Responsibility of an apparel merchandiser

Responsibility of an apparel merchandiser

Apparel merchandiser is a person who is plays the vital role to make a better profit by making contract with buyer to successful shipment. An ideal merchandiser should follow a few responsibilities to execute the apparel manufacturing process. All those responsibility should know every merchandiser that’s why I’m going to discuss about it. A minor mistake can reduce you calculation specialty or your professional skill. So read every step of this article carefully to be an expert on merchandising and do your professional duties.

Merchandiser is key of marketing for a garment manufacturing company and production observer.

Order collection

This is the first step to do duty of a senior merchandiser in garments industry. Always looking for buyer, make discussion and finally make an appointment with them to make a great deal by taking some dress manufacturing contract or order collection. An expert merchandiser can make a huge profit by making a profitable contract with buyer. Though most of the contract makes via E-mail or Fax but a merchandiser should know all of the way to collect order from buyer.

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Sample development

Every business use some sample design to convince the buyer. That’s why this business also needs to make some sample to show those to buyer. Development of sample is required when the production factory want to take challenge to make batter garment with different high profile production factory. Sample development should be prepared before show to the buyer as it can be acceptable.

Price negotiation

Profit is the main aim of a garments production factory. What ever you think; in every business profit comes first. So In that case a senior merchandiser should know how to negotiate the price with buyer as the production company get’s profit by making this garments. Senior merchandiser must know how to explain the product with the buyer and why they deserve such amount of money to produce the product.

Material sourcing

Sourcing of the material capability is great and so much important qualification of a senior merchandiser. Every merchandiser should maintain a strong and good relation with supplier as they can be reaching in time. A good relation between supplier and buyer could help together to produce better product on time.

Order confirmation

Order confirmation is an important duty for a merchandiser that we have got the requirement garment manufacturing like quality of garment, how many size include in it, quantity of garments etc. simply it a simple latter or mail to buyer that we are agree to produce the garment within a amount days.

L/C opening

This is needs to export the product in another country. This is a part of commercial department of an industry but senior merchandiser should know and maintain the L/C work.

Opening summery

This is short information of all of goods manufacturing process. Opening summery made when a contract made by showing to the buyer or customer. This is whole process of manufacturing showing at a glance.

Production planning

This is a future planning of garments how it manufactures and what we’ll get. Production planning helps senior merchandiser to draw a production flow chart as it can be execute properly and handle all of worker.

Product development

Talking about the people who use the garments; always want a high quality garments by low budget. So product development is an important step to take before starting the manufacturing.

Production monitoring

Every production need to monitor properly so that the production would not makes any wrong step. Production monitoring helps the production manager to provide as same as garments quality as buyer required.

Quality assurance

Quality is a great character of a garment product. The product should not compromise with its quality by any causes. Buyer reserve the authority to cancel the order, if the quality of garments is less than the buyer asked.

Final inspection

Inspection is one of the most important steps to take in any manufacturing process. Buyer always asks for new and different design and quality that is could be new to the worker or official stuff. So inspection required in every step. Some time inspection could be providing wrong information as a result the shipment could be in danger. After complete final inspection the shipment would be ready for delivery.

Arrange shipment

After completing folding, packing, and make a unit box by carton. The goods are ready to shipment than the senior merchandiser arrange a transport to send them to buyer. If buyer has any terms and condition than merchandiser could follow the instruction because buyer is a big income source of the manufacturing company.

Discuss of garment costing

Discuss of garment costing

Merchandiser is a profession where every merchandiser controlled by some internal rules and regulations to do the duty. Always rules and regulation show the path of working procedure of a merchandiser. So every merchandiser should follow every single rules and regulations all of this regulation are the responsibility of a merchandiser. This information is collected from a few senior merchandiser personal experience and opinion how they think about this job. I think this information can help fresh merchandiser who have no idea how a merchandiser work and those merchandiser whose have some misunderstand about it.

Discuss of garment costing

Discuss of garment costing

Garment costing

A garment is one of the most important elements used to make fashion and make a better life style. Now a day’s all the people across the world use garments to be a fashionable person includes you! Currently reading my article….

Different type of garment are manufacturing every day by different manufacturer depending the necessity of consumer. People who use the garment always want a high quality and comfort garments in minimum budget. So there is now way to make cheap garments by considering the quality of garment. Before make a conformation deal with buyer a merchandiser make the calculation of manufacturing cost. The price of the garment to a buyer depends of the estimate costing of a garment. After make a calculation of a garments the manufacturer fix a price for buyer as it can be accept able to the buyer and so friendly to the current business environment.

Calculation of a garment cost? May be this is not so easy as you think because a full proof and authentic and profitable calculation need a vast of knowledge of fabric manufacturing process and process cost and many more. Here is some important point should acknowledge to a perfect merchandiser. Here you go.

Raw Material source

As like every other production; garment also need raw material and this big amount of raw material or fabrics is not so easy to get it when it is need to produce the garment. So merchandiser so be able to make a strong relationship with supplier so that the material could be get in time. If the raw material cause a big problem than it could be reduce the profit. This is the big reason of hike the estimate cost of garments I think.

Color, Size and quantity specification

How many quantity of garments buyer want to buy and how many color and size should include on the contract. Some time the color of fabric could be rare to get and could not be able the make such amount of garment as much as the buyer required. So before make a deal with buyer always the responsible merchandiser take a look on the stock and supplier. After talking the order from buyer if the merchandiser unable to get the fabric and produce the garment than the costing could be hike from the calculation amount.

Size specification

Every calculation is abortively if the merchandiser makes a mistake with size specification of garments. Size specification should follow according to buyer on manufacturing process other wiser it will make wrong size of garments and manufacturer gets a shock of damages other than they get profit.

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Shipment date

Manufacturing process of garment must complete before the date of shipment. A senior merchandiser always fixes this date with buyer over phone, E-mail or Fax or any communication system. Shipment date should take seriously to do business all over the word because some time the buyer cancels the manufacturing order if the manufacturers companies miss the shipment date.

Inspection

Most of buyer inspects the garments before get the delivery from manufacturer. Buyer makes an inspection by themselves or third party send by buyer. After get the full conformation of the quality of garments the manufacturer gets paid.

Terms and condition

Some time some buyer adds some terms and conditions during make the deal with manufacturer. Payment system, wash fastness of fabric, and minimum and quality of garments also include on this terms and condition. This terms and condition also like how we contract with a tailor when order for a dress. But this condition could be written on contract paper.

factor of fabric preparation

Description and factor of fabric preparation

Description and factor of fabric preparation

 

Description and factor of fabric preparation

Description and factor of fabric preparation

Fabric preparation

Before sewing an important step is fabric preparation which is start by grading, numbering, labeling, pattern matching, marking pocket, bundling, spreading and end by sending those fabric to the sewing section. Fabric is spread layer by layer on spreading table to make a suitable lay to cut too many pieces of fabric at a time. After make the lay a marker paper is set on fabric lay and make design which is need to do. According to design are draw on marker paper the fabric must be cut by fabric cutting knife or machine.

Factor of fabric preparation

  1. What kind of fabric package? Folded of rolled?
  2. Is there any shade variation on the selected fabrics?
  3. Specification of fabric thickness as required or not?
  4. Specification of fabric width as required or not?
  5. Fabric construction is match with design or not?
  6. The selvedge is same as the design or not?
  7. What is the recommended design and is the fabric design can makes those desire designs?
  8. Is the fiber is same on the fabric which is ordered by buyer or not?

Discuss the steps of fabric preparation before cutting.

Before sewing the fabric a few works to do like numbering, labeling, marking, bundling, are listed in fabric preparation. Let have a little discuss about those steps.

Numbering

Too many pieces of fabric need to makes a fabric which is important to count properly and numbering each bundle or role of fabric. Which mean it’s let us know the exact & required amount of fabric. The selection of fabric by order of administration is help to send them to the sewing section by numbering technique.

Labeling

After numbering every package or role of fabric, the next step is labeling because its help to identify the specification and quality of fabric.

Marking

Third step of fabric preparation is marking. Different tape is required to marking on fabric which is identified the different types of fabric. Marking helps to protect of mixing various color and type of fabric.

 

Bundling

After follow the each part of fabric preparation bundling is final step of them. The fabric must be send to the cutting table after bundling. Follow the user advantage the bundle can fold or role shape.

Methods of fabric preparations

  1. Grading
  2. Pattern matching
  3. Spreading

            Manual spreading

            Spreading carriage

            Automatic spreading machine

Different parts of human body are mention in tailoring.

The names of different parts of human body are mention in tailoring.
The names of different parts of human body are mention in tailoring.

The names of different parts of human body are mention in tailoring.

Length

The length of shirt is length. As it mean from shoulder to the down point of shirt is called length.

 

Put

From the higher bone of backbone to higher big bone of shoulder is called put.

 

Put & sleeves

Sleeves and put measurement length give sleeves length by sum both of them.

 

Sleeves

The higher bone of shoulder and the wrist distance is the length of sleeves.

 

Chest

This measure is taken by around the chest.

 

Neck

This measure is taken by around the higher bone of backbone and the neck. This measure is called neck

 

Wrist

This measure is taken by abound the wrist.

 

Natural wrist

From the high bone of backbone to the wrist is natural wrist.

Waist

Take the measure around waist is called waist.

 

Seat

This measure is needs to make a pant or half pant.

 

Length of the pants

Generally from waist to ankle length is the length of the pant.

 

Knee

Around the knee is measure is called knee.

 

Leg length

Waist to ankle length is leg length. This measure is also called in seam.

 

Bottom of the pants

From 2/3 inch less measure knee to get bottom of pant’s measure.

 

Small

Measure the around the knee is take this measure.

 

Elbow

After fold the elbow and take the measure by let the measuring tape not so tightly.

 

Head

Around the head a little high of the ear taking measure is head measure.

 

All those information are collect by research on  web and some textbooks. All those informathin are provided best of my self, If missed something to mention on this article then please let me know that by leave a comment. if you want to know more about tailoring system than please follow the link. Click here to read more

Description of tailoring process

Description of tailoring
Description of tailoring

Description of tailoring

 

Tailoring is a process of garment making by take the measurement of one selected person’s body shape. One this garments making system the selected person select his/her favorite design, color, fabric. The garments all of measurement and every design can be depend on the customer. Tailoring system makes a garment for one single person.

 

One the other hand the garments industry system makes thousand of dress by three different size by taking baby, man and women body’s ideal shape and measurement. Garments system make pattern using marker and cut thousand of pieces of garments piece at a time and make them full useable garment after sewing and finishing. Garments and tailoring is same state of garments manufacturing system but in reality it’s two different way to make garment.

 

Tailoring is a small business but garment is a business with a vast word. Tailoring business is run by one administration and a few tailors are work to give the production. In a tailoring shop a cutting master is required to take the measurement from the customer’s (selected person who want to make a garment by his/her own body shape) different part of body and cut the fabric, send them to tailor to sewing, make a desire dress to look them perfect.

 

Ironing or calendaring is required to give the perfect satisfaction to the customer after complete the dress. Some time the cutting master also does the job as a tailor. Tailoring system has own style like one tailor only sewing one type of dress, if the tailor sewing pant than tailor must sewing pant not shirt. A shirt is takes a little long to complete in tailoring system than garment industrial system.

 

Without those information there is something to mention.

  1. For one selected person is make one selected dress.
  2. Not need to grade anything.
  3. One sewing machine is able to make a garment.
  4. The making cost of dress is more than the garments industry’s system.
  5. Feting of the dress are more than the garments industry’s system.
  6. Fabric wastage is much more than the garments industry’s system.
  7. Selected person’s own measurement is required to make a cloth so no need to use pattern.
  8. No need to use any cutting machine in tailoring.
  9. Trail option helps the customer to fit their cloth by wearing that.
  10. Never use care code in tailoring.
  11. After get the trail if the dress is not fit with the body, then there is an option to make it more comfortable as the customer required.
  12. Tailor gives the customer priority first so they keep trying till get the customer satisfaction.

 

 

Distinguish Between Tailoring and Garments process.

Discussion about different type of splice

Discussion about different type of splice
Discussion about different type of splice

Discussion about different type of splice

 

During the fabric spreading process, if the fault detector machine gets any fault or damage on the fabric then the fabric must be cut by width and start spreading from the edge of fabric already spread by overlapping. This kind of overlapping is called splice. Generally overlapping or splice is signed in marker.

Discussion about different type of splice

though this article suppose to describe different type of splice but in the reality there are two different type of splice according to the garments industry. splice is a technique which is help spreading fabric on the spreading table for the it perfect shape as it can sewing and get the desire garments product.

 

Two types of splice

Straight line splice

Straight line splice is pointed width with a straight line on the spreading table to show the fabric edge. Pattern is stick with both side of straight line into marker. Fabric spreading is starting with 2 inch of fabric extra on splice line positions.

 

Interlock splice

This kind of splice is hang two straight line with is add into a specific point. At first this marker design is draw on the marker table by chalk. Interlock splice is defined two interlock pattern in the two different lines. As like as the straight splice this splice also take extra 2 inch fabric on overlapping position.

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