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Module 4 · Lesson

Consumption and Cost Control

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Consumption and Cost Control — questions covered in this lesson

  • How do you calculate fabric consumption for a knit T-shirt?
  • How is consumption per dozen calculated from GSM?
  • How much wastage allowance should a cost sheet include?
  • How do you investigate a fabric cost variance?
  • What is the difference between net and gross consumption?

Key terms

fabric consumptioncost sheetGSM based consumptionwastage allowancecosting variancematerial cost control

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