Clothing Seasonal Purchase Process

1. Purchasing Sample stock and catalogues from suppliers and distributing them to sales reps

2. Clothing Seasonal Sales Forecasting sales

3. Asking customers to indicate interest by entering Seasonal Sales Orders to "Awaiting Confirmation" status

4. Comparing Seasonal Sales Order demand with Clothing Seasonal Sales Forecasting to decide range

   1. Dropping some Articles

5. Sending a Seasonal Purchase Order for the Supplier to confirm manufacture of Articles of interest

6. Receiving confirmation from supplier of order quantities / alternatives offered

   1. Dropping some Articles or creating alternatives

7. Revisiting customer interest and updating Seasonal Sales Orders to  remove dropped articles / offer alternatives and then move to "Confirmed" status

See Seasonal Planning for New Products Process

• Are considered but are never purchased

  • They may be offered to customers - however without enough customer interest they are then dropped

• Are sold only for the season

  • Will be considered as "Prospective" for a limited time

  • Will move from "Prospective" status to either "Active" or "Inactive" depending on interest.