INDUSTRY FIELD GUIDE
Apparel wholesale prepack ratio and variant data for AI
An apparel prepack can retain its total count even after a size or color substitution changes its ratio.
NAICS 424350 · Clothing and Clothing Accessories Merchant Wholesalers
An apparel prepack can retain its total count even after a size or color substitution changes its ratio. FTC publishes apparel labeling resources, and GS1 US describes packaging levels. A wholesaler can test visual inspection and count reconciliation using a practice case. FTC apparel labeling · GS1 US packaging levels
Create a dummy carton with an original size-by-color matrix. Replace one item with another size of the same color. Ask which quantities match, which ratio changed and what label evidence supports it. A second take can hide one size label for review.
Use owned blank garments and original tags. Exclude licensed artwork, commercial allocations, prices and customer orders.
Describe a staged apparel prepack sample
Original Fiund exercise
A same-color size substitution preserves carton count while changing the prepack ratio
One owned practice carton contains blank garment props with original size and color tags. No actual order, licensed art, price, customer or allocation data is present.
| Record | Source | What it records |
|---|---|---|
| APW1 | Required matrix | Carton K requires BLUE S=2, M=2; GRAY S=1, M=1. Expected total six pieces. |
| APW2 | Reviewed carton observation | K actually contains BLUE S=1, M=3; GRAY S=1, M=1. Full labels visible and matched to K. |
| APW3 | Second take | One blue size label obscured. Total six and blue count four visible, but no complete blue size breakdown from this view alone. |
Question for the model
Which totals match, what ratio differs, and can the second take independently confirm the size substitution?
Show the reference answer and checks
APW1 and APW2 both total six, with four blue and two gray. The blue S:M ratio changes from 2:2 to 1:3, so one small-to-medium substitution is reflected in the reviewed counts while gray stays unchanged. APW3 confirms overall and color counts but its hidden label prevents an independent complete size check. Preserve the matrix and visibility rather than treat a balancing carton count as proof of correct assortment.
- Checking only the carton total and missing a shifted size ratio.
- Filling an obscured size from the required matrix rather than observed labels.
Fields to preserve
- Carton and expected size/color matrix
- Defines the assortment.
- Observed variant counts and label source
- Supports comparison.
- Occlusion and verified total
- Separates coverage from composition.
Test another case
Swap a gray garment's color while retaining its size. Require the color mix error to be detected even if the size-only totals match.
Use owned blank garments and original tags. Exclude orders, supplier art and commercial allocation files.
Discuss a contribution
Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.