OUR BUSINESS
Outso is your partner in fashion. We have your back in processes such as design, production, quality control and supply chain management. Over the years we have grown to understand the needs of our customers. That is why we have developed a unique set of services which can help you deal effectively with the challenges of fast fashion industry.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to bring together best hearts and minds of the world, offer them opportunities so they may bring forth innovation, prosperity & happiness at ever accelerating pace.
Fashion Meets
future
Our Services
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Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time.
Vision with action can change the world.
—Joel A. Barker
Sweden Team
Bilal Bhatti
Founder - C.E.O
For the past eight years Bilal has run Outso AB.
He has a bachelors degree in Textile Engineering from Pakistan and Masters Degree in Applied Textile Management from Borås.
Umer Saghir
Deputy Director
Umer is Deputy Director at Outso AB.
He is Electrical Engineer with work experience of project management.
Isabella Pehrsson
Quality and Relationship manager
Felix Roll
Team
Outso
Pakistan Team
We manufacture the goods, ensure quality and arrange shipping and yet we don’t run away after sales. Our philosophy of long term business compels us to listen to customer’s feed back even after sales and we try our best to facilitate our customers in every possible manner even after the sales.
In 2014, Pakistan got GSP+ status. This means most of the clothing products from Pakistan are import duty free to Europe. 12% is a hell of a money to save here. Pakistan being our major production market, we pass on this benefit to our customers in Europe.
We are not agents. Instead we are manufacturers and traders. We take full responsibility of our products. It’s no secret that agents run away in times of conflict because their money or reputation is not at stake.
Our multicultural teams of merchandisers & designers located both in Sweden and Pakistan will make sure communication runs smoothly. In our team, we have people speaking Swedish, Finish, English, French, German, Czech, Urdu, Hindi and still adding more.
We have long term partnership with our freight forwarders. Together with that shipping knowledge and our factory on ground, we can offer you the complete supply chain solution. Staring from the design concept to the finish product in your warehouse or retail stores, you can count on us.
It’s no secret that factories don’t have consistent pricing in Asia. When it comes to pricing, our team of textile engineers calculate the exact consumption of materials to determine the right prices for the specific product. This helps us build a sustainable relationship between our customers and raw material suppliers.
Our years of sourcing experience in both China and Pakistan markets has helped us create a trustworthy vendors base for raw materials. All our vendors are BSCI certified and our sourcing guys on ground are in continuous search for finding the right sources as per changing customer’s needs. Just tell us your collection’s theme and we’ll present you a variety of materials and styles to chose from.
About 60% exports from Pakistan are indirectly done by medium sized factories but they never get the credit for that. Because generally western buyers are working with bigger factories only. These big factories take orders and split to medium sized factories in the market. But here we are talking directly to you.
From Pakistan there is only once a week sailing i.e. generally on weekends. Most of the factories are located at least 24 hours drive from the port city. This means, if you miss one day in catching coming weekend’s sailing, it might cause an added delay of one week to 10 days. Our merchandisers on ground are in continuous follow up with the shipping agents to avoid such delays. In order to meet urgencies we have built up a close network of air shipments. We have several times shipped from design to delivery in 5-6 weeks to the store.
Our multicultural teams of merchandisers & designers located both in Sweden and Pakistan will make sure communication runs smoothly. In our team, we have people speaking Swedish, Finish, English, French, German, Czech, Urdu, Hindi and still adding more.
We call it a myth that a knitwear factory cannot work on woven, or tops factory cannot make bottoms. It’s all about planning. We have introduced technology in the supply chain for better planning and quickly we can plan our lines for a big range of both woven and knitted products. That gives our customers a complete collection solution.
The moment we got to know about Quadruple Helix Model, immediately we fell in love with the concept. It means industry, academia, society and government work hand in hand for the innovation.
Quadruple Helix Model
Thanks to our partners who believed in us and joined our team to kick start a culture of innovation in our company.
- ACADEMIA: NTU – National Textile University Pakistan. www.ntu.edu.pk
- GOVERNMENT: Swedfund – www.swedfund.se
- CIVIL SOCIETY: FTA – Foreign Trade Agreement (BSCI & BEPI) – www.fta-intl.org
- INDUSTRY: We are glad to be part of this.
At the office we’re all slight junkies of science fiction and, in a way addicted to the thought of the future. With our feet grounded in the here now, we are taking steps in preparing for the future of the industry.
Digital/Fashion Steroids:
It’s our profound knowledge and expertise in the different areas of fashion that has made us more receptive to the challenges of the industry. We believe there is a grave need of another approach to the challenges of fast fashion industry. We need a supply chain which helps us design faster and easier. A place where creativity can be equally rewarding and satisfying. Our answer to this growing problem is the world’s first digital marketplace where fashion designers can license their work. It’s a place where fashion gets on Steroids. Put up your seat belts and let us take you on a ride to the future of fashion. We call it FashionSteroids!
The best way to predict the future is to invent it
—Abraham Lincoln
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
To us at Outso it is important, that the values that the certificates stand for are appreciated by the very people whose lives they aim to improve. We wish to change the way the standards are perceived and bring upon a real change for the people working in the factories. Many of the certificates out there impose western standards upon the producing companies. We know the realities behind the scenes and have chosen to join BSCI & BEPI because their methods appreciates the ground realities.
“The Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) is a leading supply chain management system that supports companies to drive social compliance and improvements within the factories and farms in their global supply chains. BSCI implements the principle international labour standards protecting workers’ rights such as International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions and declarations, the United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and guidelines for multinational enterprises of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The Business Environmental Performance Initiative enables companies to manage and improve the environmental performance of their global supply chain through a supported and tailored management system approach. BEPI uses industry best practices alongside practical technical expertise to support companies in developing supply chain visibility and meet the increasing environmental regulatory and stakeholder requirements. The basis of the BEPI Framework is built on the Global Social Compliance Programme (GSCP) Environmental Reference Tools, and it is also aligned with leading environmental standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)”.
(By courtesy of FTA – Foreign Trade Association)