If you are in the embroidery business, this can be a difficult decision. Do you outsource your work for hand embroidery or hire a machine embroidery company to do the work?
Let’s look at the pros and cons of both options.
Advantages of hand embroidery
1) Hand embroidery can create a unique look and beautiful pieces that are truly individual.
2) Each individual adds their personal keys to the piece, creating a signature piece.
Cons of hand embroidery
1) Embroidery by hand takes time and money. On average, it takes more than two hours to create a two-inch square piece of embroidery. The more intricate the piece, the longer it will take. Since time is money, increased processing time increases costs in tangible and intangible ways for your business.
2) Personal error and contamination are also possible in hand embroidery. For example, an embroidery technician may not follow the established pattern and create errors in the final piece. As the person is embroidering, the piece can also get dirty and this will delay delivery and increase the cost of the piece.
Advantages of machine embroidery
1) Machine embroidery is possible through a programmable embroidery digitizer. All you have to do is hand your design over to a digitizing company. They will load the pattern in a format that can be read by an embroidery machine. The company also makes sure that each design is true to the original.
2) Machine embroidery is fast and efficient. Most embroidery companies already have parts in stock like T-shirts, caps, socks, etc. ready to embroider. All you have to do is purchase the correct amount of material in stock and the company will create the necessary merchandise for you in a cost-effective and timely manner.
3) Response time is faster. Ace embroidery digitization done through a computer, the process takes less than ten minutes to complete. As a customer, you need to approve the design and the embroidery process can begin immediately.
4) Human errors such as design errors, broken materials, dirt, etc. they are all minimized or completely absent.
5) As machine embroidery is fast, the merchandise is ready in less than two days, depending on the selected embroidery pattern.
Cons of machine embroidery
As such, there are no downsides to machine embroidery. Most digital embroidery companies have back-up staff and machines that will handle any type of urgent or emergency order.
As you can see, machine embroidery is an affordable and practical option for quick results while preserving the high quality of designs. For large orders, it makes sense to contact an embroidery digitizing company like expressdigitising.com. With our team of highly trained digitizers, we guarantee the highest quality end results for all your projects. We offer the most competitive flat rate prices and response times of 5 to 24 hours. Contact us for your embroidery requirements.