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Record the quality reference and the shade, not just the buyer's company name.

A CRM for a fabric mill holds the quality reference, the GSM and width quoted, the swatch sent, the lab dip approved and the season the buyer last ordered for. GullySales sets those fields, gets the marketing and sampling teams filling them, and makes the reorder date visible instead of remembered.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For textile manufacturers

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The deal is a quality reference, not an account”

    One garment buyer may run three qualities with you at different GSM and shades. Held as a single company row, the record cannot tell you which one is repeating and which was dropped after a season.

  • “Lab dip and approval status is the field everybody forgets”

    Which shade was approved, on which date, against which reference, is the fact the bulk order turns on. Kept only in the dyeing department's register, it is unavailable to the person quoting.

  • “Season is the field that predicts the next order”

    A buyer who ordered for autumn and winter last year will sample for it again. Recording the season alongside the order turns your customer list into a calling list at the right time of year.

What we do

What we deliver for textile manufacturers.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Enquiries recorded by quality, GSM and width

    Every enquiry logged with the specification asked for, so the pipeline shows which qualities are drawing demand.

    Result: You know what to keep in greige and what to stop offering.

  2. Swatch and lab dip status inside the sales record

    Swatch dispatched, lab dip submitted and shade approval held against the enquiry, drawn from the sampling department.

    Result: The person on the phone knows where the sample stands.

  3. Season and last order recorded per buyer

    The season each buyer develops for, the quantity taken and the rate agreed, held with the validity of that rate.

    Result: The calling list builds itself before sampling opens.

  4. Merchandiser contacts held beside the company

    Named people in sampling, sourcing and merchandising for each buying house, with their category and a second name against each.

    Result: A change of staff does not cost you the account.

  5. Sample to order conversion reported by quality

    Swatches sent against trial orders won, broken down by fabric type, against the baseline recorded before work began.

    Result: You can see which quality is worth sampling for.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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What to record, and when

What a textile manufacturer should record about every buyer enquiry and quality, and whether software is needed yet.

Composition and certification asked for
Record the fibre blend, count or construction, and any certification the buyer asked for, such as OEKO-TEX or GOTS, and whether you hold it. Saying no early beats losing the order late.
Minimum order and how long the rate holds
Note the MOQ quoted, the rate and the date it is valid to, since yarn and cotton prices move. A rate quoted from memory against an old price is a loss waiting to happen.
Agent and end buyer as two names
Keep the agent who negotiated and the end buyer who pays in separate fields. Agents move between mills, and the end buyer is the account you need to hold on to.
Stage reached: swatch, development, trial or bulk
Mark where each buyer is, in your own words. The dyeing and weaving floors can then plan for what is likely rather than what is merely enquired.
Payment terms and credit asked
Record the credit period asked and agreed, with the buyer's references. A large order on long credit is a risk to see before production starts.
Do you need software yet?
A shared sheet with one row per buyer and quality is enough for a mill with a short buyer list. Use a CRM when agents, merchandisers and the sampling staff all need the same status, or reorder dates are being missed.

Who it is for

This is written for these textile manufacturers.

  • Yarn spinning mills
  • Fabric weaving and processing units
  • Garment fabric manufacturers
  • Home textile manufacturers
  • Technical and industrial textile makers
  • Export-oriented manufacturing units
  • Private label and job-work manufacturers
  • Knitwear and hosiery manufacturers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The sampling register is in one person's notebook and they do not wish to share it.
  • Only two or three accounts supply nearly all orders, and a spreadsheet already holds them well.
  • The sales team will not record a visit or a swatch, so the record would show only invoices.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Our sampling department keeps its own register. Why change that?
Keep the register, but let the sales record show the status. The person answering a buyer's call needs to know whether the lab dip went out, and walking to the dyeing section for every enquiry is how a reply takes a day it did not need.
What does the owner get out of it?
Three numbers that are otherwise impossible to get: which qualities are being enquired for, how many swatches turn into trial orders, and which buyers have not returned this season. All three come from fields the team is already writing down somewhere.
Buyers send enquiries through agents. How do we record both?
Keep two fields: the agent and the end buyer. Record who negotiated the rate and who actually pays you. When an agent moves to another mill, the end buyer is the account you still hold, so it must be on the record.
Can export documents and test reports go in the CRM?
Keep the documents in a shared folder organised by buyer and order, and record the link and the report date in the CRM. An expired test report is something the record should show, but the file itself belongs in the folder.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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