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MSTGN4018 — Analyse TCF merchandising and marketing principles

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What an assessment for MSTGN4018 must cover

47 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 12 performance evidence and 19 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Investigate TCF market conditions

  • 1.1Use appropriate research methods to survey domestic and international conditions affecting the TCF market and identify effects of these conditions on the TCF industry
  • 1.2Assess significance of TCF product range on the global market
  • 1.3Identify key components of the TCF supply chain and analyse influences on supply chain conditions
  • 1.4Examine features of mainstream and niche markets within the TCF market
  • 1.5Investigate role of merchandising in the TCF marketplace

2 Determine characteristics of the TCF market

  • 2.1Access and investigate current information on the TCF market to determine trends influencing TCF production and supply
  • 2.2Investigate TCF market segmentation, targeting and price positioning for TCF product range
  • 2.3Identify key characteristics of TCF market segments and examine implications for marketing activity
  • 2.4Analyse consumer behaviour for TCF product range

3 Assess features of a TCF product to determine effective marketing

  • 3.1Identify technical specifications of a TCF product and determine implications for market positioning
  • 3.2Explore role of creativity in the marketing of the product
  • 3.3Identify networks applying to the marketing and merchandising of the product
  • 3.4Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for the product and assess implications for marketing
  • 3.5Document and record outcomes of marketing investigation

Performance evidence

  • use at least two different research strategies and assess and report on:
  • three features of:
  • global textiles, clothing and footwear (TCF) market conditions, including supply chain
  • domestic TCF market conditions
  • four characteristics of the TCF market
  • two features of an identified TCF product range that support effective marketing
  • the following aspects of a TCF product and the implications for marketing and merchandising:
  • technical specifications
  • strengths
  • weaknesses
  • opportunities
  • threats.

Knowledge evidence

  • research strategies and methods used in TCF industry
  • characteristics of domestic and global TCF market conditions and the relationship between them, including:
  • demographics
  • economics
  • location
  • education
  • components of the TCF supply chain, including:
  • designers and product engineers
  • manufacturers
  • distributors, wholesalers, exporters and importers
  • transporters
  • sales, marketing and retail providers
  • range of products available in the TCF industry
  • segmentation of the TCF market
  • demographics of the TCF consumer
  • technical aspects of TCF product
  • trends and the role of marketing and merchandising
  • characteristics of identified TCF product that make it suitable for marketing
  • recording and reporting practices.

Foundation skills

  • Reading skills: to navigate and interpret diverse and potentially complex marketing information
  • Technology skills: to complete research using digital media.

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What does an assessment tool for MSTGN4018 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MSTGN4018 needs to address all 47 unit components: 3 elements with 14 performance criteria, 12 performance evidence requirements, 19 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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