
Garment Costing Breakdown: How Cost Per Minute Becomes a CM Price
Why "Just Multiply SMV by Cost Per Minute" Isn't Enough A merchandiser sends a CM quote of $1.04 per piece. The buyer's costing team asks one question: how did you get that…
Smarter Operations for Apparel
Sr. Executive, Digital Excellence & Transformation | ERP & Business Process Optimisation
Anik Das is a merchandising and digital transformation professional specializing in optimizing the backbone of the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) industry in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He currently leads ERP implementation and business process optimization initiatives at Apex Holdings Ltd, where he has spearheaded full-cycle ERP builds spanning order management, BOM, costing, and production tracking, including work that delivered a 15% reduction in inventory costs. His work bridges people, process, and technology, translating complex merchandising and production requirements into streamlined digital workflows, automated reporting dashboards, and real-time WIP visibility systems for stakeholders across Sales, PDC, BPC, and production teams.

Why "Just Multiply SMV by Cost Per Minute" Isn't Enough A merchandiser sends a CM quote of $1.04 per piece. The buyer's costing team asks one question: how did you get that…