Fabric

Fabric is a major portion of a garment production as it represents the major portion of the cost.

Major subsections:

Search

New

Edit

Delete

Reports

Batch

View

Inventory

The Fabric header includes

• Name: The fabric name

• Code : The fabric unique identifier.

• Type: The fabric type, from a user-defined list.  

• Description for supplier: The description of the fabric used by the supplier.

• Supplier: The optional fabric supplier.

• Country: The country of origin.

• Alerter enabled: Indicates if the fabric should raise alerts or not.

• NAFTA: Indicate if the fabric is part of the North America Free Trade Agreement.

• Price and inventory unit: The inventory price (for costing) and units.

• Buying price: The buying price of the fabric.

• Width: The fabric’s width.

• Re-order time in days: The re-order time for purchase order reception estimate.

• Default season: The default season of the fabric.

• Default division: The default division of the fabric.

• Comments: the fabric’s comments.  

Search (Back to Fabric)

Wildcards are enabled on fabric code. You can drag your mouse over the cameras to have a fabric preview.      

New (Back to Fabric)

This screen allows you to create a new fabric. Fill the desired values and press save. A color and shade will be automatically added. Their names are defined in the preferences.   

Edit (Back to Fabric)

Use this screen to change any of the basic fabric information.

Delete (Back to Fabric)

This function deletes an unused fabric. If the fabric has been used, inactivate it instead by editing it. After a confirmation message, this function deletes completely a fabric. You cannot delete a product that has been in use. Inactivate it instead.

Reports (Back to Fabric)

One report is currently available under the fabric section. Select the desired parameters and press on print. A blank date means that the report should be generated with the current date.

Inventory – value

This report shows the inventory value. Select the desired currency, selling price category and price type to show in the report.

Batch (Back to Fabric)

 Basic manipulations (activate/inactivate, enable/disable alerter) can be made on the selection, or on all the fabrics. Also, there is a function to recalculate the fabrics requirements.

View Fabric (Back to Fabric)

This screen, as well as holding the fabric’s basic information, holds the colors, the image, the fiber content and the fabric notes.   

Colors

This section allows you to define the available colors for the product and their respective threshold, season and division.

• Season filter: Select a season if you want to see the colors related to this season only.

• Threshold: Set a value greater than zero if you want to be warned when the fabric is below the threshold.

• Supplier’s code: Color code given by its supplier.

• Season: The color season. No season means that the color is available for all seasons.

• Division: The color division. No division means that the color is available for all divisions.

Add

This option creates a new fabric color, with a default shade, as defined in the preferences. Enter the new color code, description, supplier code, season, division and threshold. Press save to add the color.  

Insert

This option adds a new fabric color above the current selected color.

Edit

Select this option if you want to modify any of the color’s information.

Delete

This option deletes a color that has not been ordered or used.

Image

To view the image associated with a fabric color, select the eye from the color’s line. To add, edit or remove the image, select the other choices from the line.

Fibers

Fibers represent the actual composition of a fabric.

• Percentage: The percentage of the fiber in the fabric composition.

• Fiber : From a user defined list, the fiber name.

• Origin: Origin of the fiber.

• Yarn: Place of the yarn.

Add

This option creates a new fabric fiber. The percentage must be greater than zero and all fiber’s percentages must be 100% or less.

Insert

This option adds a fiber above the current fiber selection.

Edit

Use this option to change the fiber’s information.

Delete

This function removes a fabric fiber.

Notes

You can add, remove or change a note attached to a fabric.   

Inventory (Back to Fabric)

The inventory screen allows you to view the selected fabric’s inventory for every colors and shade. It also allows minor inventory movement.

Fabric inventory is divided in different stages to help follow the production process. As Orders, Repeats and Purchase orders are entered and confirmed, the fabric quantities evolve in the different inventory stages:

• Required: Fabrics currently required by a customer’s order or repeat.

• On order: On order quantities comes from confirmed fabric purchase orders.

• Stock: Fabrics physically available and not associated to a cutting slip.

• Stock reserved: Fabrics reserved by a cutting slip.

• Usage to date: Total of the fabrics used in cutting slips. Usage is updated on product reception.

Colors

All the colors defined for the fabric are included in this list, with the quantities for each inventory category.

Balance on order

Use this function if you want to balance ordered quantities without using a purchase order. You cannot affect the quantities that are linked to purchase orders. You can set the manual balance date and description.

Shades

When you receive a fabric, it might be possible that the new shipment is not from the same shade as an older shipment. When possible, the shade used for a customer will match the shade that he already received. By default, a shade is created for each color. Its name is defined in the preferences.  

Add

Use this option to add a new color shade. Enter its name and the date of creation and press save.

Edit

Use this option to change a shade name or date.

Delete

This option deletes an unused shade.

Fabric reception

Use this option to issue a fabric reception for the quantities that re not linked to a purchase order. Those quantities will be received in the selected shade.

Balance stock

Use this option to balance the stock quantities for the selected shade. Only quantities unlinked to a purchase order are affected.

Transactions detail

This section shows all the inventory movement and their provenance. Use this section to find out where a value comes from. When this section is not minimized, the loading time is greater. Be sure to open it only when needed