but a small one in comparison to others he have been up against. In the past week, we have had three new seamstresses hired, produced headbands, wallets, hobo bags, laptop cases, and started the production of a diaper bag. With each new style must first come a prototype; but here in Ghana, that is not always the case. We ran up against a major dilemma when a new purse design we had come up with and described to the head tailor had not come out to look like we wanted at all. A prototype was made, but unfortunately the team cut all the fabric for the pattern before the sample was approved, defeating the purpose of a sample at all. We were left with 24 yards of fabric cut into a pattern that was not at all what we wanted. What to do? Use the fabric to make more wallets and bring the diaper bag up in quality to make up for the price point loss of a purse. An innovative solution to a potential disaster!


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