Katie Cordrey
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MADE-BY Track & Trace is an affiliate labeling system that allows consumers to follow the manufacturing trail of their clothes. The brands affiliated with Amsterdam-based MADE-BY endeavor to encourage sustainable and ethical production practices, like using organic raw materials and providing good working conditions, in the fashion industry. Site-available scorecards show the percentage of each brand’s collections that meet the production standards’ goals. By going online and entering the Track & Trace label information, consumers can enter see who worked on bringing their clothes to life. The system tracks the entire process from materials harvest to sewing studio. MADE-BY Track & Trace is the very first system to apply traceablity to the origin of clothes. Several online retailers are affiliates. There is a list on the MADE-BY site.  Track & Trace is a database system (referred to as a ‘string’ in the industry) for manufacturers that was developed by MADE-BY in collaboration with Organic Exchange and the English IT company Historic Futures. Every link in the production chain enters production information into the database and forwards it to the next link. This gives the brands as direct access as possible to production data from the other suppliers in the chain.
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