Introduction to Applied Apparel Merchandising The Academy Of Fashion Professions
Price: SGD 1,850

    Course details

    Introduction to Applied Apparel Merchandising (AAM) provides an excellent holistic introduction to the Textile and Apparel Industry. It provides a broad understanding of processes all the way from design, to finished goods, with particular focus on production, sourcing and costing. Participants will gain a basic comprehension of textiles fundamentals, the ability to apprehend the processes for apparel production, gain elementary skills in production drawings, to attain fundamental understanding of quality concepts and practice, apply production tracking skills, have and enhance their sourcing and costing ability.

    Course Structure

    This course will be conducted in the form of lectures, discussions, demonstrations, case studies, practical exercises, role plays and hands-on activities. Participants will complete 3 modules as follows:

    1. WSQ Produce Basic Production Drawing for Textile and Fashion Industry
      • Basic production drawing and specifications.
    2. WSQ Identify Textiles, Production and Quality Specifications for Textile and Fashion Industry
      • Textiles
        • Fabric specifications and identification
        • Fibres and yarns
        • Dyeing, printing and finishing
      • Appearal Production
        • Structure of textile and apparel industry
        • Production planning/control and cut order planning
        • Application of seams/stitches in garment construction
      • Quality Assurance
        • Key quality concepts and principles
        • dentification and classification of defects
        • Statistical sampling
    3. WSQ Source, Calculate Cost, Track Materials and Apparel Productions for Textile and Fashion Industry
      • Sourcing
        • Fundamentals of sourcing: Macro and Micro vendor evaluation
        • Claim negotiation process
        • Sourcing tools and tactics
      • Production Tracking
        • Sample approval process from design to consumer
        • Merchandiser's responsibilities
        • Production tracking tools
      • Costing
        • Fabric consumption
        • Apparel Costing and Retail Mark-up
        • Freight computation

    Entry Requirements

    Possess at least 3 GCE "N" level passes including English and Mathematics or ES WSQ Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WPLN) level 4 and above.

    Updated on 29 October, 2017

    About The Academy Of Fashion Professions

    TaF.tc (The Academy of Fashion Professions) is the training arm of the TaF.f (Textile & Fashion Federation). It’s also the first Continuing Education and Training Centre (CET) for the textile and fashion industry in Singapore, with the vision of becoming the leading capability developer in the global fashion industry. TaF.tc offers specially designed courses and programmes to prepare fashion students for a creative career in the highly competitive fashion industry, and to help industry professionals develop and specialise. Local and global fashion collaborations mean TaF.tc can offer unrivalled, continuously updated services, enabling the Academy to stay in line with leading national and international fashion industry standards. TaF.tc provides intensive training programmes for individuals from various disciplines,

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