Features and Modules

Detailed apparel ERP modules for garment manufacturers, exporters, buying offices and merchandising teams.

Global Fashion Technology is designed around the real workflow of an apparel business. The modules below cover the operational chain from master setup and buyer enquiry to costing, sampling, critical path, BOM, factory documents, internal requests and administration. Each module is shaped for garment-industry use rather than generic manufacturing processes.

Master Data and Apparel Foundations

Create the master structure required to run a disciplined garment ERP, including company, buyer, garment, size, fabric, accessories, country, season, employee and process masters.

Maintain apparel-specific masters such as fabric type, weave type, yarn type, garment description, content and measurement unit.

Standardize buyers, suppliers, business locations and user-buyer assignment so teams work from the right operational references.

Reduce repeated data entry and improve consistency across costing, sampling, merchandising and planning activities.

Marketing, Enquiry and Costing

Manage buyer enquiry, pre-costing and instant costing with garment-focused commercial data that supports faster response and better margin control.

Capture enquiry details such as buyer, garment, season, country, target price, expected delivery, fabric details, trims and process requirements.

Prepare costing with fabric, trim, process, overhead, freight, commission and adjustment calculations inside one commercial workflow.

Review past costing and purchase references quickly to support faster pricing decisions on repeat or comparable styles.

Sampling and Product Development

Track sample creation, sample department activity and development follow-up from the first request to buyer approval.

Support sampling, critical sample path, sample status, sample size-wise details, measurement charts and amendment history.

Track fabric development, lab dip progress, pattern requisition, development track and internal approvals with date-wise follow-up.

Maintain buyer approval status and sample comments so the development team can act on the latest requirement without confusion.

Merchandising and Order Execution

Convert confirmed business into clear merchandising documents that guide the next stage of factory preparation and execution.

Manage order sheet, assortment details, country assortment details and buyer order comments in one connected flow.

Use critical path plan and critical path status update to monitor milestones, dependencies and responsibility across teams.

Prepare factory order sheet, factory amendment, factory sheet instructions, PP meeting chart and cut slip details with better control.

BOM, Fabric and Accessories Control

Build accurate material planning documents by linking production intent with structured fabric and trim requirements.

Create proposed fabric specifications before finalizing the material planning direction for a style or order.

Prepare fabric BOM and accessories BOM with item-level detail that supports sourcing, planning and production readiness.

Connect production process mapping with BOM decisions so commercial, technical and factory teams stay aligned.

Merchant Request Print and Internal Communication

Formalize internal requests and document movement so departments can communicate clearly without relying only on calls, chats or handwritten slips.

Use inter office memo entry, fabric request and IPO-wise fabric request for structured internal coordination.

Create a documented trail for requests related to sampling, costing, final BOM, order sheet and factory follow-up.

Improve accountability between merchandising, sample room, stores, sourcing and factory support teams.

Planning, Purchase and Readiness

Support planning and procurement readiness by organizing the data needed for budgeting, purchase planning, production review and order-level control.

Lay the groundwork for buyer cost, budget, purchase planning, production planning, order status and shipment-related control.

Help teams move into planning with better visibility because development, BOM and merchandising data are already structured.

Strengthen readiness before orders reach production-critical stages where delays become expensive.

Administration, Security and Governance

Protect data quality and process discipline with role-based control, locking tools and system-level governance functions.

Manage users, privileges, company rights and buyer visibility to control who can access and update operational data.

Use order locking, purchase locking, BOM regeneration, order transfer and color reassign tools to manage controlled changes.

Maintain a more reliable ERP environment for multi-user apparel organizations that need traceability and accountability.

Apparel production planning and merchandising modules visual representation

What makes these modules valuable for apparel ERP implementation

In many garment businesses, the real problem is not effort. It is fragmented execution. Enquiry data may sit with the marketing team, development updates may stay in personal notes, approvals may move through email or chat, and factory preparation may begin before the latest information is fully clear. That creates delay, rework and avoidable mistakes.

These modules solve that problem by keeping commercial, technical and operational information connected. Costing decisions influence development and BOM. BOM affects sourcing and planning. Merchandising documents affect factory readiness. When those stages are linked properly, management can make better decisions and teams can work with fewer handover gaps.

That is why Global Fashion Technology is positioned as an industry-focused apparel ERP software platform for businesses that need process discipline, visibility and scalable coordination across departments.