What is ‘Apparel Merchandising’? Apparel Merchandising: In apparel industry, the term merchandising means the link between the management of garment industry (called exporter) and the buyer. In this sector, a merchandiser who creates a good relationship in between exporter & buyer, have to look after every steps like purchasing the raw material (trims, fabric etc), making the garment, finishing the garment, documentation for whole procedure (purchasing raw materials, development technique, production planning) and finally ship it out to desired destination. Merchandising department is very important and valuable in the Apparel Industry. Merchandiser is the interface between Buyer & Exporter. A merchandiser is responsible from order analysis to shipment. This department is also mediates marketing and production departments. Following are the main responsibilities of a merchandiser- · Internal & external communication, · Sampling, · Labdips, · Accessories & trims, · Preparing internal order sheets, · Preparing purchase orders, · Advising and assisting production, · Advising quality department about quality level, · Mediating production and quality departments, · Giving shipping instructions and following shipping, · Helping documentation department, · Taking responsibility for inspections and · Following shipment Merchandising File: It is the most important task for a merchandiser to maintain a complete and clear file for each order. A standard merchandising file should contain following items: 1. Check list 2. Cost breakdown 3. Master LC 4. PI, BTB LC 5. Technical sheet including measurement sheet 6. PO (Purchase/Production Order) sheet with color and size break down 7. Sample comments sheets (sample approval & comments received from buyer) 8. Fabric color/shade approval (Labdip/fabric swatches/mail). 9. Approved trim card (approved sample of trims such as main label, care label, hang tag, zipper, button, lace, sewing thread, etc.) 10. Approved embroidery/print strike off (if any) 11. Printed copy of important mails received from and sent to buyer 12. Copy of fabric, yarn & accessories work order 13. Inventory reports 14. Minutes of the pre-production meeting 15. Printed copy of Time and Action plan prepared by production planning department 16. Packing List Documents, trim cards should be punched with punching machine to file those in a ring binder. Small poly pouch can be used to put trims that cannot be stapled. Need to insert separator marking related docs so that one can easily find those. Finally file should be labelled with Buyer Name, Style/Order Number, LC Number, Order Quantity, Ex-factory date etc. a) FPT: Fabric Package Testing b) GPT: Garment Package Testing c) CIF: Cost Insurance Freight d) LC : Letter of Credit e) SKU: Stock Keeping Unit f) DTM : Dye to Match g) CPL: Cut panel Laundry
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:28:20 +0000
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