Purchase Order Sheet of Garments Manufacturing

Purchase Order Sheet of Garments Manufacturing

The purchase Order sheet is simply known as the PO sheet. The purchase order sheet of garments manufacturing (PO sheet) is a commonly used important document for Garments Manufacturing. Basically purchase order sheet contains the information of confirmation of buyer order. To clarify some important manufacturing and technical issues buyer has to provide PO Sheet. In a PO sheet, there may have information on product style, PO number, fabric cost, trims cost, garments unit cost, order quantity, shipment date, shipment destination, and many other important things.

Purchase Order (PO) sheet is necessary for every department of the Apparel Industry. Without PO sheet you will not be able to know about your shipment date, shipping destination, over a ship or under ship tolerance, payment term. That’s why this document (PO sheet) is such an important one.

Information Include in Purchase Order (PO)

Considering the importance of this document I have made a list of basic information which may include in the PO Sheet.

1. PO Number
2. Style/Lot Number
3. Order Quantity
4. Shipment Date
5. Unit Cost
6. Total Cost of that PO
7. Factory Name
8. Vendor Name
9. Shipping Address
10. Overseas Port reach Date
11. Sourcing Agent
12. Shipment Terms
13. LC Number
14. Fabric Supplier Name and Code
15. Fabric Content
16. EXIT COUNTRY PORT
17. Trims and Accessories cost
18. Product Category
19. Season
20. Description
21. Goods Description
22. Size-wise Order Quantity
23. Transaction Policy
24. Payment Terms
25. Necessary Instruction
26. Terms and Conditions
27. Overship Tolerance
28. Undership Tolerance

Explanation of key terms of Purchase Order

The following explanation may help you to understand the key terms of the PO sheet

PO Number: PO number is a unique purchase order number that is fixed by the buyer.

Style: As per the garments category or Color buyer separated by different style names.

Season: Buyer divides a year into 3 or 4 or more seasons as per overseas weather and their consumer demand.

Unit Cost: Unit cost mean cost of single garments. It can be FOB, Cnf, or C.I.F.

Goods Description: Description of goods which can be long or short. Top or Bottom wear.