Garments Manufacturing

This is the Basic style Bra making line layout as a reference, this layout actually depend on style & process wise. Operation Breakdown: Bra   OP # SEWING PROCESS SAM MACHINE 1 Join Cups 0.57 SNLS 2 Attach Tape to Cups 0.73 DNLS 3 attach Elastic to side cups 0.44 3SZZ 4 Set support Panels 0.39 SNLS 5 Serge support panels 0.62 3TOL 6 Join support panels, cup and front 1.52 SNLS 7 Attach cover stitch tape to front 0.61 DNLS 8 Join backs to cups 0.55 SNLS 9 Attach cover stitch tape to sides 0.47 DNLS 10 Attach lace and tape to cups 0.76 DNLS 11 Attach elastic to band 0...

Shade variation is one of the common problems found in production. A garment with shade variation is considered as a faulty garment. Shade variation in a garment is occurred when different garment components have different depth of colors (shade) or mismatch of shades in garment parts of a same garment. Shade variation in garment comes due to shade variation in fabric of an order. Most of the time shade variation happened due mishandling of fabric multiple lots, rolls during cutting fabrics and bundles in sewing floor. Shade variation in fabric may appear as Within same fabric roll there may be shade variation like 'center to selvage' and 'salvage to salvage' Within same fabric roll length wise shade variation  Shade variation in between fabric rolls Shade variation in garments (between different components of the same garment) can be controlled if a SOP is set and employees follow that SOP to reduce shade variation in garments. From fabri...

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To become quality conscious, it might look at improving existing quality standards at various stages of manufacturing process. Producing a good quality product is a result of combined efforts of management, employees and workers by developing system, implementing good practices in floor and setting up standards.  Following tips can help to improve quality at production. Communicate the importance of quality production to your employees and floor workers, and explain quality expectations by the management.  Maintain a clean and dry workplace, including storage rooms and shipping areas.  Select and utilize appropriate equipment in cutting, sewing and finishing processes.  Provide appropriate tools, machines and equipment to each department. Provide on-the-job training to workers for new comer with existing.  Plan an ongoing program for machine maintenance.  Establish agreed-upon quality standards with all fabric ...

Traffic light inspection system is the most useful tools in garment quality inspection. This system is used to stop producing defect at source. This is a random inspection system. Traffic light system is more effective in controlling shop floor quality than other quality tools because of its visual communication. At the same time it measure operator’s performance level in quality. No operators like be presented themselves as lower quality makers. They concentrate on quality aspect during stitching garments. The format used for displaying as well as recording audit report. The format is very simple to use and to understand. The format is printed on a slightly thick sheet and hanged on the sewing machine. In this system quality auditor visit operator’s workplace 4 times in a day (considering 8 hours shift day) and inspects stitched garments and fill circles with color according to the inspection result. In the initial stage it instructed to inspect 7 pi...

When end customers or consumers purchase a garment they look for quality first. So, to have a satisfied customer , retailers must keep only quality product in their shops. For defective goods supply  Buyer can penalize supplier &  It might cost the factory lot of money and goodwill. So the manufacturers take care for garment quality at each stage of production. In maximum cases buyer inspects shipment at factory before accepting the finished garments. Whatever defects found in the final inspection, it is the cumulative figure of previous processes. So it is very important to rectify defective pieces at process where it occurred instead of in the finishing. Lot of people and machines are involved in producing a garment for this defect may come. There is an obvious chance of making few faulty garments in a batch due to faulty machine or human intervention. The defective pieces can be corrected by repairing or changing defective parts. But re-work c...