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:
- Fabric Cost,
- Printing Cost,
- Embroidery Cost,
- Cost of Making (CM),
- Washing Cost,
- Accessories Cost,
- Commercial Cost,
- Others Cost.
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- 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:
Actual Length | Allowance | Measurement with Allowance | |
Body Length from HSP | 64cm | 6cm | 70cm |
½ Chest | 40cm | 6cm | 46cm |
Sleeve Length | 30cm | 6cm | 36cm |
Armhole (Straight) | 15cm | 5cm | 20cm |
Collar Length | 38cm | 4cm | 42cm |
Collar Width | 6cm | 2cm | 8cm |
Cuff Length | 10cm | 3cm | 13cm |
Cuff Width | 2.5cm | 0.5cm | 3cm |
Collar Band Length | 28cm | 3cm | 31cm |
Collar Band Width | 2cm | 2cm | 4cm |
Pocket Length | 13cm | 2cm | 15cm |
Pocket Width | 9cm | 1cm | 10cm |
Yoke Length | 42cm | 4cm | 46cm |
Yoke Height | 11cm | 3cm | 14cm |
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,
- Fabric Cost per yds- $3.50
- Printing Cost per dozen- $1.6
- Embroidery Cost per dozen- $4.00
- Accessories Cost per dozen- $1.80
- 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.
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Thank u Brother.
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total consumption is 29.33 yds/dzn , where does 40.997 come from , pls help understanding . Thanks .
Its just an example for calculation..
all the numbers are used here to complete the calculation.
it takes really long time to do the segmented costing . IS there a quicker way to do it ?
Pls help with the formula .
Thanks a lot for such helpful post. I am very new learner. Could you please let me know what the different between Collar and collar band is?
Thanks for this to publish