The problem
The second batch arrives a shade off the first
- A second run is dyed fresh, so the shade is only compared once the goods arrive.
- Fabric is re-sourced without the reference the first batch was cut from.
- Dye houses quoting on price match the shade by eye.
What it costs if left
- Staff in mismatched batches look like separate companies on the same site.
- A brand colour that drifted is noticed by customers before management.
- Managers field questions about why the new staff look different.
Our answer
- One colour standard is kept on file for the life of the programme.
- Each top-up is checked against that standard before it is cut.
- Material is sourced to it, and the incoming roll is inspected on arrival.
The gain
- Every site and every batch reads as one company.
- Replenishments that sit beside the originals without a seam.
- Batches that match the first, ten orders in.
Who it stalls
- Facilities teams chasing a colour that keeps moving.
- Front-of-house staff sent out in a tone that does not match.
- A reception desk that suddenly wears two different blues.














