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An International Solution Provider for Sewn Products

-Industry Specific Trainings -Software Solutions

-Lean Implementations -Consultancy Services

Software Systems - Pro-SMV: Standard Times - Pro-Man: Bar coded production tracking

- Pro-Cut: Fabric Reconciliation - Pro-Cut-SMV: Performance Monitoring

- Pro-Merchant: Lead Time Reduction - Pro-Plan: Under development

Industry Specific Training Courses - Production Management - Work Study

- Quality Control - Garment Engineering

- Merchandising - Supervisors

- Total Quality Management (TQM) - Sewing Machine Operator (SMO)

- Training of Trainers (TOT) - Roving Quality Checkers (RQC)

AUTOMATIC

PIECE RATE WAGES CALCULATIONS

SELF-DIRECTED TEAM WORK

FACTORY PERFORMANCE

BEST METHODS

Value for money LEAN PROGRAMS

10 visits over 10 weeks = 100% satisfaction - Cutting Room - Production floor

- Finishing - Merchandising

- Quality - Stores

‘LEAN is not just a program, it is our STRATEGY’

Consultancy Services - Turn Key Solutions

- Productivity, Cutting Room & Quality Improvement Programs

- Factory & Departmental Layouts

- Setting up Industrial Engineering Department

- Fabric Utilization Improvement

- Lean Implementation Programs

Management Dashboard All information, always at your fingertips - Output - Efficiency

- Loss Times - Work in Progress

- Attendance - Fabric Savings

- Late Deliveries - TNA Status

- Daily Profit & Loss

A round man... Cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away,

He must have time to modify his shape! - Mark Twain

Pro-Man An 0rder tracking system that produces bar-

coded bundle tickets which travel with bundles

from the first to the last operation, Bar-coded

tickets are detached at each operation and

then scanned to produce a multitude of

important information.

KEY FEATURES: - Operator Efficiency

- Line Efficiency

- Factory Efficiency

- Work in Progress

- Lost Times

- Profit and Loss at every Scan

- Bottle Neck Identification

- In-built Incentive Schemes

- Automatic Skill Matrix

- And many more

Pro-SMV A system to establish fair and consistent

targets for every operations highlighting best

methods and promoting superior quality.

KEY FEATURES: - International Standard Times

- Equitable Targets

- Best Method Development

- Quality Through Standardisation

- Fast and Accurate Costing

- Easy to Learn and Apply

- Constant up-grading of Software

- Improves the Work Study Department

- Training Period 3 weeks

- Promotes Efficiency and Consistency

- Optimises Investment in Training

- Evaluation of Capital Equipment

- Controlled Management Information

- Effective Scheduling

MONITORING

PERFORMANCE

SETTING STANDARD TIMES

BAR-CODED

PRODUCTION TRACKING

Pro-Cut-SMV Sets standard times and produces bar-coded

tickets for the control of the labour and work in

progress in cutting room.

KEY FEATURES: - Monitor Cutting Room Performance

- Monitor Work in Progress

- Simplifying Cutting Procedures

- Operation Sequence per Style

- Data Card per Style

- Barcodes for every activity

- Monitor Operator Efficiency

- Establish Lost Times

- Cutting Room Efficiency

Pro-Cut Fabric represents 50 to 70% of your product

costs, it is essential to improve fabric

utilisation, this system will help you to achieve

at least a 3% improvement.

KEY FEATURES:

- Total Fabric Control

- Automatic Cut Order Planning

- Optimise Lay lengths & Ply heights

- Fabric Reconciliation for every order

- Establish your Profit or Loss on Fabrics

- Group width, shade and shrinkage

- Automatic Lotting Facility

- Improved Remnant Management

- Monitor Off-cuts and Panel Replacement

- Control Damages & Roll Variance

- Supplier Evaluation

Money is like manure… It's not worth anything, Unless you spread it around! - Junior Murchison

SAVING FABRIC

MANAGING

END-BITS

IMPROVING

EFFICIENCY

Pro-Merchant Vendor and buyer management for efficient

interdepartmental information flow which helps

to ensure on-time in-house of required ma-

terials and reduction in pre production lead

times, streamlining and improving file hand

over and delivery.

KEY FEATURES:

- Automatic TNA Development

- Fabrics/ Buyers specific Lead Times

- Integrated Stock Control System

- Creates To-do Lists

- Prioritises Critical Activities

- Alerts Indicating Future Milestones

- Integrated Costing System

- BOM Generation and Control

- Generate Purchase Orders

- Receive Goods in Stock

- Monitor Delivery Performance

- Merchant Performance Evaluation

- Supplier Performance Evaluation

- Improve Pre-Production Lead Times

- Facility to Re-plan Delayed Activities

Pro-Plan A Production Planning System that auto-

matically predicts order completion dates, com-

pares these dates to the requested delivery

date and indicates the number of days early or

late the order will be.

KEY FEATURES:

- Integrated with Pro-Man, Pro-Cut &

Pro-Merchant

- Automatic Re-planning based on File

Handover and Delivery Date Changes

- 12-months’ Advance Calendar

- Update Running Orders’ Status

- Planning Overtime

- Minimising Order Splitting

- Tracking of Outwork

- Vendors’ Delivery Commitment

- Automatic Alerts and Reminders

- Colours indicating Line & Order Status

- Data security: Authorization &

Authentication

Meeting the deadlines… Is not good enough, Beating the deadlines is my expectation! - Dhirubhai Ambani

Our Clientele

Faith is not something to grasp… it’s a state to grow into!

- Mahatma Gandhi

Methods Apparel Consultancy India Pvt. Ltd.

Suite 247/ 248, Apparel House

Sector 44, Gurgaon - 122003

Haryana, INDIA

A Consultancy firm dedicated to the Sewn Products Industry

since 1981…

We offer complete solution to apparel companies, we are committed to constant up -gradation of

our products, incorporating the latest technologies and manufacturing concepts.

We have satisfied clients in 20 countries including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South -Africa,

Botswana, Lesotho, Jordan, Ethiopia…

Our team of experts comprise of skilled professionals with expertise in their areas. Our consultants

have hands on experience in their fields of specialization and have shown results in excess of 15%

productivity improvement in sewing department and 3% fabric savings in the cutting room.

As a first step, we suggest an exhaustive diagnostic surveys linked with a detailed report indicating

areas of potential improvement to show the way forward.

We are not ‘Quick Fix’ but believe in long and mutually beneficial relationships with our

clients. Our experience and expertise is there to help companies to become more

productive, competitive and most importantly more profitable.

ROGER THOMAS

Managing Director roger@methodsws.com

Mobile No. 9899011174

SUNAINA KHANNA Director

sunaina@methodsws.com Mobile No. 9899174466

Phone—0124-2708203

0124-2385247

Fax— 0124-2708203

Website— www.methodsapparel.com