Garments Manufacturing

The plan–do–check–act cycle (Figure 1) is a four–step model for carrying out change. Just as a circle has no end, the PDCA cycle should be repeated again and again for continuous improvement. When to Use Plan–Do–Check–Act ·          As a model for continuous improvement. ·          When starting a new improvement project. ·          When developing a new or improved design of a process, product or service. ·          When defining a repetitive work process. ·          When planning data collection and analysis in order to verify and prioritize problems or root causes. ·          When implementing any change. Plan–Do–Check–Act Procedure 1.     Plan. Recognize an opportunity and plan a change. 2.  ...

Inline Inspection means checking quality of the product in the process instead of checking at the end of the process when product is completely made. It means checking of semi-stitched garments or partially stitched garments while pieces are still inside the line and all sewing operations are not yet stitched or some make as say early stage of production.   1) Inline at check points: Quality checker checks semi-stitched garment at fixed workstation inside the sewing line at critical operations only. This checking station is known as checkpoint. At this checkpoint quality checker checks all operations done up to that point. 100% garments are checked at this check points. A line may have multiple checkpoints depending on product type. 2) Roaming quality or line quality: A quality checker may be appointed to check garments at all workstations in a sewing line randomly. This inline checker goes to every workstation and randomly picks bundles and checks few pieces (7...

Quality is customer satisfaction, happy end customer. The common element of the business definitions is that the quality of a product or service refers to the perception of the degree to which the product or service meets the customer's expectations. Quality has no specific meaning unless related to a specific function and/or object, it call quality is endless but not rocket science. Various interpretations are given below: 1. According to Philip Crosby, Quality is “Conformance to Requirements.”  2. According to Joseph Juran, quality is “Fitness for Use”. When “fitness for use” concept applied to garment it must Be free from defects such as stains fabric defects, open seams, broken stitch, misaligned button and holes, defective zippers etc.  Fit properly to the wearer (as per labeled size). Perform satisfactorily in normal use that means a garment must be able to withstand normal laundering/ dry cleaning cycle without color loss or ...