Quality Control Forms in Apparel Production

In the process of quality control, the control at various levels of production of garments is monitored by various control forms. This helps in maintaining continuity in the quality control. Further monitoring of the production process will be controlled by documentation. The stage-by-stage documentation helps in not only achieving the expected quality but also in completion of production within

Six Sigma Application in Textile and Apparel Industry

Six Sigma: Along with the extensive use of production systems,
techniques, and tools to bring in huge benefits to the company, the
application of management techniques in the business will bring
long-term stability in the market and a better company reputation. Six
Sigma is such a management tool that is viewed as a systematic,
scientific, statistical, and smarter approach to create quality

Denim Printing Techniques

Printing of Denim Garments: Always denim is popular from the catwalk to the streets. Worldwide interest in denim is moving toward refinement and inconspicuous design. Fabrics are becoming better with sublime shades and finishes and high-quality augmentations such as printing and hand painting. Developments are originating from mixes, specialized stretch denims, natural denims and green reused

Operation Breakdown in Apparel Industry

Operation Breakdown: The work in each style is broken down into operations. An operation is one of the processes that must be completed in converting materials into finished garments. An operation breakdown is a sequential list of all operations involved in assembling a garment, component or style. The sheet of listed operations of a style is also known as operation breakdown (OB). The operation

How to Calculate Knitting and Weaving Cost

Costing is an important issue for textile industry. Without proper costing calculation of your product, you will not be able to offer the best price to customers. In this article our topic is knitting cost and weaving cost calculation. We know that, fabrics are produced mainly by weaving and knitting technique. Technical parameters of knitting calculation are complicated and difficult than

Construction of Flow Process Grids for Production Control in Apparel Industry

Construction of Flow Process Grids: The flow process grid is a dimensional graph of the whole production process of a garment, which measures and depicts the distinct time and space interaction of all factors in the production process such as process stations, inspection stations, temporary storage stations and transport activities, necessary to dispatch a given amount of garments in an intended

How Lean Production Improve Manufacturing Performance

The key to competing in the international marketplace is to simultaneously improve both quality and productivity on continual basis.” In today’s competitive and changing business world, lean production philosophy has brought changes in management practices to improve customer satisfaction as well as organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Customers are now demanding a wide variety of