Fabric Consumption Calculation Method For Woven Shirt
Fabric Consumption Calculation Method For Woven Shirt
A garments merchandiser should identify each parts of a “woven long sleeve shirt” before starting the fabric
consumption calculation.
Parts of
long sleeve woven shirt
Normally, a “woven long sleeve shirt” consists with the following parts-
1. Body parts (Body Length + Chest width),
2. Sleeve,
3. Collar,
4. Cuff,
5. Collar Band,
6. Pocket,
7. Yoke.
Suppose,
The buyer “GAP” forwards a “woven long sleeve shirt” item order (10000pcs) to you with the following specification.
Follow the below measurement chart.
So, fabric consumption for the Body Parts (Body + Chest) is 20.31yds per dozen.
(Note: 2.54 used to convert into inch from cm and 36 used to convert into yds from inch).
2. Fabric consumption for the Sleeve:
Here, we will apply the following formula (Per dozen),
So, fabric consumption for the Collar Band is 0.63yds per dozen.
And,
Total fabric consumption for 10000pcs (833.33 dozen) woven long sleeve shirt is (48.82 × 833.33) = 40680.59yds.