Process Flow Chart of Garments Merchandising

Garments Merchandising

In garments sector, merchandising is an important department which negotiates marketing and production department at the same time. To make smooth the merchandising activities every merchandiser has to follow a process flow chart by which anyone can do his/her work very smartly. The process flow chart for apparel / garments merchandising are presented in the below.

Garments merchandising process

Process Flow Chart of Apparel or Garments Merchandising:

Order received from the Buyer with details
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Sample Development
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Price negotiation with the Buyer
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Confirmation of order and receive the order sheet
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Make buyer requirement sample (Fit, Proto etc) for approval
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Make requisition for bulk fabric
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Make requisition for accessories
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Swatch board making and approval
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Raw material collection and also receive it in factory
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Check and also listing
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Make P.P (pre production Sample) with all actual
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Pre-production meeting
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Start bulk production
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Collect daily production and quality report
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Make online inspection by strong quality team
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Sample sent to third party testing centre
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Make final inspection for bulk production
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Shipment
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Send all documents to the Buyer
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Receive payment from Bank

All the processes of garments merchandising are now discussed with the details in the following table:

SL No.	Subject	Job
01	Order received from the Buyer with details	The very first work of a merchandiser is to collect order from the buyer with the details information (Art work, technical sheet).
02	Sample Development	Sample should be developed by following buyers instruction
03	Price negotiation with the Buyer	In the mean time, Price should be negotiated with the Buyer.
04	Confirmation of order and receive the order sheet	Here price have to fix and collect order sheet from the Buyer.
05	Make Buyer requirement sample (Fit, Proto etc) for approval	Should be prepared proto or fit sample for Buyer’s approval.
06	Make requisition for bulk fabric	In the mean time, make fabric requisition for bulk production.
07	Make requisition for accessories	Make a requisition for the required accessories of that order.
08	Swatch board making and approval	Should prepare swatch board of required accessories for the Buyer’s approval.
09	Raw material collection and also receive it in factory	All the requisite raw materials have to collect and receive in factory at right time.
10	Check and also listing	Check all the in-hosed material with requisite sheet.
11	Make P.P (pre-production Sample) with all actual	By following Buyers instruction make a P.P sample with all actual.
12	Pre production meeting	Before going into the production, have to arrange pre production meeting for smooth production.
13	Start bulk production	Finally you have to go into bulk production.
14	Collect daily production and quality report	Regular production and quality report should be collected here in regular basis.
15	Make online inspection by strong quality team	During bulk production, have to make online inspection by strong quality team.
16	Sample sent to third party testing centre	For making a strong approval about the quality of the product, have to send sample in third party testing centre.
17	Make final inspection for bulk production	After completing bulk production, make a final inspection for the order.
18	Shipment	After making final inspection of the product, all the garments should send to the Buyer.
19	Send all documents to the Buyer	All the documents about the order should send to the buyer after sending the full order quantity for receiving payment.
20	Receive payment from Bank	Finally receive the payment from the Bank.