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The role of a merchandiser in the garment industry is to act as a bridge between management/the industry and buyers. Key responsibilities include booking orders, confirming deliveries, designing samples, managing costs, raw materials, production monitoring, payments, communication, lab dips, accessories, preparing documentation, and ensuring quality standards are met. Merchandisers play an important role in taking responsibility for the product and maintaining good relationships between exporters and buyers.
Interview soluation
- 1. What is the role of merchandiser in garment industry? In garment industry, merchandiser is the BRIDGE between the management (or) 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 (over all view), finally shipping. He is the responsibility person to make the product. The merchandiser creates a good relationship in between exporter & buyer. Merchandiser A Merchandisers key responsibility is as follows: Booking orderinfirming Deliveries Designing and Sampling Costing Raw Material Flow Monitoring Production Follow Ups Payments Follows Internal & external communication, Sampling Lab dips Accessories & trims Preparing internal order sheets Preparing purchase orders Advising and assisting production, 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 up the shipment. Lab Dips
- 2. A lab dip is a swatch of fabric test dyed to hit a colour standard. There are different matching systems followed in Labs such as Tube light matching, Sun light matching, Ultra Violet matching, Sodium light matching etc. Garment Sampling We have to send many samples to buyers. They are Salesmen samples or promotional samples Proto samples or fit samples Counter samples or reference samples or approval samples Wash test samples Photo samples Fashion show samples Pre-production samples Production samples Shipment samples Different Type of Sample with defination Development Sample: Which sample make by available fabric & accessories and send to buyer to collect order from the buyer that is called development sample. Fit sample: Medium or large size have to send buyer for checking fits of dummy that is called fit sample Pr-production sample (PP Sample): which sample make by actual fabric & accessories and send to buyer for final approval to start production? Lab test: Which sample make by actual fabric & accessories and send to local laboratory (Buyer Nominated) to check fabric structure such as-GSM, Color fastness, Rubbing, Shrinkage, printing,& embroidery. Size set sample: send to local buying house all size sample made by according to order, style & color& get them approved from buying house Counter sample: To reserved with pattern for future order from buyer that is called counter sample Production sample: First production garment will be send buyer for buyer satisfaction. Shipment sample: according to the buyer requirement like accessories, ploy bag, tag etc is been made and kept ready to ship the before dispatched