How to Calculate Costing for Woven Shirt?

Costing for Woven Long Sleeve Shirt

Method of Garments Costing for Woven Long Sleeve Shirt (Factory Costing):

If you want o to be a qualified merchandiser, then you must have to know the method of garments costing. In the readymade garments sector, garments costing is a very important port for a merchandiser. As its importance in garments merchandising, today I will present here the garments costing method for woven long sleeve shirt.

Method of Garments Costing for Woven Long Sleeve Shirt (Factory Costing):

At the starting of a woven shirt costing, a woven garments merchandiser should confirm the following matters:

  1. Fabric Cost,
  2. Printing Cost,
  3. Embroidery Cost,
  4. Cost of Making (CM),
  5. Washing Cost,
  6. Accessories Cost,
  7. Commercial Cost,
  8. Others Cost.

Important tips***

  • The next duty is to calculate fabric consumption and costs.
  • Then finally all the other necessary costs should be added with the fabric cost to achieve the total cost of a garment.

Now, I will present an example of Woven Shirt costing in the following. I hope, all the confusion will be cleared from the above discussion.

Example:

Suppose,
The buyer “Bangla Apparel” forwards a “woven long sleeve shirt” item order to you with the following specification.

Fabric width- 60”

Follow the below measurement chart:

Actual Length
Allowance
Measurement with Allowance
Body Length from HSP
64cm
6cm
70cm
½ Chest
40cm
6cm
46cm
Sleeve Length
30cm
6cm
36cm
Armhole (Straight)
15cm
5cm
20cm
Collar Length
38cm
4cm
42cm
Collar Width
6cm
2cm
8cm
Cuff Length
10cm
3cm
13cm
Cuff Width
2.5cm
0.5cm
3cm
Collar Band Length
28cm
3cm
31cm
Collar Band Width
2cm
2cm
4cm
Pocket Length
13cm
2cm
15cm
Pocket Width
9cm
1cm
10cm
Yoke Length
42cm
4cm
46cm
Yoke Height
11cm
3cm
14cm

Now, calculate the garments costing (on FOB) for the above order.

Solution:

Fabric width – 60”

(Here, the given fabric width is 60”, during sewing, we cannot use the edge of a fabric. So, all time we must exclude 1” from the given fabric width. So, now the fabric width is 60-1 = 59”)

Wastage – 10%

Let,

  1. Fabric Cost per yds- $3.50
  2. Printing Cost per dozen- $1.6
  3. Embroidery Cost per dozen- $4.00
  4. Accessories Cost per dozen- $1.80
  5. Washing Cost per pcs- $1.00 so, washing cost per dozen is – ($1.00 × 12) = $12.00

Now, we have to calculate the fabric consumption for this order.

1. Fabric consumption for the Body Parts (Body + Chest):

 Here, we will apply the following formula (per dozen),

(Note: 2.54 used to convert into inch from cm and 36 used to convert into yds from inch).

 2. Fabric consumption for the Sleeve:

 Here, we will apply the following formula (per dozen),

 3. Fabric consumption for the Collar:

Here, we will apply the following formula (per dozen),

 4. Fabric consumption for the Cuff:

 Here, we will apply the following formula (per dozen),

 5. Fabric consumption for the Collar Band:

 Here, we will apply the following formula (per dozen),

 6. Fabric consumption for the Pocket:

 Here, we will apply the following formula (per dozen),

 7. Fabric consumption for the Yoke:

 Here, we will apply the following formula (per dozen),

Now,

By adding A, B, C, D, E, F, and G we will get the total fabric consumption per dozen for the order. Here also, we add the fabric wastage%

Total fabric consumption with wastage% for the woven long sleeve shirt is-

= {(A + B + C + D + E + F + G) + Wastage %}

= {(5.64 + 2.52 + 0.59 + 0.14 + 0.22 + 0.26 + 1.13) + 10%}

= (10.5 + 10%) per dozen.

= 11.55yds per dozen.

So, total fabric consumption for the woven long sleeve shirt is 11.55yds per dozen.

As fabric cost per yds is $3.50 then, the total fabric cost per dozen is (11.55yds × $3.50) = $40.43

Now,

By adding all the following costs with fabric cost, we will get the total FOB cost of garments per dozen.

Fabric cost per dozen ……………………………………… $40.43 ………………………………. (H)

Printing Cost per dozen ……………………………………..$1.60 ……………………………………… (I)

Embroidery Cost per dozen ……………………………… $4.00 ………………………………………. (J)

Accessories Cost per dozen ………………………………..$1.80 ……………………………………… (K)

Washing cost per dozen …………………………………… $12.00……………………………………… (L)

Cost of making (CM) per dozen………………………… $15.00 ……………………………………….. (M)

Commercial cost ………………………………………………. $0.60 ……………………………………….. (N)

Others cost …………………………………………………. $0.20 ……………………………….. (O)

So,

Total FOB cost per dozen = (H + I + J + K + L+ M + N + O)

= $ (40.43 + 1.60 + 4.00 + 1.80 + 12.00 + 15.00 + 0.60 + 0.20)

= $75.63 per dozen.

In the case of the factory, we received the order from a buying hose (Here, we got the order from Bangla Apparel Buying House), so we have to pay 10%commission to them for that order.

So, in this situation, total FOB cost per dozen stands at-

= $75.63 per dozen + 10% commission

= $83.19 per dozen.

In factory costing, profit% for the factory (here-15%) should be added with total FOB cost per dozen.

So,

Total FOB cost per dozen with profit% stands at ($83.19 + 15%) = $95.67

Now, total FOB cost per pcs is ($95.67 / 12) = $7.97

So, the factory cost (FOB) per pcs garment is $7.97

Speech from the writer:

This type of article is too long but easy to understand than the short-cut method. Hope it will be effective for you.

Besides,

If you read this article with full concentration, then you can easily answer the following questions in the interview:

  1. How to calculate garments costing for woven long sleeve shirt?
  2. How to calculate the cost of a woven long sleeve shirt?
  3. Mention the costing method for woven long sleeve shirt.
  4. Mention the costing method for a woven shirt.
  5. Mention the costing method for woven short sleeve shirt.
  6. Mention the factory costing method for woven long sleeve shirt.
  7. Mention the factory costing system for woven long sleeve shirt.
  8. Mention the garments costing system for woven long sleeve shirt.
  9. Mention the clothing costing system for a woven shirt.

16 thoughts on “How to Calculate Costing for Woven Shirt?

  1. Thank u Brother.
    Please make a post about Method of Garments Costing for Denim Jeans (Factory Costing) like this post.

  2. it takes really long time to do the segmented costing . IS there a quicker way to do it ?
    Pls help with the formula .

  3. Thanks a lot for such helpful post. I am very new learner. Could you please let me know what the different between Collar and collar band is?

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