EC99SS

First off, thanks to everyone for past answers to my questions. It has helped tremendously.

We're in the process of creating our SKU or Product line codes to differentiate our products (plus will use these for catalog numbers). We not only sell T-shirts, but a range of soft goods as well as action sports products that we developed (i.e hard goods). We have developed our product code scheme (crude but in initial stages and kept everything as common as possible). We've been able to get it to 5 digits...however it does not include "size" for the soft goods. I was curious if anyone believes "size" needs to be in there. I figured in our online store people can choose size via drop down option. OR when having a manual order sheet (when visiting retailers) we can have a column for "size" when they choose the product.

Our numbering scheme is as follows: (#ABCDE)
A = Category
B = Style
C = Gender
D = Color
E = Design




Example:
Product # S4213 would mean *Women's spag. tank in black with official logo*
S = soft goods
4 = Spaghetti Tank Top
2 = Female
1 = Black
3 = Official Logo

Or

Product #M2311 would mean *Full Suspension Mountain Bike Frame in black*
M = Mountain Bike
2 = Full Suspension Frame
3 = NA
1 = Black
1 = NA

Any inputs, suggestions, advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much
Regards,
EC

 

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Comin'OutSwingin

Ahhhh! Style Numbers!

First a little help:

Fashion-Incubator: Style Numbers revisted
Fashion-Incubator: How to issue style numbers pt.127
Fashion-Incubator: How to issue style numbers pt.128
Fashion-Incubator: How to issue style numbers pt.129

These links are from a website you can find on the left menu bar. They should be of some help for anybody at the point of issuing style numbers.

I used the previous links to come up with a system for our company. I like to call it "One, One, Two, Three".

Our style numbers have 7 digits. I know by industry standards it might be a bit excessive, but no retailers we've talked to have a problem with it.

I happen to think it's quite simple, even though it's seven digits.

If it works for you, that's all that matters, really. Just remember to devise a system that allows for expansion.

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Thanks for those links!

Would you mind sharing your breakdown of your 7 digit system? Thanks again!

 

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Quote: Originally Posted by EC99SS Thanks for those links! Would you mind sharing your breakdown of your 7 digit system? Thanks again!

Sure, no problem.

"1,1,2,3"

Here is a sample style number from our inventory:

2101201.

Obviously to the average person it means nothing, but here we go.

The first digit corresponds to the line of products, of which we have 3:
men's, women's, children's. That's the first 1.

We gave each a number:

Men's=1
Women's=2
Children's=3

So right now we have a women's product. 2101201

Next is the product category, of which we have 5. That's where we get the second 1.

T-shirts=1
Headwear=2
Outerwear= 3
Jerseys=4
Polos=5

Now we know it's a women's t-shirt. 2101201


The third and fourth digit "2" (which stands for 2 digits), is the base color of the shirt. We gave all of our shirt colors 2 digit numbers, and this part of the style number corresponds to what we assigned them. I won't list them all, but I'll give a sampling we started with the most common.

white=01
black=02
red=03
navy=04

Now, we're up to a women's t-shirt that's white (stick with me).2101201

The last 3 digits correspond to the design number. We have assigned all of our designs 3 digit numbers that we use in house.

We started our designs at 100. For this example, it's design 201.

Women's t-shirt that white with design 201.

Style number 2101201

One digit-2101201, One digit-2101201, Two digits-2101201, Three digits-2101201

One, One, Two, Three!!!

We use them so much, that now we know exactly what kind of item a product is just by glancing at the style number.

Sorry so long. Hope this helped somebody.

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