Cost Economy of Garment Manufacturing
Where the money goes in an order — and where a factory wins or loses it.
A practical route through the money side of garment making: how a cost sheet is built, how fabric consumption and cutting-room utilisation move material cost, how standard minutes and line efficiency decide labour cost, what rework and rejects really cost, and how an FOB price is negotiated and defended. Built from the chapters and value chain stages already on this site, ordered so each module builds on the last.
- 6 modules · 15 chapters · 17 stages
- About 12–16 hours of reading and quizzes at your own pace
- 6 quizzes to check your understanding
- Written by Sanjeewa Dehiwalage
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Who this course is for
- Merchandisers and costing staff building and defending cost sheets
- Industrial engineers working on minutes, efficiency and line balancing
- Factory managers and owners who need to see where margin is lost
What you will be able to do
- Build a garment cost sheet from fabric, trims, labour, overhead and margin
- Calculate fabric consumption and see how cutting-room utilisation changes material cost
- Convert standard minutes and line efficiency into a defensible labour cost per garment
- Quantify the cost of rework, rejects and late shipment instead of guessing at it
- Judge an FOB quotation and identify the assumptions that make it risky
Preview module
1. Where cost is decided
See how design, specification and the cost sheet fix most of an order's cost before production starts.
Chapters you read
Value chain stages you work through
Sample quiz question from this module
At which point is most of a garment's cost already committed?
- A. When design, materials and construction are specified
- B. During final inspection
- C. When the invoice is issued
- D. At retail markdown
Show the answer
A. When design, materials and construction are specified — Specification decisions fix material, construction and process cost long before the sewing line runs.
Self-study material. It is not an accredited qualification and no examination board has assessed it. Progress is kept on your device, and on your account once you sign in.
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