Kino Shin (신동휘)
SEOUL / 2026KOI KNOWHOW APPAREL WORKS.I KNOWWHAT’S NEXT.
APPAREL PRODUCTION / AUTOMATION / AI
BUILT BY KINO ↓KNOW THE WORK.
FIND THE PROBLEM.
BUILD A SMALL SOLUTION FIRST.
TEST IT FAST.
MAKE IT USEFUL.
SHARE IT.
MAKE IT A SYSTEM.
EXPERIENCE
15 YEARS OF MAKING APPAREL WORK.
FROM PRODUCTION TO PRODUCT.
FROM OPERATIONS TO AI.
15+
YEARS IN APPAREL
16+
AI & AUTOMATION TOOLS
2
STARTUPS FOUNDED
- 2021 — NOWHANSOLLAritzia Team Lead · AI / AutomationI turned operational knowledge into systems the team could use.TNA, Sunday Best and Babaton accountsFabric sourcing, style development, costingQuality, production, buyer communicationTeam management, sales and business operationAI and automation tools, cross-functional workflow improvement35×ACCOUNT SCALE, 2021 → 2025
- 2023 — 2025FASHION ROBOTICSFounder / Manufacturing AIAI FABRIC INSPECTION MACHINEAI fabric inspection — computer vision and MLCamera system and defect detectionDeployed on the manufacturing floorSaaS inspection workflow, buyer demos95%+ defect detection
- 2019 — 2022LANGSOMFounder / Product / Brand / OperationsI BUILT A FASHION BRAND FROM THE GROUND UP.Sustainable babywear subscriptionRent, return, clean, reuse — a circular modelSubscription product design, branding, marketingCustomer experience and business operationsSelected for the government startup program
- 2016 — 2019HANSOLLANF & HOLLISTER Team LeadI learned how the apparel business runs.ANF and HOLLISTER accountsFabric sourcing and style developmentCosting and buyer communicationProduction and shipmentEnd-to-end style ownership
- 2012 — 2016HANSAEFabric Sourcing · Apparel Production & ManagementI learned how apparel is made.Abercrombie & Fitch, TCP and Catherines accountsKnit fabric development and sourcingTrim sourcing and sample developmentProduction and shipment managementSeason-scale fabric development
KINO LAB
01 — 17
I DON'T AUTOMATE EVERYTHING.
I AUTOMATE WHAT GETS IN THE WAY.
I don't automate everything. I start with the work there is no reason to repeat.
Problems on the floor, solved directly with AI and code.
Below are the AI and automation projects actually in use at work.
Sensitive work information is left out; each project is rebuilt around its problem and how it was solved.
DEEP CASES
01AI Sewing WorksheetReads the Tech Pack and the pattern together and writes the sewing worksheet, in the context of the development round- 02Brand Website Crawler + AnalysisCrawls a brand's website into structured product data, then reads trends out of it
- 03Trim Order GeneratorBOM and order data turned into a trim order sheet ready to send
- 04Price Ticket Auto OrderPO recap data drives the price ticket order on the external site, start to finish
INTERACTIVE PREVIEWS
05TNA AutomationTime & Action dates calculated against three national holiday calendars and lead times- 06DHL / FedEx Auto TrackerParcel AWBs checked at a set hour each day and the status shared by mail
- 07Post-Process Worksheet GeneratorWashing, dyeing and embroidery details turned into a standard work order
- 08Operations Knowledge BaseScattered know-how kept as knowledge the whole team can use
- 09Revenue Deferral AnalyzerShipment and performance data surface carry-over risk before month end
- 10PO AutosavePO mail found, downloaded and filed into its folder without being opened
- 11Daily Output UpdaterDaily factory output collected and written into the production status file
MORE BUILDS
12PO Recap GeneratorOne-click PO recap with change detection- 13Sample Photo Review PPT GeneratorSample photos for the buyer laid out in a fixed format and built into a deck
- 14Tag GeneratorTP and BOM read automatically into sample, wash and bulk lot tags
- 15Sales ComparisonERP sales order diff to revenue change detection
- 16Order Recap & Line CompareWeekly order recap changes checked against the factory's actual line schedule
- 17TP CompareTech Pack changes — spec, construction, BOM — compared and flagged
Hover a tool
BUILT TOOLS FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.
Repetitive work is different at every level.
Staff make samples, senior staff organize the data,
assistant managers gather it to check where things stand, managers run production and sales,
and leadership manages risk and decides where the business goes.
Every job has its own bottleneck, so every job needs its own answer.
Understanding how every role works, I built the tool each one needed — and the whole team's workflow moved with it.
USED ACROSS EVERY LEVEL
Staff, senior staff, assistant manager, manager, leadership — a different problem at each level.
- LEADERSHIPStrategy / Risk Management / IntelligenceRevenue Deferral Analyzer/Operations Knowledge Base/Brand Website Crawler + Analysis
- SENIOR STAFFMaterial Orders / Post-Process InstructionsTrim Order Generator/Post-Process Worksheet Generator/AI Sewing Worksheet
- STAFFSample Worksheets / Buyer POPO Autosave/PO Recap Generator/Price Ticket Auto Order/DHL / FedEx Auto Tracker/TP Compare/AI Sewing Worksheet
- 17
- TOOLS & SYSTEMS
- 67%
- AVG. TIME REDUCTION
- TEAM-WIDE USE
AUTOMATION SCALES
WHEN THE WHOLE WORKFLOW MOVES.
2023 — 2025 / FASHION ROBOTICS
WATCH MACHINE DEMO ↗AI FABRIC
INSPECTION MACHINE
- AI-based fabric inspection
- Computer vision & AI defect detection
- Deployed on the manufacturing floor
- Hardware, software and service in one product
2019 — 2022 / LANGSOM
SUSTAINABLE
BABYWEAR BRAND
Running a business myself is what let me understand what a CEO and a leadership team are actually weighing.
- Brand
- Subscription service
- Circular fashion
- Business operation