Glossary

Key terms used across GarmentFlow, each with its Traditional and Simplified Chinese equivalents, a one-sentence definition, and the module where you’ll mostly use it.

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Core records

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Style

款式 (繁體中文) · 款式 (简体中文) · Module: Styles The reusable product record that owns its BOM, cost sheet, and manufacturing orders, and is reused across many orders.

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Order

訂單 (繁體中文) · 订单 (简体中文) · Module: Orders A customer’s commitment to buy specific styles, colorways, and quantities to ship by a given date.

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MO (manufacturing order)

製造單 (繁體中文) · 制造单 (简体中文) · Module: Styles / Production The production document issued for a specific order’s version of a style; its content is frozen when it is issued.

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Colorway

配色 (繁體中文) · 配色 (简体中文) · Module: Styles / Orders A specific color or color combination that a style is produced in.

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Style documents

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BOM (bill of materials)

物料表 (繁體中文) · 物料表 (简体中文) · Module: Styles The list of fabrics and trims a style is made from.

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Cost sheet

成本表 (繁體中文) · 成本表 (简体中文) · Module: Styles The costing breakdown for a style, used for quoting and margin analysis.

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Artifact version

文件版本 (繁體中文) · 文件版本 (简体中文) · Module: Styles A saved, numbered revision of a style document such as a BOM or cost sheet.

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Sample

樣品 (繁體中文) · 样品 (简体中文) · Module: Samples & fitting A physical prototype of a style, developed and validated through fitting before bulk production.

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Fitting

試身 (繁體中文) · 试身 (简体中文) · Module: Samples & fitting A stage in the sample-approval process, from first proto through to a fitting that is approved for production.

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Commercial documents

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Quotation

報價單 (繁體中文) · 报价单 (简体中文) · Module: Quotations A price offer sent to a customer before an order is placed.

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PI (proforma invoice)

形式發票 (繁體中文) · 形式发票 (简体中文) · Module: Quotations / Finance A preliminary invoice confirming price, quantity, and terms before shipment.

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Documents and conversion chain

文件與轉換鏈 (繁體中文) · 文件与转换链 (简体中文) · Module: Cross-cutting The connected flow in which a quotation converts to a proforma invoice and then to an order, carrying line items forward at each step.

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Production

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Factory order

委外單 (繁體中文) · 委外单 (简体中文) · Module: Production The outsourcing document (委外) covering work sent to a factory; one factory order can span several orders and styles.

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PO (purchase order)

採購單 (繁體中文) · 采购单 (简体中文) · Module: Production A purchase order (採購) sent to a supplier for fabric or trims.

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Receipt

收料 (繁體中文) · 收料 (简体中文) · Module: Production Recording materials received against a purchase order into inventory.

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Inventory

庫存 (繁體中文) · 库存 (简体中文) · Module: Production The on-hand stock balance, calculated from receipts and issues.

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Needle inspection (檢針)

檢針 (繁體中文) · 检针 (简体中文) · Module: Production / QC The metal-detection step that checks finished garments for stray needles before packing.

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Shipping

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Shipment

出貨 (繁體中文) · 出货 (简体中文) · Module: Shipments A delivery of finished goods to the customer, planned and tracked in batches.

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Shipping destination (出貨地)

出貨地 (繁體中文) · 出货地 (简体中文) · Module: Shipments The customer-specified destination for a shipment, which depends on the order’s trade term (a port for FOB/CIF, a full address for DDP).

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Finance

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AR (accounts receivable)

應收帳款 (繁體中文) · 应收账款 (简体中文) · Module: Finance Money owed to you by customers.

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AP (accounts payable)

應付帳款 (繁體中文) · 应付账款 (简体中文) · Module: Finance Money you owe to suppliers and factories.

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Platform

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Readiness engine

就緒引擎 (繁體中文) · 就绪引擎 (简体中文) · Module: Cross-cutting The capability that tracks an order’s production readiness and surfaces risks early.

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V3 consolidation

V3 整合 (繁體中文) · V3 整合 (简体中文) · Module: Cross-cutting The work in v5 that unifies the platform’s earlier shipment records into a single, consistent shipment model, so finished-goods movements and customer shipping documents stay in sync.