How a centralized, automated compliance platform unlocked real-time traceability, faster audits, and a scalable vendor ecosystem.

Streamlining Compliance Operations for UNTUCKit

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About UNTUCKit

A leading apparel brand known for its signature untucked shirts, headquartered in New York City with a robust North American presence and sourcing, manufacturing, and retail operations across Asia and Latin America.

80+ Retail Locations

Mission: Redefine casual menswear with untucked-ready shirts—raising the bar on quality, fit, and responsible sourcing.

Executive Summary

UNTUCKit set out to lead the industry in ethical sourcing and supply-chain transparency. As growth accelerated, they needed a technology partner to standardize and future-proof vendor compliance and cotton traceability—particularly to stay aligned with evolving U.S. CBP requirements.

With Compliance Cart, UNTUCKit digitized and centralized documentation, connected cross-functional teams and global partners, and built a scalable, audit-ready compliance operation.

The Challenge

Global operations complexity

Managing compliance across 100+ vendors and multiple countries with varied regulations and formats.

Manual, decentralized processes

Certifications, audits, and CBP submissions lived in emails and spreadsheets—hard to track, easy to miss.

Cotton traceability pressure

Multi-tier declarations and transaction certificates required consistent collection, validation, and storage.

Inconsistent formats

Social audits, restricted substances tests, and sustainability credentials arrived in different templates and file types.

Audit readiness gaps

No consolidated visibility; high administrative effort and frequent back-and-forth.

Supplier Guidance

Suppliers lacked clear workflows and ongoing supplier compliance was missing.

Goal

Establish a best-practice, digital compliance platform supporting structured, multi-tier traceability and certifications for ethical sourcing and CBP preparedness.

The Solution

A Collaborative, Standardized Platform with Compliance Cart

UNTUCKit implemented a collaborative, standardized platform with Compliance Cart to manage vendor certifications and cotton garment traceability end-to-end.

What We Delivered

Centralized & Digitized Platform

  • Single source of truth for internal teams and suppliers
  • Real-time, end-to-end visibility
  • Audit-grade storage and version-controlled records
  • Vendor certification control across regions

Smart Automation

  • Automated supplier certification and traceability workflows
  • Auto document submission & routing
  • Reminder engine for licenses/certifications
  • Expiry monitoring & validity tracking

Standardized Processes

  • First-view traceability from farm to store
  • PO/Batch/Season-based documentation management
  • Reviewer/Approver/Assessor workflows

Real-Time Monitoring

  • Real-time compliance dashboards
  • Alerts to prevent non-compliance
  • Risk and status insights

Value Generation & Business Impact

Measurable efficiency, faster audits, and unified visibility

70%+ Reduction in manual follow-ups and documentation gaps
Weeks → Days Faster compliance processing times
80% Improved audit
readiness
100% Unified documentation ecosystem

Outcomes Delivered

  • Verified suppliers with instant status visibility (internal & vendor views)
  • Continued Supplier compliance via proactive renewal enforcement
  • Easy document retrieval and improved audit preparedness
  • Reduced back-and-forth delay and rework
  • Improved resource utilization through automation
  • Stronger supplier relationships and higher SLA performance

What Made It Work

Attributes for Success

Compliance Cart and UNTUCKit teams collaborating with suppliers

Partnership approach

Dedicated team with personalized attention to UNTUCKit and suppliers.

Project planning board with clear milestones and owners

Well-defined project plan

Clear goals and a structured rollout timeline.

Executive sponsorship meeting and cross-team alignment

Leadership support

Visible executive sponsorship and cross-team alignment.

Hands-on training workshop driving rapid user uptake

Extensive user adoption

Hands-on training and engagement driving rapid uptake.

Customer Testimonials

Trusted by product & production leaders

Portrait of Egan Bergstein
Compliance Cart is an excellent company with an excellent software solution. For me, the real value lies in the automation—it’s a huge time saver compared to trying to manage everything in Excel. The system not only makes processes faster and more efficient but also safer by reducing human error and ensuring traceability. Of course, you still have to do some work in pushing vendors and maintaining documentation, but Compliance Cart makes the chain of custody far more manageable and creates a supply chain that truly makes sense.

Björn Bengtsson , Chief Product Officer, UNTUCKit

Portrait of Mariana Popova
Before Compliance Cart, tracking certifications and preparing for audits was painful. The automated collection, expiry reminders, and real-time visibility across the cotton chain have been game-changing—faster audit readiness, fewer compliance gaps, and less escalation risk. We can focus on growth while Compliance Cart solves supply problems.

Mariana Popova, Senior Production Manager, UNTUCKit

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