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Sourcing..

The sourcing and merchandising has the same goal to meet i.e. to get right fabric/trims at right place on right time and with right price. As merchandiser is key person in whole order processing hence sourcing is the integral part of merchandising activities. The role of merchandiser in sourcing can be described as

Elite Fashion merchandiser bares the responsibility of sourcing
Elite Fashion have special sourcing team coordinates merchandiser to source the fabric, trims, laundry etc.
The approvals related to fabric i.e. lab-dips, desk-loom, print-strike-off, dye-lot, thread run, needs to get from partner customers within time frame.
The art work, trim card need to get approved from buyer which is responsibility of sourcing team under merchandiser.
To maintain the proper buffer in Time and action calendar is the part of responsibility.

The increasing use of sourcing practices dramatically changes the way of products develop, manufacturing and distribution. These changes scenario makes the industry more efficient to fulfil customer demands in a defined cycle time, and at comparative costs. The strategy of sourcing the raw material for garment manufacturing is depends upon parameters like lead time, cost and quality. The international laws of tariffs and trade affects these strategies strongly. Apart from these conditions, sourcing decisions are made based on domestic market condition, cost benefits, international market situation, relation between the respective countries and political stability of the country.

Design & Development

Elite Fashion Merchandising know the importance of product development subjects supported the potentiality of

design and product development process. We assured that without innovation in design and development, a

sustainable growth is impossible in today’s world. Some important point was discussed by the selected subjects.

Design and product development concept was a time demand factors. From late 2000s, design& product

development concept was being introduced. When various factories were making same simple product, then the product prices started to drop. To become different and grab the buyer’s attention, Design and product development is a most important for us. To communicate properly with buyers, the factories were needed to understand the technical issue of sample development. So design and product development department with proper skilled people

was become so necessary. Design& product development can be considered as a problem solving tools as the designer need to study about the sample before.
Elite Fashion Merchandising have dedicated design and developments team. Before going to bulk production, understanding the workmanship of any given new style is very important. If there any problem arises in early stage of development, it can be solved. Pricing or any kind of technical issue also.

As now the most important task for the industry is to reduce the lead time of garment manufacturing, If there a department of design and development with skilled person, the initial problems can be shorted out and all new workmanship of a sample can be understood thus DPD can help to drive fast the bulk production. Now a day, Bangladesh is getting more orders and attention from buyer for their own design and sample development. The importance of product development has been described previously by many researchers. They indicated the importance of design, product line and implementation of mass customization.

Merchandising..

Merchandiser is the BRIDGE between the industry and the buyer. He have to look after every job like buying the raw material which is required to finish the product, making the garment, finishing the garment, documentation, finally shipping. He is the responsible person to make the product. A garment export unit generally has many department like stores, cutting, production, packing, checking etc. in which Merchandising department a linking device of all. The job of a merchandiser is to co ordinate with the entire department in the office as well as the customers. The merchandiser is the one who creates a good relationship in between exporter and buyer.

Elite Fashion have dedicated Merchandising team against each partner brands. They make sure bellow responsibilities …

Internal and external communication,
Sampling,
Lab dips approval from customer
Accessories and trims developments and getting approvals,
Preparing internal papers for smooth executions,
Advising and assisting production team avoid mistakes,
Advising quality department about quality level,
Mediating production and quality departments,
Giving shipping instructions and following shipping,
Helping documentation department,
Taking responsibility for inspections and
Following shipment.

Quality Control