Apparel Merchandising & Sourcing · Bangladesh RMG · 14+ years
AI learning journey
Structured coursework, daily tool use in live sourcing work, and a public log of what holds up, and what doesn’t.
Why this page exists
Garment manufacturing runs on experience, relationships, and spreadsheets. All three are about to change shape. I’m not waiting to be told how, I’m studying it, applying it in live merchandising work, and writing about what holds up. This page is the public log.
Built, not just studied
Three live sites, all hand-built with AI assistance, no framework and no agency. The source for each is public. See the code on GitHub →
Designed and built my own personal knowledge hub, structure, copy, and code, working hands-on with AI tools instead of hiring it out. Proof that an apparel merchandiser can ship digital work.
Built the complete public archive of my IBA-SICIP programme: 46 lecturer profiles, 108 dated classes with search and filters, 3 modules, 30 credits, 40 industry module topics, and the full Module 3 attachment process. One self-contained page, no framework, all data structured by hand with AI assistance.
Visit the archive →
Built and published a result-checking website for my PGD-GB batchmates at IBA-DU, classmates check their results in seconds instead of scanning PDFs.
Visit the site →Applied today
ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini run through the daily workflow, weekly reports, vendor data consolidation, supplier-performance and capacity analysis, production follow-up updates, presentation (PPT) preparation, and meeting prep, alongside Power BI and advanced Excel.
Faster, cleaner correspondence with Poland HQ and 35 vendors, AI-drafted, human-judged. The judgment is the job; AI just removes the typing.
Research support for the weekly newsletter and daily posts, AI helps gather; fourteen years on the floor decides what’s true.
Formal study
No-code AI agent certification · Institute: myAi · 3 months, started 18 August 2026. Professionals design and ship working AI agents on their own real workflows. Graduates earn the myAi Certified AI Automation Strategist credential.
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The agents I build on this course go here when it finishes in November 2026.
The hands-on record so far sits above: three live sites I designed, wrote and built myself with AI tools, no agency and no framework. See the projects →
AI capacity-building program · Institute: myAi · 19 May 2026 to 17 July 2026. Structured AI study run alongside the day job, covering prompt engineering, productivity, career acceleration, fundamentals, leadership, and business applications.
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What I kept
The log
Newest first. Updated as milestones land.
Joined the myAi cohort that began 18 August 2026. Three months, no code, building working AI agents on real merchandising workflows, toward the myAi Certified AI Automation Strategist credential.
A full archive of the IBA-SICIP programme at sohelprsnl.com/pgd-gb-archive: 46 lecturers, 108 classes, 3 modules, 40 industry module topics. Data compiled from official records, then built into one searchable page.
Finished the 2-month program with myAi on 17 July 2026, covering prompt engineering, productivity, career acceleration, AI fundamentals, leadership, and business applications.
My own personal website, planned, written, and built hands-on with AI tools.
A small web tool for IBA-DU batchmates, first public project built with AI assistance.
2-month AI Capacity Building Program with myAi began 19 May 2026, first formal AI study alongside daily tool use.
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Power BI became standard parts of reporting, analysis, and vendor communication at LPP.
I write about AI in apparel in the newsletter, practical, floor-tested, no hype.
