Apparel Merchandising and Costing
From enquiry to shipment: feasibility, garment costing, negotiation, margin risk, the time-and-action plan and the documents that get an order paid.
A free, self-paced merchandising course: the end-to-end merchandising workflow, order enquiry and feasibility, garment costing and consumption, price negotiation, margin and commercial risk, critical path and time-and-action management, contracts, documentation and buyer escalation. Three modules, each ending with a five-question quiz.
- 3 modules · 10 subjects
- About 10–14 hours of reading and quizzes at your own pace
- 3 quizzes to check your understanding
- Written by Sanjeewa Dehiwalage
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Who this course is for
- Merchandisers and assistant merchandisers in factories and buying houses
- Costing and commercial staff
- Planners and production managers who work against a TNA
- Anyone who has to defend a quoted price
What you will be able to do
- Judge whether an enquiry is feasible before committing a price or a date
- Build a garment cost sheet from consumption, trims, CM and overhead to FOB
- Negotiate a price knowing exactly which line you are giving away
- Run a time-and-action plan with a real critical path and escalate early
- Keep the commercial documents that protect payment and the order
Preview module
Module 1 — Commercial Foundations
Read an enquiry properly: what the buyer is really asking for, whether the factory can do it, and what must be confirmed before a price goes out.
Subjects you read
Sample quiz question from this module
Before quoting, which assumption most needs written confirmation?
- A. Fabric lead time and minimum order quantity
- B. The colour of the carton
- C. The buyer's office address
- D. The sewing thread brand name
Show the answer
A. Fabric lead time and minimum order quantity — Fabric lead time and MOQ decide both the price and whether the date is achievable.
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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