In the broadest sense, merchandising is one sort of good practice that contributes to selling products to a retail consumer. The main object of a merchandiser is to promote the sale of goods, especially by their good behavior, and presentation in retail outlets. A merchandiser is assigned to execute the 4 R’s of expediting the Right Cost, Right Quantity, Right Quality, and Right Time.
What is Garments Merchandising?
In the garments trade, a merchandiser has to negotiate with all to execute any order. Besides this, they have to motivate the marketing, development and production departments at the same time. To make smooth merchandising activities every merchandiser has to follow the below flow chart by which anyone can do their work very smartly.
Here I have tried to describe the summary of the working procedure of a knit garment merchandiser. To execute any order a knit garment merchandiser has to obey these steps and processes for better performance. The process of flow chart for garments merchandising is presented below.
Below is flow chart of knit merchandising-
Sampling
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Costing
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Order confirmation
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T&A (Time and action plan)
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Lab dip approval
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Yarn order
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Trims approval
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Trims order
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pp samples approval
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Pre production meeting
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Knitting approval
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CMT (Cut Make Trim)
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Panel washing
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Panel checking
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Panel pressing
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Linking
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Stitching
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Buttoning (if apply)
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Final wash
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Final press
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Finishing
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Garment Testing
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Shipment sample approval (gold seal)
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Packing
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Final inspection
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Goods dispatched
As a key person in the garments trade, a merchandiser has to involve with all of these actions frequently and the process is called knit merchandising.