ERP for Garment and Denim Factories
Fabric is tracked as grey, dyed and finished, production runs through your own departments and machines, and every batch is tied to the order it was made for, so the cost of an order is a figure and not an estimate.
ERP that fits how garment factories actually run
A garment order touches more hands than almost any other product. Fabric arrives grey, goes out for dyeing or washing, comes back a different colour and a slightly different length, gets cut, stitched, washed again, finished and packed, and each of those steps happens in a different department, sometimes in a different building. By the time the shipment leaves, the only cost anyone is sure of is the fabric invoice.
NavoBook follows the fabric in its real states, grey, dyed and finished, so the stock report says what is actually on the shelf. Production runs through departments and work centres you define, and a batch can be raised against a sale order so its cost lands on that order. Multi-level bills of materials let one batch feed the next, from fabric processing to the finished piece, and the batch cost ledger shows what each stage added.
Why apparel factories cannot see order profit
Grey and finished fabric mixed
One stock figure for a fabric that exists in three states hides how much is waiting for dyeing and how much is ready to cut.
Cost stops at the fabric
Washing, stitching and finishing are paid for, but never added to the order that used them.
Batches float free of orders
Production runs by week, not by order, so a late or loss-making order cannot be traced to its batches.
Departments with no record
Cutting, stitching and washing report on paper, so the time a stage took and what it wasted are guesses.
Job work outside the books
Fabric sent to an outside dyer or laundry leaves the stock register and returns without a clear cost.
How NavoBook runs a garment factory
Grey, dyed and finished states
The same fabric is held in the state it is really in, so stock and valuation match the shop floor.
Departments and work centres
Production runs through your own departments and machines, with the hours each stage took if you want them.
Batches against a sale order
Raise a production batch for a customer order, and its cost is carried to that order.
Multi-level BOM
One batch can feed another, from fabric processing to the finished garment, with the cost flowing through.
Batch cost ledger
Material, labour and overhead added at each stage, visible per batch, so you see where an order became expensive.
Export and local sales
Invoice foreign buyers in their currency and local customers with sales tax, on one ledger.
How the work moves through NavoBook
In the order it happens, from the first record to the last.
- 1
Order
The buyer’s sale order sets what is to be made and by when.
- 2
Process fabric
Grey fabric is issued, dyed or washed, and comes back into stock as dyed or finished.
- 3
Make
Batches run through cutting, stitching and finishing, each stage adding its cost.
- 4
Ship and read
The order ships, and its batches show what it really cost against what it sold for.
Modules garment factories use most
All 23 modules are included on either plan, so you can switch any of these on as you grow, with no extra fee.
Garments & Denim: frequently asked questions
Can NavoBook track fabric as grey, dyed and finished?
Yes. With material states switched on, the same item is held separately as grey, dyed and finished, so your stock report shows how much fabric is waiting to be processed and how much is ready for the next step.
Can production be costed per customer order?
Yes. A production batch can be raised against a sale order, so the material and conversion cost of that batch is tied to the order, and you can compare what the order cost with what it was sold for.
Does it support multi-stage production like washing, stitching and finishing?
Yes. Multi-level bills of materials let the output of one batch become the input of the next, and production can run through your own departments and work centres, with stage hours recorded if you need them.
We are also a textile mill. Which page fits us?
Both use the same system. The textile page is written for spinning, weaving and processing mills; this one for factories that turn fabric into garments. Many groups do both, and NavoBook runs them as one company or as separate units that consolidate.
Guides for garment factories
Written for Pakistan, by the same team that builds the software.
ERP & Software
Textile ERP in Pakistan: Where the Cost Disappears Between Yarn and Finished Cloth
10 min readERP & Software
Manufacturing ERP in Pakistan: Why Your Factory Knows Its Price But Not Its Cost
10 min readInventory
FIFO vs Weighted Average in Pakistan: Which Inventory Costing Method Is Right for You
9 min readRun the whole business on NavoBook
From PKR 20,000 a month, all 23 modules included. No per-module fees, no installation.