Garment costing now uses expense bands, buyer terms, target pass/fail checks and below-cost approval, PLM samples show their cost, and Garment Costing has its own licence.
Ship and bank expense come from order-quantity bands
Ship and bank expense per piece are now read from the band that matches the order quantity. The buyer's own band table is used first, otherwise the generic table, based on the costing date.
Garment Costing is licensed separately from Textile Costing
Garment Costing is now its own licensed feature. Existing tenants keep the same access they had before.
Buyer commercial terms fill in new costings
A new costing starts with the buyer's commission, credit days, bank interest and banking charges. Changing one of them needs a stated reason, and the costing is flagged as differing from the terms.
Target, need, gap and PASS/FAIL on every costing
Each costing shows the buyer target, the price needed to cover cost, the gap and a PASS or FAIL result. If there is no target or rate, it shows "Not available" and never PASS.
Below-cost costings need approval before they can be approved
Submitting a costing that fails starts an approval based on the size of the gap: Merchandising Manager (0 to -2%), CEO (-2 to -5%), or CEO and Executive Director (beyond -5%). The costing cannot be approved or final-approved until this approval is done.
Choose how overhead is calculated
Each company can calculate overhead as a percentage, as a rate per SMV minute, or as a rate per SMV minute with idle capacity.
Commercial Masters and Costing Results pages, plus costing sheet print
New Commercial Masters page for managing expense bands, buyer terms, below-cost bands and costing settings. A new Costing Results report lists costings with target, need, gap, result and approver. A costing sheet can now be printed.
Sample cost and courier dispatch for PLM samples
Each sample shows its cost: material from goods issues made against the sample, labour minutes, outside work and courier. Courier dispatch records the AWB and delivery confirmation, sends an overdue notice and prints a courier note. Each style shows its development cost.