How to Calculate Costing for Woven Shirt?

Method of Garments Costing for Woven Long Sleeve Shirt (Factory Costing)

Mayedul Islam
Merchandiser at Fashion Xpress Buying House.
Badda, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Email: [email protected]

 

Introduction:

If you want o be a qualified merchandiser, then you must have to know the method of garments costing. In readymade garments sector, garments costing is a very important port for a merchandiser. As its importance in garments merchandising, today I will present here a garments costing method for woven long sleeve shirt.

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Method of Garments Costing for Woven Long Sleeve Shirt (Factory Costing):

At the starting of a woven shirt costing, a woven garments merchandiser should confirm the following matters:

1. Fabric Cost,
2. Printing Cost,
3. Embroidery Cost,
4. Cost of Making (CM),
5. Washing Cost,
6. Accessories Cost,
7. Commercial Cost,
8. Others Cost.

Important tips***

• The next duty is to calculate the fabric consumption and costing.
• Then finally all the others necessary cost should be added with fabric cost to achieve total cost of a garment.

Now, I will present an example for Woven Shirt costing in the following. Hope, all the confusion will be cleared from the above discussion.

Example:

Suppose,
The buyer “Bangla Apparel” forwards a “woven long sleeve shirt” item order to you with the following specification.

Fabric width- 60”

Follow the below measurement chart:

Now, calculate the garments costing (on FOB) for the above order.

Solution:

Fabric width – 60”

(Here, the given fabric width is 60”, during sewing, we cannot use the edge of a fabric. So, all time we must exclude 1” from the given fabric width. So, now the fabric width is 60-1 = 59”)

Wastage – 10%

Let,

1. Fabric Cost per yds- $3.50
2. Printing Cost per dozen- $1.6
3. Embroidery Cost per dozen- $4.00
4. Accessories Cost per dozen- $1.80
5. Washing Cost per pcs- $2.00 so, washing cost per dozen is – ($2.00 × 12) = $24.00

Now, we have to calculate the fabric consumption for this order.

1. Fabric consumption for the Body Parts (Body + Chest):

 Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),

= 14.32yds per dozen………………………………………………………………………………………….. (A)

So, fabric consumption for the Body Parts (Body + Chest) is 14.32yds per dozen.

(Note: 2.54 used to convert into inch from cm and 36 used to convert into yds from inch).

 2. Fabric consumption for the Sleeve:

 Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),

= 6.41yds per dozen……………………………………………………………………………… (B)

So, fabric consumption for the sleeve is 6.41yds per dozen.

 3. Fabric consumption for the Collar:

Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),

= 1.50yds per dozen…………………………………………………………………………………………… (C)

So, fabric consumption for the Collar is 1.50yds per dozen.

 4. Fabric consumption for the Cuff:

 Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),

= 0.35yds per dozen………………………………………………………………………………………. (D)

So, fabric consumption for the Cuff is 0.35yds per dozen.

 5. Fabric consumption for the Collar Band:

 Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),

= 0.55yds per dozen……………………………………………………………………………………………….. (E)

So, fabric consumption for the Collar Band is 0.55yds per dozen.

 6. Fabric consumption for the Pocket:

 Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),

= 0.67yds per dozen………………………………………………………………………………………………. (F)

So, fabric consumption for the Pocket is 0.67yds per dozen.

 7. Fabric consumption for the Yoke:

 Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),

= 2.86yds per dozen……………………………………………………………………………………………….. (G)

So, fabric consumption for the Yoke is 2.86yds per dozen.

Now,

By adding A, B, C, D, E, F and G we will get the total fabric consumption per dozen for the order. Here also, we add the fabric wastage%

Total fabric consumption with wastage% for the woven long sleeve shirt is-
= {(A + B + C + D + E + F + G) + Wastage %}
= {(14.32 + 6.41 + 1.50 + 0.35 + 0.55 + 0.67 + 2.86) + 10%}
= (26.66 + 10%) per dozen.
= 29.33yds per dozen.

So, total fabric consumption for the woven long sleeve shirt is 40.997yds per dozen.

As, fabric cost per yds is $3.50 then, total fabric cost per dozen is (29.33yds × $3.50) = $102.66

Now,

By adding all the following costs with fabric cost, we will get the total FOB cost of garments per dozen.

Fabric cost per dozen ……………………………………… $102.66 ………………………………. (H)
Printing Cost per dozen ……………………………………..$1.60 ……………………………………… (I)
Embroidery Cost per dozen ……………………………… $4.00 ………………………………………. (J)
Accessories Cost per dozen ………………………………..$1.80 ………………………………………. (K)
Washing cost per dozen ……………………………….…… $24.00……………………………………… (L)
Cost of making (CM)…………………………….…….……. $5.00 ………………………………………. (M)
Commercial cost ……………………………………..………. $0.60 ……………………………………….. (N)
Others cost ……………………………………………….……. $0.20 ……………………………………….. (O)

So,

Total FOB cost per dozen = (H + I + J + K + L+ M + N + O)
= $ (102.66 + 1.60 + 4.00 + 1.80 + 24.00 + 5.00 + 0.60 + 0.20)
= $139.86 per dozen.

In case of factory, we received the order from a buying hose (Here, we got the order from Bangla Apparel Buying House), so we have to pay 10%commission to them for that order.

So, in this situation, total FOB cost per dozen stands at-
= $139.86 per dozen + 10% commission
= $153.85 per dozen.

In factory garments costing, profit% for the factory (here-15%) should be added with total FOB cost per dozen.

So,

Total FOB cost per dozen with profit% stands at-
= $153.85 + 15%
= $176.92

Now, total FOB cost per pcs is ($176.92 / 12) = $14.74

So, factory cost (FOB) per pcs garment is $14.74

Speech from the writer:
This type of article is too long but easy to understand than short-cut method. Hope it will be effective for you.

Besides,

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