Clothing Production Process

1. Clothing Production Process Better knowledge of process: Base of better planning

2. Clothing Departments • Store • Fabric • Accessories • Cutting • Induction • Stitching • Receiving • Finishing • Clipping • Checking • Pressing • Packing

3. Supporting Departments Supporting Departments Merchandising PPC Import Export Accounts Purchase

4. Stores • Responsibilities • Keeping record of goods • Issuing of goods • Stacking goods in a better position to avoid any damage • Intimation if there is any problem with goods (quality or quantity)

5. Store Significance • Better store maintenance is the basic necessity for a successful business • Highly important since a lot of items are required to make a garment • Minor things can disturb the whole stitching process

6. Cutting • Responsibility • Pattern making • Pattern tracing • To receive fabric • To cut fabric into required panels • To make proto samplings before bulk production • Bulk cutting • Bundling and issuing to induction department

7. Induction • Responsibilities • Receiving cutting from cutting department issuing to different stitching departments • Making record of receiving and issuing • Ensuring exact counting of the panels • Ensuring all panels in one bundle

8. Stitching • Consist of • Stitching machines • Operators • In line checkers • Stitching supervisors • Helpers to support in logistics

9. Finishing • Finishing • Receiving • Clipping • Checking • Pressing • Packing To make goods ready for audit To help auditors in auditing

10. Support Dept • Merchandising • A bridge between manufacturer and buyer • Responsibility for all sorts of negotiation • Finalization of business deal • Communicator between factory and customer • Keeping update every one about any changes

11. Production Planning and Control • Responsibilities • Calculation of raw material and accessories • Making plans to arrange things • Intimating plans to every concerned person • Keeping up date record of progress • Making post shipment analysis

12. Purchase • Responsibilities • Sourcing of all materials • Negotiating with suppliers • Evaluation of suppliers • Follow up of purchase orders • Ensuring of goods quality • Keeping expenses under budget

13. Account • Responsibility • Record of all input and output • Looking after all sorts of account matters

14. Import • To manage all imports needed for clothing • To finalization negotiation with suppliers • To mange timely and accurate delivery of imported goods • To manage refund claims if any