Ludhiana knows garments
Ludhiana is famous across India as a hosiery and woollen knitwear city, with a knitwear trade that is more than a century old and is made up mostly of small units. Cloth and garment shopping runs through busy bazaars such as Chaura Bazaar, which mixes wholesale and retail, and Ghumar Mandi, along with Akal Market and other textile lanes.
For a boutique or ladies tailor, that has two effects:
- Clients are fussy about fabric and finish. People who grew up around a garment trade notice a bad seam.
- Skilled hands are close by. Many shops use a few karigars inside and send embroidery, dyeing or bulk finishing to small units in the city.
VogueDesk does not run a knitting factory. It is meant for the made-to-measure side: suits, salwars, lehengas, blouses and alterations stitched for one client at a time.
When the wedding season lands
Punjabi weddings bring big family orders, often in the winter months. A single family might want suits for the bride’s sisters, a heavy lehenga and some kurta pyjamas, all for the same date. Here is how that order looks in VogueDesk:
| Step | What you do in VogueDesk |
|---|---|
| Take the order | One order, several garments, each with its own item name and notes. Advance recorded. |
| Check the date | Capacity calendar shows how full the weeks before the wedding already are. |
| Split the work | Each garment stage (cutting, stitching, embroidery, finishing) is assigned to a karigar. |
| Send out embroidery | Record the job, agreed price and the send-out date with the contractor. |
| Deliver and bill | GST invoice with the advance already adjusted, WhatsApp message to the client. |
The dashboard keeps a list of every delivery due in the next 30 days, so you see the wedding cluster coming.
Karigars, piece rates and attendance
Many Ludhiana shops pay a mix of monthly salary and per-piece money. VogueDesk handles both:
- Piece rates for each karigar, multiplied by the tasks they complete in the month.
- Assignments board where each karigar sees only their own tasks and marks them started or done.
- Leaderboard that ranks staff on completed work, if your team likes a bit of competition.
- Attendance with present, absent, half day and leave. If your biometric machine supports the iClock protocol, check-ins arrive on their own.
- Payroll with salary structures, monthly runs and salary advances that are repaid over time.
See karigar management and attendance and payroll for more detail.
Job work to outside units
When a suit goes to an embroidery unit across town, VogueDesk records it as a contractor job with a price. You mark it sent and received, raise a job-work out/in challan, and see what you owe each contractor. Contractors can also have their own login to see their jobs. The details are on the job-work tracker page.
WhatsApp updates in Punjabi
Connect your own WhatsApp Business number through Meta’s official platform. VogueDesk then sends messages when an order is created, ready or delivered, and when a payment is received with the balance left. Write the templates in Punjabi, Hindi or English, whatever your clients read.
GST without a separate billing tool
If you are registered, VogueDesk makes GST invoices with HSN/SAC codes and CGST/SGST, and gives GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and GSTR-4 reports with PDF. Already use Tally? You can import clients from Tally XML.
VogueDesk is online and works anywhere in Ludhiana. Try the Studio plan free for 14 days with no card, or start on the Free plan. See pricing.
Frequently asked questions
Is VogueDesk meant for hosiery factories in Ludhiana?
No. VogueDesk is built for made-to-measure work: boutiques, ladies tailors and bridal studios that stitch per client. It does not run knitting units or bulk export production.
Can I pay my karigars per piece?
Yes. Each karigar can have a piece rate in their salary structure, and payroll multiplies it by the tasks they completed that month.
Our biometric machine is an eSSL. Will attendance come in?
VogueDesk accepts check-ins from biometric devices that use the iClock protocol, which many ZKTeco and eSSL-type machines support. Check your model's settings for push or cloud server support.
Can clients get updates in Punjabi?
Yes. WhatsApp templates are written by you, so they can be in Punjabi, Hindi or English. Templates for messages sent after 24 hours need Meta approval.
Is there someone from VogueDesk in Ludhiana to set it up?
VogueDesk has no local office or partner in Ludhiana. It is online and set up by you. Enterprise plans include on-site training if you need it.
Last updated 31 October 2026.