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Mominur Rahman, Head of Department of Textile Engineering, Daffodil International University for his guidance and support to come up with this research work. We believe that this research could not be completed without his constant help. We would also like to thank everyone who responded to my questionnaires and interviews, which helped me achieve this research.
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INTRODUCTION
Background
Objectives of the study
Limitations of this study
LITERATURE REVIEW
Merchandiser
All the activities involve obtaining an export order of a specific design of any garment of specific design purchase of quality raw materials and accessories to manufacture the garment, process of manufacturing garment, maintaining required quality level signing between two parties, to arrange shipment within scheduled time is known as merchandising.
Importance of costing
Costing
- Yarn Costing
- Fabric cost: Fabric cost is most important factor in costing of garments. Its counts
- Other cost: There are also many other cost like labor cost, transport cost, energy cost, maintenance cost, finishing cost etc
The fabric cost may vary depending on the order quantity, more so the order quantity; The cost of the fabric can be optimized to a certain level. But this again depends on the type of fabric required and the capacity of the fabric manufacturer, together with the negotiations between the buyer and the fabric supplier. Dyeing Cost: It depends on different types of dyes, such as reactive dye, sulfur dye, acid dye, VAT dye etc.
Edges and Accessories: Different types of edges and accessories required, such as thread, bottom, zipper, label, hook, lace, hand labels, rubber, poly bags, cartoons, etc. In this edge also different types of zippers and labels, bottom which also costs vary. Printing Cost: Different buyers needed different types of printing, such as rubber printing, sticker printing, screen printing etc.
Other costs: There are also many other costs, such as labor costs, transport costs, energy costs, maintenance costs, finishing costs, etc.
EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS
Tech pack
Buyer Name: New Wave
- Style: Classic Hoody Full Zipper
- Style: Classic Hoody Half Zipper
- Texebo Men’s Hoody
- Texebo Men’s Sweat Shirt
- Texebo Men’s T-Shirt
- New Wave Short Sleeve
- New Wave Long Sleeve
- New Wave Half Zipper Hoodie
- New Wave full Zipper Hoodie
Here in this photo you can see that the buyer's brand name, style number, size number and gender are provided by the buyer. Also given here is the buyer's brand name, style number, gender and what seasonal fabric it is that has been specified by the buyer. This photo is a colored clothing photo and what the clothing should look like is given by the buyer.
Here in figure 5 the buyer indicate the body measurements and how long the 1/2 chest, shoulder length, ½ cuff, sleeve length, neck width, pocket width, pocket length etc.. In figure 6 the buyer indicate that the photo of the body size & indicate to what is ½ chest, body width, body length, sleeve length, pocket width, etc. Here buyer has given that body specification & in the body what type of yarn is used and the % yarn like 80% cotton and 20% polyester & the GSM of fabric and what position these yarns are used.
Here the buyer described the size and position of the bag, eyelet type, bartack, main label, hang tag, hanging loop, tape, poly bag, bartack sticker etc. Here the buyer described the neck label and the print size and color , the size of the neck label is also given. Here in this photo we see that buyer's brand name, style number, size number and gender are provided by the buyer.
Here the buyer has noted that the garments have updated collar/neck measurement, updated chain length for different sizes, updated collar height measurement. Here in fig 14 the buyer gives that body measurement & how much chest length 1/2, shoulder length,. In fig 15 the buyer has given that body measurement picture & shows what ½ chest is, Body Figure Measurement List.
In figure: 16 buyer given that body specification & in body what type of yarn is used & the % yarn like 80% cotton and 20% polyester & the GSM of fabric & what position this yarn is used. 17 here the buyer the size and position of the pocket, the type of eyelet, the bartack, the main label, suspension. Here on this sheet are all types of charges for this order such as fabric charges, thread charges, dye charges, accessories charges etc.
Here on this sheet are all types of cost for this order like material cost, yarn cost, dye cost, accessories cost. Here on this sheet are all types of cost for this order like material cost, yarn cost, dye cost, accessories cost.
RESULT & DISCUSSION
- Comparison between a ladies & men’s hoodie from Texebo
- Comparison between Men’s T-Shirt & Half sleeve
- Comparison between Half Zipper & full Zipper from New Wave buyer
From above, the fabric consumption in the women's hoodie is 6.00 and the men's hoodie is 7.30. Therefore, the fabric cost is higher in the men's hoodie. Women's hoodies use the collar, but men's hoodies use Back Moon, BTM culf rib & Hood S/J, so costs vary. For accessories, chest print/emb, CM, commercial, CNF, the costs are all higher for women's hoodies than men's hoodies.
But the fabric consumption is more for men's hoodies for that high total cost for men's hoodies. The total cost of the men's hoodie per piece is $7.25 and the women's hoodie is $7.05 and this cost variance is mainly for fabric consumption. Here we see that fabric GSM is variation in men's t-shirts and men's sweat shirt.
The CAD efficiency of a men's tracksuit is higher because a man's tracksuit has full sleeves, so more fabric is needed. Here, the yarn cost for men's sweatpants is higher because men's sweatpants are 56% recycled cotton and 44% recycled polyester, while men's t-shirts are 60% recycled cotton and 40% recycled polyester. For men's tracksuits, a larger polyester yarn is required, as the price of this yarn is higher for men's tracksuits.
In men's sweaters the dyeing process is ongoing, but in the washing process of men's T-shirts this is the case. And men's sweatshirts have a higher waste rate than men's T-shirts. That is why the costs of men's sweatshirts are also high. Here the fabric consumption is higher in men's sweaters because the costs are higher and BTM is also added.
Here, the cost of consumer packaging and transport packaging is more in men's sweatshirts than men's t-shirts. The cost of men's sweatshirt per piece is $5.13 and the cost of men's t-shirts per piece is $2.85 and the main reason of cost variation is fabric GSM and fabric consumption.
CONCLUSION
Between MEN'S AND WOMEN'S HOODIE, the price of the men's hoodie is higher due to the consumption of goods and accessories. At MEN'S SWEAT SHIRT & T-SHIRT, the price of a men's sweatshirt is high due to the high consumption of GSM and fabric. For FULL SLEEVE AND HALF SLEEVE garments, the price of full sleeve garments is higher due to the cost of production, more SMV and more fabric is required.
Between FULL zipper and half zipper garment, full zipper price is more for its more SME, trim, its operation process. Finally, in order to cost its need to be aware of any kind of unexpected loss or problems, because the commodity price up-down at every moment, treat the buyer's target price carefully, must be more efficient at each step of the process.
