Today, clothing factories have to strictly control their costs to survive and provide the continuity of their success. Fabric cost constitutes about half of a garment cost. For this reason, it is important to calculate the fabric cost of a garment precisely. This study aims at developing the software that will calculate the fabric consumption of a garment in clothing factories. It is not possible to cross-examine the fabric consumption rapidly with regard to garment models in the existing computer-aided design systems because these programs are not flexible enough to satisfy the needs of the customers. This study has been planned to eliminate this imperfection. Denim trouser models are selected as the material, and inputs of a factory producing denim trousers are used. The software developed enables the estimation of fabric consumptions of different trouser models in a speedy way.
A tool to calculate fabric use 19. March 24, 2010. Say, if you had the fabric yield for a garment for 45″ wide fabric and wanted to know the yield for 60″ goods. I didn’t tell you about it. I was holding out for something better and contacted the developer. That new and better application -called Fabric Calc– is ready to.
Fabric Consumption Calculation for Woven Bottom
Mayedul Islam
Merchandiser at Fashion Xpress Buying House.
Badda, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Email: mayedul.islam66@gmail.com
Introduction:
In garments sector, an order profit is totally depends on fabric consumption of a garments. So, it’s a mandatory duty for a garments merchandiser to make a correct fabric consumption of that order. As its importance on garments merchandising, today I will present a fabric consumption calculation method for woven bottom garments.
Woven bottom
Fabric consumption calculation method for woven bottom:
Before going to the fabric consumption of a woven bottom garments, a woven merchandiser should identify all the parts of that.
Normally, a woven bottom consists with the following parts-
- Body parts,
- Pocket,
- Pocketing Fabrics,
- Belt Loop.
Suppose,
The Buyer “Nautica” forwards a “Woven Denim Bottom” item order (10000pcs) to you with the following specification.
Follow the below measurement chart.
Now, calculate the required fabric consumption for the above order.
Solution:
Fabric consumption for the woven bottom will be discussed in the below in part by part:
Let,
Fabric width- 56”
(Here, the given fabric width is 56”, 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 56-1 = 55”)
Wastage- 10%
(Normally, we add 10% wastage for the regular denim fabric but in case of Spandex fabric, it goes up-to 25%)
During calculating the fabric consumption of woven fabric, all time we will use the following formula,
1. Fabric consumption for the Body Parts:
Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),
Now,
Body Width,
= 1/2 Thigh with sewing allowance
= 20
Now, from equation (A), we get-
= 22.30yds per dozen………………………………………………… (B)
So, fabrics needed for the body parts is 22.30yds per dozen.
2. Fabric consumption for the Back Pocket (2pcs):
Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),
= 1.36yds per dozen……………………………………………………………….(C)
So, fabrics needed for the back pocket is 1.36yds per dozen.
3. Fabric consumption for the Pocket Bag (2pcs):
Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),
= 2.72yds per dozen……………………………………………… (D)
So, fabrics needed for the pocket bag is 2.72yds per dozen.
4. Fabric consumption for the Belt Loop (5pcs):
Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),
= 0.12yds per dozen……………………………………………. (E)
So, fabrics needed for the belt loop is 0.12yds per dozen.
Now,
By adding the equation B, C, D and E we can get the total fabrics consumption for the above order (per dozen)-
= (B +C + D + E) yds per dozen
= (22.30 + 1.36 + 2.72 + 0.12) yds per dozen.
= 26.5yds per dozen.
So, total fabric consumption for the above order is 26.5yds per dozen.
And,
Total fabrics consumption for 10000pcs (833.33dozen) garments is (26.5 × 833.33) = 22083.25yds per dozen.
Just wait for few seconds….!!!!
I know you are too much angry now due to see the calculation result. Try to understand, I have just tried to show the calculation method only. I didn’t bother on calculation result. Yes, I should do that by using actual numbers but I didn’t. So, please don’t misunderstand me. Follow this method after receiving your “actual measurement chart”. Hope you will understand me. Thanks.
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