Managing customer measurements for a tailoring shop
Good measurement records come down to one idea: measure once and reuse forever. Keep each customer's numbers in named sets on their profile and you never re-measure a returning client, any tailor can pick up the job, and a new order starts with the sizing already filled in. Here is how a tailoring shop captures and reuses measurements in TailorSync.
Measurements belong to the customer, not the order
A measurement taken for one order and then lost is wasted work. Shops that run smoothly treat a customer's measurements as something they keep: recorded once, held on the customer's profile, and pulled up again every time that person orders. In TailorSync the numbers live on the client rather than on a single order, so a kandura ordered in March and an abaya in November both start from the same saved sizing.
Keep more than one set per customer
One person often needs different measurements for different garments, since a relaxed kandura is not cut to the same numbers as a fitted jacket. So each customer can hold several named measurement sets, like Standard and Wedding Kandura, with one marked active for new work. Each set records the upper body (chest, shoulder, sleeve, neck, shirt length) and the lower body (waist, hip, inseam, outseam, thigh, calf), and you can add custom fields such as bicep or cuff for anything unusual. Fill in only what the garment needs; blanks are fine.
Pick one unit and keep the whole shop on it. The inches and centimetres switch only changes the on-screen hints; what gets saved is the raw number. If one tailor enters a 38 chest in inches and another reads it as centimetres, the garment is cut wrong. Set your default unit once in Settings and leave it there.
One active set, reused on every order
When you start an order, the customer's active measurement set is chosen for you, so the sizing is there before you add a single garment. Change the active set from the card's menu when a customer's body changes or a different garment calls for different numbers, and the older sets stay on file as history. On an order with garments for more than one person, each line can point to its own set, which is how a single family order keeps everyone's sizing straight.
Because measurements belong to the customer, a returning client is a quick order rather than a re-measure. That is most of the reason a saved measurement profile beats a paper slip in a drawer.
Common questions
How should a tailoring shop store customer measurements?
Store them on the customer's profile rather than on a single order, so they are reused on every future order. Keep them in named sets (for example Standard and Wedding Kandura), record upper and lower body measurements plus any custom fields, and mark one set active for new work.
Can one customer have more than one set of measurements?
Yes. A customer can hold several named measurement sets, because a relaxed kandura and a fitted jacket need different numbers. You mark one as active for new orders, and older sets stay on file as history.
Should measurements be recorded in inches or centimetres?
Either, but pick one and keep the whole shop on it. In TailorSync the unit switch only changes the on-screen hints; the saved value is the raw number, so a 38 entered as inches by one person and read as centimetres by another produces the wrong garment. Set a default unit in Settings.
Do saved measurements carry over to new orders automatically?
Yes. When you create an order for a customer, their active measurement set is selected automatically, so the sizing is filled in before you add garments. An individual order line can use a different set when one order includes garments for more than one person.
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