Protected fashion supply chain: technical sheets and samples secured across contractors
The context
An established Italian premium apparel brand coordinates over 30 contractors each season: factories, print houses, and leather goods suppliers spread across Italy, Portugal, and North Africa. Technical sheets, digital samples, price lists, and material specifications are shared daily via email and unprotected links.
The brand had no visibility into what happened to files after sending: who opened them, whether they were copied, whether they ended up on third-party systems or, in the worst case, with a competitor.
The problem
Onboarding each new contractor took weeks, slowing the start of seasonal production runs. In the meantime, files were being sent through uncontrolled channels with no way to revoke access once a collaboration ended.
The risk was twofold: pre-launch design leaks feeding counterfeit markets, and unintentional exposure of technical specifications to competitors through contractors shared with other brands.
The solution
The brand adopted FileGrant to manage all supply chain file sharing, maintaining full control over every document, even after delivery.
Isolated folders per contractor - each supplier accesses only their assigned folder, with no visibility into other partners' files. Onboarding takes hours, with no software installation required.
Lock&Go encrypted download - the contractor receives a protected file. It stays encrypted on their device and requires OTP authentication to open: readable only by authorized users, useless if copied or forwarded.
Screenshot and unencrypted download blocking - technical sheets and digital samples can be viewed but cannot be extracted, printed, or screenshotted without explicit permission.
Instant access revocation - when a collaboration ends, one click revokes access to all shared files, including those already downloaded.
The results
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Anti AI scraping
Unlimited storage
Screenshot blocking
Encrypted downloads (Lock&Go)