Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software allows organizations to integrate applications to manage business operations and automate back-office functions. ERP is increasingly used in Bangladesh's textile sector, though it is costly. ERP allows merchandisers in textiles to create order sheets, track costs, samples, materials, production, and shipments. ERP divides merchandising work into modules like order management, sample management, inventory management, and shipping management to streamline processes. ERP saves time and reduces order lead times, though it requires experienced users to maintain and work within the system.

1. Application of ERP in Garments
Merchandising
Md. Shad Ibna Shoiel
B.Sc. in Textile Engineering
Merchandiser
Email: shoieloshin@gmail.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shad-ibna-shoiel

2.  Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a software that allows an organization
to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business and
automate many back-office functions related to technology, services and
human resources. ERP software typically integrates all facets of an operation
— including product planning, development, manufacturing, sales and
marketing — in a single database, application and user interface.
 Use of ERP in textile sector of Bangladesh is increasing. Though ERP system
is very costly but it has great advantage in textile processing system. All kind
of processing information are stored in ERP and we can know it short time
from ERP. Such as in Merchandising - creating order sheet, costing, sample
tracking, material booking and reserve, follow up design and Emb making,
follow up bulk production, packing instruction and shipment, all kind of
working process can be done in ERP.

3. Fig: ERP work process in Merchandising
Create order sheet
Follow-up
Sampling
Material adjust
and reserve
Follow-up
Design and Emb making
Follow-up
bulk production
Packing
instruction and
shipment process
Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP)
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4. ERP system module: According to work process ERP system in merchandising is divided into
some system. These are;
 Order Management System
 Embroidery Management System
 Sample Management System
 Inventory Management System
 Purchase Management System
 Production Planning System
 Shipping Management System
Fig: ERP System Module

5. Order Management System: Order management system is the most important part in ERP. New
bulk order sheet created in this part. All types of information about an order input here. Such as
order quantity, order style pictures, fabric colors, threads, ship-mode, elements, order items
description, accessory description, customer details, parts mold, packing description and other
information are input here to make a complete order sheet. After making order sheet is checked
very carefully because of production floor flow this order sheet. If any mistake information input
in order sheet then in production floor will make mistake which is great hamper for production
process.
Fig: Order management system

6. Booking of Material (BOM) is input in this part for reserve material, fabric, accessories and
necessary thing of an order. After making order sheet BOM is done according to the parts which
are used in order sheet. If any wrong consumption input in BOM also, there are great problem
happen during the production. It causes waste of time in production process and great loss for
factory. So, in this part input information are check very carefully.
Embroidery Management System: There are different types of design and logo in sample but
these designs and logos were picture format and these picture format need to convert into DST
and EMB format for sewing on fabric. If there are so many designs and logos then its need to
follow up so that works finished required time. By this ERP system we can easily follow the work
and complete work in required time.
Fig: Embroidery management system

7. Sample Management System: After finishing sample order sheet then order sheet passed sample
section for sample development. Sample order is sheet similar to bulk order sheet. All types of
fabric parts, materials, accessories and other information are input in sample order sheet. In ERP,
from sample management system we can know sample making status such as which date sample
submit, which date sample send for cutting, when sample finish. If any problem in sample making,
we also know about this problem from ERP.
Fig: Sample management system

8. Inventory Management System: All types of fabric, thread, material for making sample and bulk
production information are input here. We can easily find required fabric, thread, materials
which are available or not available in factory. It saves time.
Fig: Inventory management system
Purchase Management System: Sometimes there are many kinds of accessories, label and fabric
which are not available in factory, it’s need to buy from another source and we can make
purchase materials order in ERP easily. Also, we can know purchasing orders, quantities,
materials description and many information about purchasing from ERP in short time.
Fig: Purchase management system

9. Production Planning System: After approved sample order then it’s ready for bulk production.
Before bulk production of an order make sure all material, accessories and fabric are available
for production in factory and we can easily find that all material, accessories and fabric status of
an order from ERP in very short time. Also, we can know running production status of orders in
floor individually in this system.
Fig: Production planning system

10. Shipping Management System: It is the finishing process of an order in ERP. There are different
types of polybags, hangtags, stickers, bar-code stickers, cartons required after finishing bulk
products of an order. If any parts are missing of an order then it causes delay of shipment. But in
ERP we can easily input information partly such as packing instruction, carton instruction,
shipment date etc. We can also input price information of an order in ERP and any time we can
easily find about order price, packing and shipment process information. We can also track
shipping invoice in ERP.
Fig: Shipping management system
At last we can say that; the role of ERP in Garments merchandising sector is great. If we use ERP
in our textile sectors then it becomes more develop day by day. ERP saves time and reduces lead
time of an order. So, we can make great benefits by using ERP software. But expert and
experienced people are required to maintain and work in ERP.