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How to automate line sheets from your product catalog

Building line sheets by hand means retyping product data into design files every season. Here's how ModaFlow builds them from your catalog, drafts the copy with AI and gets them to buyers.

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The manual line sheet workflow

For many brands, a line sheet still passes through several hands before a buyer sees it:

  1. The product team exports style data from a PLM system or spreadsheet
  2. The design team receives product photos and data
  3. A designer lays out the sheets in InDesign
  4. The sales team reviews them and asks for changes
  5. The designer revises, often more than once
  6. Final PDFs are exported and emailed to buyers

Every round of changes adds days, and freelance design fees pile up in peak season. The cost hurts, but the timing hurts more: while the sheets are still in revision, buyers are already reviewing other brands' collections.

How line sheet automation works in ModaFlow

In ModaFlow, a line sheet is built from the styles already in your catalog, so nobody retypes product data:

  1. Bring your styles in from a CSV file or your Shopify catalog
  2. Pick the styles for the collection and check wholesale prices, MSRP, size runs and minimums
  3. Let AI draft the collection intro and a description for each style from your product details
  4. Review and edit the copy and prices before anything goes out
  5. Share the line sheet in your buyer portal, where buyers can order from it, or export it as a PDF

Because the sheet is built from your product data, you can rebuild it after a price change instead of re-editing a design file.

What changes for your sales team

  • No designer for routine sheets: your sales or merchandising team builds and updates line sheets themselves
  • Faster to buyers: a sheet can go out as soon as styles, prices and photos are in your catalog
  • Consistent copy: every style description starts from the same brand voice, and your team edits from there
  • Buyers order from the sheet: a line sheet in your buyer portal leads straight to an order, not a PDF attachment someone has to retype

You still decide which styles go in, how they're priced and what the copy says. ModaFlow removes the layout and data-entry work between those decisions.

Build your next line sheet in ModaFlow

Every plan starts with a 14-day trial, so you can build a line sheet from your own styles before you commit.

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