Ideas to Reality – Setting up a Fashion Apparel Enterprise

Subject Title	Ideas to Reality – Setting up a Fashion Apparel Enterprise
Course duration	16 hours
Course fee	Actual Cost	SDF Grant	Amount to Pay
	S$ 360	S$ 64	S$ 296 (TaFf-members)
	S$ 400	S$ 64	S$ 336 (Non- members)
Target Audience	For individuals, groups, associates who are ready to take their business ideas to market.

Situation Analysis

More are individuals leaving the corporate world and as well as young graduate are opting to strike out on their own to become Entrepreneurs. Some have an idea that they want to take to market, but just don’t know where to start. This training course has taken out the guesswork for the novice entrepreneur. The step-by-step process covers all of the required steps to set up the business and then keep it operational.

Subject Synopsis/Summary

This 2-Day seminar/workshop will give the participants a step-by-step “How-To” guide for setting up their Business Enterprise (in Singapore) to include: Identifying & registering the best type of business for the product or service, establishing a corporate identity, (the business name, corporate colors and stationary suite), writing a basic business plan, office set up, accounting solutions, to intellectual property registration, email and website planning.

The second half of the course will walk the participants through the process of what is needed to create the first collection from design, merchandising, production and shipping.

Subject Content

Sub Topics

Specific learning outcomes

What are you selling, product or Service? Registering your business. How to register and what type of business model.

Participants are able to examine what is the best business model for their business (Sole Proprietor or Ltd, LLP)

Creating a mini business plan to include financials.

Participants get a clear picture of what is required to create and run their business

Office/workshop set up

Participants will determine where to set up office and what equipment is required.

Creating the Corporate Identity

Provide students with an understanding of conveying a professional image and the different items that makes up the stationary suite

Create a cost effective stationary suite

Students are shown ways to design & print their own stationary cost effectively.

Design the company Business Stationary Suite (corporate colors & logos, biz cards, letterhead, envelopes, etc)

Students will look at their individual business model and determine what items are needed to convey a professional image to the marketplace.

Running the Business

Who will do what roles? Do it yourself or outsource?

Designing, Sourcing & Production

Creating designs, measurement sheets, & spec packs for factory costing.

Fabric Sourcing

Factory Sourcing

Find the right factory for your product

Using ethical factories for your business.

Using a Time & Action Calendar

Understand the importance of timely information distribution to factory

Options for outsourcing parts of the business.

Merchandising - Using a Buying Office

Quality Control – Buying office or SGS?

Corporate Secretary, Bookkeeping, Accounting

Shipping the bulk production– Using a Freight Forwarder

Warehousing your stock

Selling your goods - Where do you find your customers?

Direct Sales – In house salesman

Independent Sales Representatives

Distributors

Trade Shows

Ecommerce Sales

Website Online Sales

Resellers

Affiliates

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