Garments / Apparel Merchandising Process Flow

Garments / Apparel merchandising process starts once the order / fabric commitment is received and the product development department hands over the file to production merchandiser and ends when the goods reach the buyers.

The entire cycle involves all activities directly or indirectly related to procuring of materials, planning and monitoring of the order.

Process flow chart of apparel merchandising

If we see this merchandising process flow chart, we can see entire cycle involves many merchandising activities directly or indirectly.  Now, we are going to discus in details most common merchandising process:

Receipt of Order Set Time and Action Plan Fabric ordering Pilot Yardage Fabric Inspection Report Fabric shade band Fabric test report Fabric shrinkage report fabric shrinkage test Sample approval PP Sample Size set Pilot Run