About the Author: Lilian Lemaire is a business partner of Ellen Clothing Manufacturer, a French company with a clothing factory in Vietnam. Check http://www.ellen-clothing-manufacturer.com - Clothing Manufacturers and Wholesalers of T-shirt, Jeans, Hoodies and Caps.
What is the cost of getting clothing made? How to calculate the cost of an order? This article is about the price of wholesale clothes. Date: 1st July 2009.
We hope the information presented here will help you decide what to order when contacting clothing manufacturers and how to successfully manage your clothing line.
Think first in terms of fabrics:
Each fabric will need to be ordered wholesale by bags of 180kg. Let's say your clothing line is using two different fabric: poloshirt fabric and classic t-shirt fabric. The manufacturer will have to order two bags of coton (one of each fabric). The cost of one bag of coton is around usd 700 for ready to dye fabric.
Secondly, look into the cost of dying the fabric:
It will take another usd 200 per bath to dye the fabric. A bath can accept up to 80kg. (When the weight is over 80kg another bigger bath is used.) Note that the limit is 80kg for dying (not 180kg) so it takes around usd 500 to dye a full bag of coton in one color. If you were to dye the coton in ten different colors, then the cost of dying would be 10 x usd 200 = usd 2000.
Finally, try to work out the cost of manufacturing the garments:
The cost of manufacturing the clothes is related to the time spent by the on site people. It is made of fix costs and variable costs.
I - Fix costs of manufacturing garments:
A fee representative of the work achieved by merchandisers, designers, cutters and direct client service relations.
Amounts involved: from usd 150 for a simple t-shirt (in any quantity). This cost can go up to usd 500 for a garment involving additional work (very specific fabric, custom made buttons or zips etc..). Note that this fee is not related to the quantity of clothes ordered.
II - Mixed costs (not really fix, not really variable):
Printings and embroideries: usd 50 for the first one then around usd 1 per print. Labels: Custom made Woven labels (neck label), personalized dust bags and hanging cards cost around usd 75 each for any quantity under 500 pieces.
All the amounts presented in this category are for designs involving two colors in standard sizes. These amounts can easily double with a larger logo and with more colors involved.
III - Variable costs of manufacturing garments: Production people.
People: Cost of time spent on the job by sewers, helpers and quality control people to finalize the order. This can be around usd 1 or 2 depending on the quantity for standard t-shirts. For jeans this will be around usd 4.
More details: Order one bag of coton: 180kg of fabric will be cut in 500 t-shirts. This is using 220g/m2 fabric (heavyweight fabric) with a medium size t-shirt 85cm tall (bottom to neck).
Dye in three colors: Using the same datas, a bath of 80kg means around 220 t-shirts. Cost for dying the 180 kg of fabric in three baths: usd 600.
Want to know more? Call the office at local rate from the USA, UK and Australia or visit Ellen Clothing Manufacturer.
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