Garment Factory Management, HR and Finance
Run the factory as a business: plan and develop people, control cost and cash, and lead daily improvement that lasts.
Written by Sanjeewa Dehiwalage · Free online garment-industry education
3 modules · 8 subjects Intermediate About 8–11 hours of reading and quizzes at your own pace
What this course is
A free, self-paced course on garment factory management: workforce planning and recruitment, skills matrix and training, performance management and employee relations, factory finance and cost control, budgeting and investment analysis, and leadership with lean six sigma governance. Three modules, each ending with a five-question quiz.
Who it is for
- • Supervisors and managers moving into factory leadership
- • HR and administration staff in garment factories
- • Merchandisers and engineers who want to read the factory's numbers
- • Students preparing for management roles in apparel
What you will be able to do
- • Plan headcount against the order book and close single-operator skill gaps with cross-training
- • Handle performance and employee relations with fair measures and documented process
- • Calculate cost per standard minute and use it to price and control work
- • Judge a machine or automation investment with simple payback before committing cash
- • Run a daily management routine that surfaces problems and makes improvements stick
Modules
Module 1 — People Management
Build and keep a capable workforce: plan headcount against orders, train against a skills matrix, manage performance with measures the operator controls, and resolve employee relations issues before they become disputes.
4 subjects · five-question quiz
Module 2 — Factory Finance
Read the factory's numbers like a manager: the cost structure of making garments, cost per standard minute, budget variances, and the payback mathematics behind a machine or automation investment.
2 subjects · five-question quiz
Module 3 — Leadership and Improvement
Lead daily improvement: run the floor with visual management and short structured meetings, select improvement projects that matter to the business, and govern them so the gains survive.
2 subjects · five-question quiz
Certificate
Pass every module quiz and you can download a completion certificate from the certificate page. It is a self-study record, not an accredited qualification.