The minimum to start
To start you need one sample tech pack in your vendor's format as a PDF and the designs you want packs for. That sample shows Artifax the layout your factory already reads.
What makes the drafts better over time
Past styles and bills of materials and a material library make later drafts closer to your house standards. You can add them as you go. The first packs can go out before the archive is loaded.
Files Artifax can read
Artifax can read Illustrator files and PDFs and Excel bills of materials and existing tech packs and images and unstructured folders. You bring what you have.
What you don't need
You can start from the files you already keep. A tidy database can wait. A PLM can wait too.
What a trial looks like
A trial is a few of your own designs and one sample pack. The archive can wait until you want it there. When you want a person to walk a pack with you the booking button is on this page. The free plan is there if you would rather start on your own.