Technical Study
3.1 PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
The L&M Partnership is a company that offers customers a choice of imagery, symbols, and designs to apply to the front or back of a shirt. They also offer custom sublimation mainly on T-shirts, but will have other shirt styles available.

Customers can choose from pre-existing graphics or custom artwork. The pre-existing graphics are chosen from an extensive catalog. The L&M Partnership will have a comprehensive Website that will allow ordering a customer's home, or where ever they may be.

The L&M Partnership will also offer custom artwork or graphic options for personalizing shirts. The customer may bring in a graphic or may use of a sub-contracted artist to realize their vision. The artist can take a customer's pencil drawing or even articulated thoughts and turn them into a new design.

The L&M Partnership will offer a range of different shirt options. Short sleeves, long sleeves, organic fabrics, and a variety of styles will also be offered. They also have different sizes of shirts such as small, medium, large and extra large.

The objective of L&M Partnership on making personalized shirts is to provide a way to design custom t-shirts and sell them without risk. It allows you to create custom graphics, determine the cost and then add a mark-up. In other words, profit for your pocket. To top it off, the partnership do everything on the back end, too: process the shirts, designs, packing, and personal shipping. All you need is an idea. Perhaps there is a business, an event, a cause, or anything else that may benefit by having a t-shirt. There’s really no limit. The L&M Partnership start by using the easy-to-use design tool. They decide who sees the design. Choose to make it available to anyone and everyone, or to just a selected group. To increase the sales results substantially, the partnership share design directly with the people that are most likely to buy one, the masses of friends in the social network and in universities.

3.2 PRODUCTION PROCESS

1. Creating the design. This is the first step in producing the personalized shirt. The design must first be done and drafted for the next step to continue. In this step, the consumers must agree with the design being suggested or pass his personal design. The colors to be used must also be enumerated.

2. Transferring the design to the computer.

3. Printing the shirt design. This is the main step of this process; this is where the design is being transferred on the shirt to attain the desired design we create in the first step.

4. Pressing. This is done with the use of flat iron in order the printed design will be attached properly to the shirt.

5. Drying. Drying is very important in this process because once the attached design is not dry and not properly placed, it might ruin the shirt and it will not be used at all. The designs on shirt are dried through blowers for quicker drying.

6. Checking of shirts. This step is done to ensure that all the personalized shirts will turn out as expected, excellent and with a classy result.

7. Packaging. This is the last step of the production process where in the finished personalized shirts are placed in a plastic bag as its packaging. After this, the shirts can be delivered or given to the customer.

•The process of production was practiced very well and perfected to have a product with a high standard and quality that will be best suited for its consumers.

•All workers must be very knowledgeable on how the process of production goes as well as the proper use of facilities, materials and equipments.

•Materials come from reliable sources with their own safety measures to have a quality and trusted product.

•The business also sees to it that there are enough materials so as not to delay the production process.
3.3 ORDERING PROCEDURE

Contact Customer
-review order requirements and correct the design, color, and measurement of the shirt

Order and payment are received -the customer made an actual purchase of the product

Quality control of the order
-if the product meets the specified standards of quality and requirements and he business ensures the quality and unique prints of the shirts to meet the customer’s satisfaction. In order to prove the business’ claim that it is 100% worth to be paid for, they set guidelines and policies for the workers to follow in the production of the product.

Order proceeded to shipment
-the product will be delivered or shipped to the customer

Items are received by the customer

3.3 WORK SCHEDULE The L&M Partnership will operate from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm from Monday to Friday and from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm every Saturday. The business will not operate every Sunday and on holidays.

3.4 MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENTS 3.4.1 MACHINERIES AND EQUIPMENTS

NAME | AMOUNT | Computer set | Php 10,000.00 | Printing machine | Php 35,000.00 | TOTAL Php 45,000.00 |

3.4.2 OFFICE SUPPLIES

NAME | QUANTITY | PRICE PER PIECE | TOTAL AMOUNT | Ballpen | 7 | Php 20.00 | Php 140.00 | Pencil | 10 | Php 6.00 | Php 60.00 | Paper clip | 1 box | Php 25.00 | Php 25.00 | Folder | 15 | Php 7.00 | Php 105.00 | Brown envelope | 20 | Php 9.00 | Php 180.00 | Stapler | 2 | Php 40.00 | Php 80.00 | Staple wire | 1 box | Php 25.00 | Php 25.00 | Ruler | 5 | Php 15.00 | Php 75.00 | Short and long bond paper | 5 reams | Php 320.00 | Php 1,600.00 | Scissor | 3 | Php 18.00 | Php 54.00 | Scotch tape | 8 | Php 28.00 | Php 224.00 | Eraser | 2 | Php 12.00 | Php 24.00 | Sharpener | 1 | Php 150.00 | Php 150.00 | TOTAL Php 2,742.00 |

3.4.3 FURNITURES, FIXTURES, AND OFFICE EQUIPMENTS

NAME | QUANTITY | PRICE PER PIECE | TOTAL AMOUNT | Telephone | 1 | Php 700.00 | Php 700.00 | Electric fan | 2 | Php 850.00 | Php 850.00 | File cabinet | 1 | Php 1,000.00 | Php 1,000.00 | calculator | 2 | Php 600.00 | Php 1,200.00 | TOTAL Php 3,750.00 |

3.4.4 MATERIALS

NAME | QUANTITY | PRICE PER PIECE | TOTAL AMOUNT | Paint brush | 10 | Php 75.00 | Php 750.00 | Paint | 8 colors | Php 50.00 | Php 400.00 | T-shirts | 20 | Php 120.00 | Php 2,400.00 | TOTAL Php 3,550.00 |

3.4.5 EMERGENCY AND SAFETY EQUIPMENTS

NAME | QUANTITY | PRICE PER PIECE | TOTAL AMOUNT | Safety signs | 1 pack | Php 120.00 | Php 120.00 | Fire extinguisher | 1 | Php 1,500.00 | Php 1,500.00 | Emergency light | 2 | Php 200.00 | Php 400.00 | TOTAL Php 2,020.00 |

3.4.6 CLEANING EQUIPMENTS

NAME | QUANTITY | PRICE PER PIECE | TOTAL AMOUNT | Broom | 2 | Php 40.00 | Php 80.00 | Dustpan | 1 | Php 60.00 | Php 60.00 | Mop | 1 | Php 85.00 | Php 85.00 | Trash can | 3 | Php 150.00 | Php 450.00 | Garbage bags | 10 | Php 10.00 | Php 100.00 | Rugs | 1 bundle | Php 30.00 | Php 30.00 | TOTAL Php 805.00 |

3.5 BUSINESS LOCATION

Star J Plaza, a 7-storey commercial establishment located at the very heart of Malabon City will house the location of L&M Partnership. A stone’s throw away from different establishments such as the Malabon City Hall, Malabon Public Market, Private and Public Schools and different Business Establishments. Moreover, it is flanked by the dense housing communities of Malabon and Navotas which also serves as Star J Plaza’s residential support base.
Star J Plaza now celebrates its Ruby Year, further intends to cater the ever changing demands of the community is geared up for major improvement come 1st Quarter of 2013. It is noteworthy to mention that Star J Plaza have already concluded with SaveMore Supermarket, one of the country’s premier supermarket chain that would occupy the Ground, Mezzanine and 2nd Floor of the establishment.

3.6 PRODUCTION FLOOR PLAN

3.7 UTILITIES The L&M Partnership will have MERALCO, MANILA WATER, and BAYANTEL as its sources of electricity, water supply, and telephone line in the operation of the business.