Season calendar and line plan
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A collection runs on a calendar built backward from the launch date. The line plan says how many styles will come out in each category; the calendar says which stage each style must be at on which date.
In this part
- You understand how the calendar is built backward from the launch date.
- You put the design, sample, approval, production and shipment milestones in order.
- You see what the critical path is and how one delay shifts the launch.
- You explain how the line plan and the calendar feed each other.
Terms in this part
- Season (SS/AW)
- Grouping collections by selling period: Spring/Summer (SS) and Autumn/Winter (AW).
- Line plan
- The collection plan showing, for each category of a season, how many styles, which price band, how many colors and what quantity will go out.
- Delivery date
- The date by which a task, material or order must be delivered.
- Critical path
- A chain of linked tasks where any delay directly pushes back the launch.
- Drop
- Releasing a collection for sale in parts on set dates, rather than all at once.
There are 3 questions at the end of the part; at least 2 correct answers open the next part. The questions open with your Academy account, after your Basic certificate.
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