Contacting with Customer and taking Inquiry with Styling, Material and Trims Detail and Target Price.
Selecting suitable factory. The factory must be audited by recognized organization like Oeko-tex, WRAP, Alliance, Accord, BSCI, etc. (Depends on Buyer).
Do consumption & costing and bargaining with factory for cost for the specific product. Finalize cost and send it to buyer.
Development merchandiser will develop with the product send 1st pattern for any correction.
Usually buyer makes some modification on 1st pattern, so 2nd pattern is submitted according to 1st pattern comments.
Then fit sample is made and QC (Quality Controller) check is it follows the approved 2nd pattern.
Then the Buying sample is sent for approval. And if the Buying sample & price approved then the order is confirmed.
Production merchandiser will follow up the total production stage. After getting approval of buying sample he has to book the fabric and trims.
He has to Follow up the fabric and trim arrived in factory in time or not. After all approval he does production planning meeting with factory & Buying QC.
QC has to follow the production is running with approved item, fabric and accessories or not. He helps production merchandiser by giving all production information.
QC’s main task is to check all samples (styling, 2nd sample, P.P sample etc) sent to buyer, and help factory people if there any confusion with production.
Fabric, trims accessories are checked in lab in buying house. It‘s called in-house test like Bulk fabric hanger, shade variation in shade continuity, lab dip, fabric quality, in line inspection, random inspection, 100% pc to pc & AQL etc are done by third party or Buying QC.
After that QC people send the shipping sample after proper checking for customer reference.
Different types of inspection also done in lab before ex-factory/shipment.
Merchandiser collect the all final Invoice, Packing list, BL & GSP from Commercial section then send to Customer for their completing Commercial tasks.