Guide
How to become a garment merchandiser: what to learn, in order
The person who follows an order from the first request until the goods are shipped.
This guide explains the words you will meet on this topic and shows which ATMA lessons teach each step. The definitions are from the ATMA glossary, in English, Arabic, French and Turkish.
Key terms
- Merchandiser
- The person who follows an order from the first request until the goods are shipped. · AR الميرشندايزر · FR Merchandiser / chargé de suivi · TR Merchandiser
- Value chain
- The connected stages that create, move and sell a product, from raw material to the final customer. · AR سلسلة القيمة · FR Chaîne de valeur · TR Değer zinciri
- Tech pack
- A document that specifies exactly what a garment is: measurements, fabric, trims, construction and artwork, that a factory produces against. · AR حزمة المواصفات الفنية · FR Fiche technique · TR Teknik paket
- Costing sheet
- The document that lists a garment's cost components and adds them to the price the factory quotes. · AR كشف التكلفة · FR Fiche de coûts · TR Maliyet tablosu
- Purchase order
- A document from a buyer confirming quantity, price and delivery date, which commits the buyer to pay for the goods it orders. · AR أمر الشراء (طلبية الشراء) · FR Bon de commande · TR Satın alma siparişi
- Critical path
- The chain of sequential stages that sets the shortest possible total time for the order. · AR المسار الحرج · FR Chemin critique · TR Kritik yol
From the course
When you hold a plain cotton T-shirt, you are holding the work of at least six or seven different businesses. One grew the cotton. One spun it into yarn. One knitted the yarn into fabric. One dyed the fabric. One cut and sewed it. One ordered it and put a brand name on it. One shipped it, one stored it, one sold it. Each of these businesses was paid by the one after it, and each one could have delayed the T-shirt or made it more expensive.
What you will learn
These ATMA lessons cover the topic, from the basics to building a working document or checklist.
- From fibre to customer: the chain of companies that makes one T-shirtWhen you hold a plain cotton T-shirt, you are holding the work of at least six or seven different businesses.
- Order confirmation: what a purchase order must contain before production startsLesson 5.1 named confirmation as the stage that sits between enquiry/costing and approvals.
- Costing a garment: fabric, trims, making charge, overhead and profitA costing sheet is the document that shows how a garment's price is built, component by component, and it is the tool a merchandiser uses every time a price is…
- What a tech pack is and why every order needs oneThis page explains what a tech pack is and why a factory cannot accurately quote or produce an order without one, for anyone who receives, checks or assembles a…
- What a purchase order must state before a factory can start productionA purchase order is the document a buyer sends a factory to confirm a specific order: what is being made, how many, at what price, by when, how payment happens, how…
- The critical path milestones between order confirmation and shipmentThis page is for a merchandiser or production planner at a garment factory, or a buyer's own merchandiser, who must know which milestones actually sit on an order's…
- Where a merchandiser finds new suppliers and the first filters they applyFinding a new supplier means locating a factory that could make an order, before any check of whether it can.
- What AQL means and why a factory inspects a sample, not every pieceThis page is for anyone who has to answer a question that sounds odd the first time it is asked: how can checking only some of the pieces in an order tell you…
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Quick answers
What does “Merchandiser” mean in garment merchandising?
The person who follows an order from the first request until the goods are shipped.
What does “Value chain” mean in garment merchandising?
The connected stages that create, move and sell a product, from raw material to the final customer.
What does “Tech pack” mean in garment merchandising?
A document that specifies exactly what a garment is: measurements, fabric, trims, construction and artwork, that a factory produces against.