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Monday, October
27, 2008
Understanding
Apparel
Principles Using
Software
Applications
9:00 am - 10:00 am
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
An overview of
manufacturing,
distribution and
wholesale using
AIMS, Apparel
Information
Management System, a
completely
integrated order,
production and
inventory control
processing system
for manufacturers,
importers and
distributors. Learn
how to manage your
business with
apparel software via
the internet
anytime, anywhere.
Sponsored by
Henry Cherner,
President of AIMS
AIMS WebLink
Wholesale
Integration
10:00 am - 11:00 am
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
WebLink is a web
based front-end
system that links
with AIMS.WebLink
allows sales reps
and wholesale
customers to log in
anytime via the web
and access their
account activity
such as check stock,
orders and invoices,
view current
collections and
place orders. Use
WebLink to create
style catalogs, with
pictures, using data
already in your AIMS
style master.
Sponsored by
AIMS & Focal
Technology
Labor Compliance &
Monitoring
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
This seminar will
outline the legal
responsibilities of
apparel
manufactures,
contractors and
retailers. Topics
include: Is your
company compliant
with regulatory
requirements, and do
you know how to find
industry monitors to
assist? What are the
costs and
consequences of non
compliance with bill
AB633? Penalties of
non compliance.
Obtaining a Garment
Registration
Certificate.
Regulations
regarding contracts
with contractors.
Monitoring
contractors. Exempt
versus non exempt
classifications.
Sponsored by
Jesse Atilano,
President of Labor
Law
AIMS Apparel Easy
Shop Retail
Integration &
Website Development
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
Apparel Easy Shop is
an online retail
store which allows
selling products
online directly to
customers at retail
prices.
Easy Shop has a user
friendly
administrative
system for managing
customers,
inventory, orders
and more and can be
customized to
reflect your
company's unique
image. AIMS,
together with Focal
Technology, now
offer website
development. Gain
the advantage of
greatly extending
your line's
visibility while
making your goods
available directly
to customers through
your own website and
online store.
Sponsored by
AIMS & Focal
Technology
Costing for Profit
-"Look after the
cents and
the dollars will
take care of
themselves"
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C700
Every entrepreneur's
ultimate goal is to
run a successful
company.
Understanding the
complexity of how to
cost effectively
will play a major
part in achieving
this goal. The
Fashion Business is
a unique industry:
artistic and
creative,
profit-driven and
demanding. Effective
Costing will take
you to the heart of
costing and give you
the real facts so
you can realize a
profitable future
for your business.
Sponsored by
Fashion Business
Inc.
Promote Your Brand
Online: Web
Strategies for
Apparel Vendors
4:00 pm -5:00pm
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
Concerned that your
website isn't
growing your brand
and increasing
sales? Learn how to
improve your website
to increase sales to
retailers and
consumers. This
seminar will explain
how people use
websites and what
they expect from
them, presenting
research on the most
effective promotion
techniques, examples
of excellent
websites, and
guidelines for
developing an
effective web
strategy.
Sponsored by
Clarinova
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Tuesday, October
28, 2008
De-mystifying the
Small Business Loan
Application
10:00 am - 11:00 am
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
Various types of
lending products and
services, including
SBA loans, will be
discussed.
Participants will be
lead through the
steps necessary to
apply for a loan or
line of credit with
a bank. Participants
will have the
opportunity to
practice filling out
an actual
application to gain
a better
understanding of the
questions asked and
information required
on the application.
Sponsored by
Citibank
AIMS GL Integration
with QuickBooks
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
There is information
that needs to be
included in your
accounting system in
order to produce
financial
statements. Learn
the basics about how
to integrate
financial
information into the
General Ledger of
QuickBooks using
the AIMS system.
Sponsored by
AIMS & Focal
Technology
Sourcing Asia
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
Sourcing is no
longer a strategy
just for large
corporations but
also appropriate for
small to medium
sized companies that
want to profit in
this competitive
business world.
Research - Identify
- Negotiate -
Complete the
transactions.
Richard Price has
been working in the
Asian Markets for
over 15 years and
has the "Formulas"
for successful
sourcing. Teaching
the basics can help
you figure out the
right things to do.
Sponsored by
Richard Price
EDI (Electronic Data
Interchange)
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
Learn from the
experts! If you are
in the apparel
industry
and want to do
business with major
department stores,
you must attend this
seminar. EDI topics
will include UPC
numbers, bar coding,
ASN's, UCC-128
labels, EDI
integration, service
bureaus and Innovis
catalogs.
Sponsored by
eCsss, AIMS and
Innovative Systems
Textiles Online
Sourcing
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
This presentation
will take us from
how sourcing has
evolved, what
options are
available today
online, and what a
brand owner, buyer,
or sourcing
professional needs
to consider when
looking for the
right sourcing
platform to handle
their garment
sourcing needs.
Sponsored by
MFG.com
Online Video
Commerce
4:00 pm -6:00pm
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
Learn how to
successfully brand,
promote and drive
sales for your
fashion line using
online video
commerce. You'll
leave with ideas and
resources on how to
stylishly-- yet cost
effectively produce
your own product
videos and expand
your business with
this powerful new
sales channel.
Topics will
include: Branding,
Promoting and
Launching your line
with Online Video,
Making Online Video
Sales a part of your
Business and
Marketing Strategy
and Creating a
Dynamic Online Sales
Presentation.
Sponsored by
ShopFlick.com
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Wednesday,
October 29, 2008
Starting your own
Apparel Business
10:30 am - 11:30 am
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
Creativity is
essential but it
isn't enough. The
passage from initial
concept to the
ultimate consumer
involves many
steps. This
seminar is a roadmap
that clearly marks
each step and covers
all the important
topics that are
necessary when
planning on starting
your own apparel
company. A complete
guide from concept
to consumer. What
do you need to do in
order to get those
creative hot ideas
into the stores What
licenses you need
and how to get them
Compliance Issues
What type of funding
is needed to start
and to support your
venture? Do you
need a Business
Plan? How to cost
and make a profit?
Sales & Marketing,
Trade shows
Sponsored by
Frances Harder,
Founder of Fashion
Business Inc. &
Author of Fashion
for Profit
Hong Kong as a
Gateway to China
12:00 pm - 1:00pm
*Location:
CMC, 110 E. 9th St,
Room C798
Topics to be
discussed will
include: advantages
of selling and
sourcing through
Hong Kong into
China, how to source
products & services
through the HKTDC's
trusted online
market place, how
HKTDC customized
business matching
service helps you
connect with
pre-screened Hong
Kong partners for
buying and selling
and incentives for
first-time buyers
visiting HKTDC trade
events in Hong Kong.
Sponsored by
Hong Kong Trade
Development Council
Fashion Industry
Subsidized Job
Training: ETP
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
*Location:
CMC,110 E. 9th St.,
Room C798
Are you a Business
Owner? If so, you
may be eligible for
subsidized training
through the FBI!
Fashion Business
Inc. has been
designated by the
State of California
as a business
training center.
Some of the
requirements you
must meet are: Be a
Business Owner
(Retailer,
Manufacture,
Importer, Exporter,
wholesaler) with at
least one full-time
employee; Have a
valid California
State ID; Have a
garment manufactures
license, if
manufacturing.
Attend to discover
if your business
qualifies for
subsidized
training.
Sponsored by
Fashion Business
Inc.
Factoring: Credit
Approvals &
Financing For Your
Business
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location:
CMC, 110 E. 9th
Street, Room C798
Learn about
factoring options
available for small
businesses, how
factoring works and
how to get credit
approvals for
orders. AIMS and CBC
have created an
integrated system
for Credit Check
Approvals.
Information is
transmitted directly
from AIMS to CBC
eliminating
duplication, errors
and multiple touch
points. Users
receive immediate
credit decisions
while the software
keeps track of
orders in process.
Sponsored by
Continental Business
Credit & AIMS
Illustrator Basics
for the Apparel
Industry
3:00pm - 4:00pm
*Location:
FBI Resource Center,
127 E. 9th St, Suite
212
What
designers,
merchandisers and
patternmakers need
to know. Topics
range from basic
skills to advanced
techniques: Brief
tour of program user
interface and
toolset, layers
explained, drawing
with shapes,
creating a tile-able
pattern, re-coloring
the pattern.
Beginners welcome!
Sponsored by
Chris Schiotis
Brothers Digital
Garment Printer
Training
3:00pm - 5:00pm
*Location:
FBI Resource Center,
127 E. 9th St, Suite
212
Attend to learn the
pre-requisites to
use Brother GT-541
inkjet garment
printer. Learn the
basics of designing
for digital garment
printing, including
the use of graphics
software and easy
operation of the
Brother GT-541
inkjet garment
printer. Print your
own textile design
samples and fabric
swatches without
screen-printing.
Easily print one
-of-a-kind items,
quickly and cost
effectively. A
great way to
showcase your
creative designs and
graphics.
Sponsored by
Brother
International
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Fashion Business
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