Costing and Pricing for Apparel syllabus

The recommended order: 3 modules covering 9 Garment Ed subjects, each module closing with a five-question quiz. About 8–10 hours of reading and quizzes at your own pace. Free, with no payment now or later.

1. Module 1 of 3

   Module 1 — Building the cost sheet

   Build a complete garment cost sheet from measured fabric and trim consumption plus a costed making minute, and show where each figure came from.

   Prerequisite: No prior module required.

   Reading — 3 lessons

   • Garment Costing
   • Consumption and Cost Control
   • Bill of Materials Management
2. Module 2 of 3

   Module 2 — Pricing, negotiation and contract

   Negotiate from a cost position instead of a percentage, and record price, terms and assumptions so a later change is a variation rather than an argument.

   Prerequisite: Read module 1 and pass its quiz first.

   Reading — 3 lessons

   • Price Negotiation
   • Margin and Commercial Risk Management
   • Order Confirmation and Commercial Contracts
3. Module 3 of 3

   Module 3 — Cost control after confirmation

   Track a confirmed order's real cost against its quoted cost, and act on the variances that are still recoverable.

   Prerequisite: Read module 2 and pass its quiz first.

   Reading — 3 lessons

   • Factory Finance and Cost Control
   • Budgeting and Investment Analysis
   • Productivity and Cost Improvement