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Intermediate to advanced · Self-paced · Free

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.

Sample quiz question from this module

Before quoting, which assumption most needs written confirmation?

  1. A. Fabric lead time and minimum order quantity
  2. B. The colour of the carton
  3. C. The buyer's office address
  4. 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.

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