MANUFACTURING WORKFLOW Consumption planning to order fabric Fabric order placement Receipt of fabric Fabric inspection (Check physical appearance and properties) Marker Planning (For bulk production) Sampling Spreading & Cutting Presewing operations (Fusing, embroidery, marking- if required in style) Bundling Feeding in lines (As per production plan) Finishing Packing Warehousing Packing and dispatch SOFT ( NIFT, Pune ) 3.GARMENT ENGINEERING It starts in design development stage because it directly affects the costing of the garments . People involved: Designers, sample room manager, industrial engineering department and production management should all report from cutting to finishing. Key areas for analysis: Seam types Various seam types should be analyzed and considered to simplify/reduce the work. Stitch types- Explore various options in terms of seam types. For example replace lock stitches by chain stitch in case of Multineedle seams. Machine types- Optimum use of technology to maximize, look in to machine type, bed shapes and automation thats possible. Attachments Attachment help in simplifying and reducing the work content and to increase line balancing efficiency. Special work aids- Special work aids can be used to simplify/reduce the work content. Fabric consumption- Fabric being 70% of the garment cost is vitally important to monitor and if the engineering is done properly we can certainly expect to save fabric or reduce consumptions. Cutting- how should it be done- we do not have Tailors now