Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology

Cost represents a multifaceted economic construct that incorporates the intrinsic worth of the entirety of resources that are industriously consumed during the labor-intensive process of product realization. We slowly intertwine the strands of expense within this enormous tapestry, and each officiant expense and overhead expense associated with the management of a firm is separate from the outlays of labor product, materials, Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) or transportation. In this research, we navigate the complex terrain of cost analysis in the knitting field of production. Combining industry insights carefully derived from the core of knitwear production with empirical methods of investigating the wrinkles of cost variance in knitwear across a number of classifications or production processes, we employ these methods of cost calculation that are uniquely relevant to the context of the industry, the product being explored, the processes regulating the production process, and ultimately the import of "cost." The study is expected to suggest in an era of prudence in knit production. Our aim is to equip manufacturers with better abilities to make informed choices that are beneficial not only to their bottom line but also to the customers who wear their products by shining a light on the opaque financial realities of this industry. To accomplish this, we calculated the total cost of four apparel items, including the cost of procuring raw materials and engaging in the transformation process to finished goods. This report discusses how to create cost sheets for basic apparel items without applying an explicit profit margin. This way, the apparel company can capture production-related information, and compare the costs of each style's production.