Buying House

• A Garment Buying house communicates with buyers of

other countries who want to buy garment products. Then
they contact garment factories which make those products
and fulfill buyer’s demand.They create a contract between
these two parties.
• Some Buying houses have an office with testing machines
and equipments .
• A Buying house needs an energetic skilled merchandiser
to maintain the placement of order and execution and a
quality controller (QC) to maintain the products quality
other officials to do documentation works.
• Some buying houses have their own sample
section, so that they can provide competitive
pricing and attract customers faster .Also it
saves on time.
• They also can create a show room of their
products to attract the buyers. Moreover,
this house maintain
 Flow Chart of Buying House.
• 1. Contact with the Buyer
• 2. Briefs are received or meeting with the buyer.
• 3. Sample Development , Approval and Order Placement.
• 4. L/C
• 5. Production
• 6. Inspection by Buying House
• 7.Shipping Documentation
• 8.L/C is sent to the Bank , one copy attached to the
shipment.
• 9.Shipment.
 Work Flow of a Buying House
• A marketing merchandiser contacts the existing buyer and
showcasing the garments samples made before or enquires
about the buyer requirements.
• Then he /she finds out a suitable factory catering to those
garments. The factory must be audited by a recognized
organization (Buyers specify their requirements).
• Do competitive costing with factory for the specific product.
Finalize cost and send it to buyer.
• Then the development merchandiser develops the product
sends the 1st pattern for approval. The buyer makes
corrections if any are required on this pattern.
• Usually buyer makes some modification on the 1st
pattern, so a 2nd pattern is submitted along with the
recommended changes.
• Then the fit sample is made and QC checks it which
follows the approved 2nd pattern.
• Then the Red seal sample is sent for approval which
is also known as the buying sample. Once the red
seal sample approved then the order is confirmed.
• Then production merchandiser starts his work.
• The Production merchandiser basically follows up with the
total production stage. After getting approval of red seal
sample he has to book the fabric and trims.
• He has to Follow up the fabric and trim arrival in the factory
and ensure that it is on time. He does the production
planning meeting with factory .
• QC has to ensure that the production is running smoothly for
the approved order. He helps the production merchandiser
by giving all production information.
• QC’s main task is to check all samples sent to the buyer, and
oversee the checking of the production order.
• Fabric, trims accessories are checked in the lab
at the buying house. It‘s called in-house
testing ; like shade variation in shade
continuity, lab dip, fabric quality etc.
• Different types of inspection are also done in
lab before ex-factory/shipment.
• Once the shipment is sent , the buying house
receives its commission from the buyer.