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Design to Cost – The Fundamentals is the first course in a series which covers how to develop product with quality and cost in mind. This course provides the foundations on which you can build your product skills and will be followed by courses specific to product categories including jersey and denim. This course teaches how to design product to a price point through understanding of cost levers. It covers good, better and best product engineering taking into account the basic principles of garment construction, components and fabrication. It aims to equip learners with the ability to develop in-house specifications and a platform to deliver consistent quality to the end consumer.
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Introduction Free trial
This module gives a short introduction to the course.
- 0.1 Welcome to the Course
- 0.2 Course Overview
- 0.3 What is Quality
- 0.4 Poor Quality
- 0.5 End of Introduction Assessment
Module 1: Importance of Quality Free trial
In this module, you will learn how quality is described and measured.
- 1.1 Cost of Quality
- 1.2 Theoretical Case Study: Poor Quality
- 1.3 Establishing Value for Money (VFM)
- 1.4 Defining Good – Better – Best
- 1.5 End of Module 1 Assessment
Module 2: Building Product Specifications
This module introduces how to specify appropriate quality levels by building product specifications that take into account the principles of quality and value.
- 2.1 Product Framework
- 2.2 Initial Product Creation Brief
- 2.3 Fabrics
- 2.4 Fit and Measurements
- 2.5 Garment Special Features and Minimum Standards
- 2.6 Trims and Additional Useful Information
- 2.7 Final Product Checklist
- 2.8 End of Module 2 Assessment
Module 3: What Can Go Wrong
In this module, you will review three different examples of inadequate product specifications leading to poor sample hit rate, product failure and poor value for money.
- 3.1 Issue 1: Poor Hit Rate
- 3.2 Issue 2: Product Failure
- 3.3 Issue 3: Poor Value for Money
- 3.4 End of Module 3 Assessment
Conclusion
In this final module, you will review the key takeaway from this course and listen to advice on how to approach implementation.
- 4.1 Implementation
- 4.2 Teaser for the next course
- 4.3 Fabric Consumption
- 4.4 Final Assessment
- 4.5 End of Course Survey
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