If we talk about garment or apparel sector, we know
embroidery is one of the most important sections in apparel industry. To make
fashionable cloth or decorate the garments, we can use embroidery. Embroidery
makes the garments for attractive to the customer. As we know, embroidery is
one of the most important sections in garments industry, so as a merchandiser
we have to calculate accurate embroidery cost for the garment.
For calculating embroidery costing, there are many factors
are related to charge in garments. Main factors are given below to calculate the
cost of embroidery.
- Total stitch number
- Embroidery type
- Estimate time to complete the batch
- Thread color
- Cutting of appliqué
- Position of the embroidery
- Resource and total manpower involves in doing embroidery
- Restriction on use of embroidery thread
- Any lab test require
As we know, per unit stitch is 12,000 stitches but sometime
embroidery factory will not agree to accept any order on stitch, if the total
production handling time is too long due to combination of work with patch and
appliqué.
1 unit embroidery = 12000 stitches
For determining the price of embroidery we need to know the
following first and consider some parameters:
- Quantity of the design stitch
- Rate of per units
By using below formula, we can estimate the embroidery
costing for garment;
Stitch quantity x 12 / 12000 x Rate per unit design
Find the below details with example to estimate the embroidery
costing
Suppose, an order for buyer – H&M, qty- 50,000 pcs polo
shirt. Now we have to calculate the embroidery cost, where the required data is
in the following:
- Stitch quantity – 9500
- Per unit price for design - $0.30 per dozen
Embroidery cost = Stitch Quantity / 12000 x Rate per unit
design
= 9,500 / 12,000 x $0.30
= $0.237 / pcs
So, for 50,000 pcs garments we need total $11,750 (50000 pcs
x $0.237) to complete the embroidery.
