T12

Garment Costing

Garment Costing: 4 courses and 20 lessons on ATMA. Every lesson is free to read, with an Excel template for each course.

T12-C01 Understand Garment Cost

1. The main cost categories that build up to a garment's FOB price
2. Reading a finished costing sheet from fabric to final FOB
3. Why the same garment can cost differently for two different orders
4. Common costing mistakes that quietly erase a factory's margin
5. Building a first costing sheet skeleton for a new style

T12-C02 Calculate Material Consumption and Cost

1. Calculating fabric consumption per garment from a marker and a size set
2. Adding wastage percentage to a consumption figure and why it is never zero
3. Costing trims and secondary materials alongside the main fabric
4. Auditing a material cost line that looks too low or too high
5. Building a complete material cost sheet for an order

T12-C03 Calculate Trims, Processes and CM

1. Costing trims and accessories from button to hangtag
2. Costing wet processes such as washing, dyeing and printing
3. Turning an SMV into a cut-make-trim (CM) labour cost
4. Adding overhead and profit on top of CM to reach a factory's asking price
5. Building a complete trims, process and CM cost sheet for an order

T12-C04 Build and Review the Final Price

1. Assembling material, trim, process and CM costs into one final costing sheet
2. Comparing a factory's asking price against a buyer's target price
3. Finding where a costing sheet can flex before margin disappears
4. Explaining a price increase to a buyer with the costing sheet as evidence
5. Building a complete, negotiation-ready costing sheet for an order

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