Nellie Melo started working for my father at Ronnie Manufacturing before I ever opened Darn It!.
When my dad’s factory shut down, she came to work for me. That was 1996. She’s been here ever since.
Nellie Melo started working for my father at Ronnie Manufacturing before I ever opened Darn It!.
When my dad’s factory shut down, she came to work for me. That was 1996. She’s been here ever since.
A shipment of 4 truckloads of apparel showed up 5 weeks earlier than expected. The factory was ahead of schedule and so was the container ship. The customer’s own warehouse was already full.
A polo shirt seems like a simple garment. Fabric, a collar, a placket, a few buttons. Not much room for things to go wrong.
Then a shipment of 8,500 polos showed up at our customer’s distribution center with orange buttons sewn on, when the order called for white — opaque, not a shade of off-white, not “close enough.” Just wrong.
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“When we allocate our resources, we do so with Darn it! in mind. With our company’s goal of just time inventory and lean manufacturing, we often have very tight deadlines, Darn it! consistently makes me look good!”
Mike W.