Multi-site coat programmes are designed forwards from a logo and fail backwards from a washing machine. Reverse the order.

Start with the wash arrangement

In-house hotel laundry, commercial service, or staff washing at home — each destroys different details.

Cloth, closures and embroidery get specified to the actual wash, not the brochure.

Hold the identity centrally

Artwork, thread colours, placement and the size curve live in one place.

That is what makes site nine match site one, and a restock an email instead of a project.

Stock the curve, including tails

Brigades change constantly, and the new starter is never a medium.

A held size run across both cuts is the difference between a uniform and an apology.

Plan replacement, not perfection

Coats meet fryers. A programme includes a same-spec replacement path with no new setup.

That single line in the agreement is worth more than any fabric upgrade.