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Open costing tool

Build a garment cost price line by line, from fabric to the port. Enter what you know. Where you leave a field blank, the tool fills it with a stated assumption so you can see what it did.

Shaded notes show the assumption used when you leave a field blank
1

Origin and currency

Where the garment is made and the currencies you work in.

Defaults to the year after the base year. Uses the same inputs, with that year's exchange rates, wages and inflation.
2

Style and volume

Volume drives factory efficiency, profit margin and how far fixed costs are spread.

units
Per batch, cut or shipment. Include all colourways.
units
Across a six-month shipment period.
3

Making time

Standard minute value (SMV) is the sewing time at 100% efficiency. The tool divides it by factory efficiency to get the minutes actually paid for (SAM).

mins
%
Extra minutes for details beyond the basic style.
4

Materials and components

Prices in . Leave a row blank if it doesn't apply.

ItemPriceUsage per unitCost per unit
5

Labour

Starts from the gross monthly minimum wage, then adds employer on-costs, deferred pay and paid holidays.

To cost on a living wage, enter the monthly gross living wage here. Sources are listed below the tool.
Per unit, e.g. embroidery or printing.
mins
6

Quality

Damages and rejects, plus testing set by the buyer's testing manual. Test costs are spread across the seasonal volume.

%
Basic testing
Fibre composition and colour fastness
Physical durability tests
Pilling, seam strength and tear strength
REACH test
Chemical screening for EU distribution
7

Overheads and logistics

Factory overheads, sampling, and the local costs of getting goods to the port.

Include sampling overhead
%
units
8

Profit and terms

The factory's margin, payment terms and any agency commission.

%
%
%

How labour is costed

Understanding the cost of labour

Minimum wage and living wage

Disclaimer

Total cost price
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