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Sewing Department
200-250 machines
Machine checking is done by maintenance officers in every 3-4 months
There are 2 supervisors in stitching dept for the continuous checking of stitching.
One supervisor checks for front panel of shirt of trouser
And second checks for back panel
They check Proper placement of zippers
Check for size labels
Back teck
Crotch placement
Checking for back
Dart and bone
Stitches
There is only one quality inspector (Smit Makwan) and no separate quality department
Quality Specifications
o Factory specifications
1) FABRIC STORES
Neatly arrange the fabric rolls received and maintaining the department
cleanliness to avoid spotting and contamination of the fabrics.
2) TRIMS STORES
Trims stores have racking system to store the trims in a proper order.
3) CUTTING SECTION
Making center to selvedge variation sample for each of the roll to analyze
the shade variation..
4) SEWING SECTION
Proper updated broken needle log (should have needle issuing record
from stores and properly pasted broken needle book).
Checking garments before wash and after wash for both quality and
measurement.
Random in-line checking at each chain stitch operation like feed of arm
machine.
5) FINISHING SECTION
Fabric Store
Trim
accessories
Cutting Room
&
Sewing
Department
Finishing
Department
Fabric Store
In the fabric store fabric is being checked before issuing it to cutting department. In
general not all the fabric is checked. 100 % fabric checking is done. Fabrics are
checked in flat table, flat table with light box or on fabric checking machine. 4 point
system for fabric inspection is used to measure the quality level of the incoming
fabric.
Cutting Room
It is said that cutting is the heart of production. If cutting is done well then chances
of occurring defects in the following processes comes down. In cutting room, check
points are I) marker checking, ii) cut part audit and iii) bundle checking.
Sewing Department
Checkpoints in the sewing departments are as following.
Inline inspection
Roaming inspection
End of line inspection or table checking
Washing: Sometimes, the buyers demand that garments must be given a wash after
stitching.
Extra Thread trimming: The extra threads which have been left uncut are trimmed. This
can be done manually with thread cutters.
Stain removal: Different types of stains might be formed at the time of garment
handling operations. Different kinds of stains include ball point stains, oil stains, dirt
stains etc.
Thread sucking : this is done to remove the threads stuck to the fabric surface that are
too minute to remove.
End of line inspection: Garments are compared against measurements and tolerances,
defects, loose and misaligned threads and buttons, open seams etc.
Alteration: Any garment found faulty of defects will be sent for alteration.
Ironing: After all these steps, the garments are ironed in a proper manner, folding on
the right creases. Steam ironing is preferred.
DEFECTS IN ZEDEX
PATTERN DEFECTS IN GARMENTS: (CAD)
Some parts of pattern are missing, probably because the marker did not include
previous piece.
Marker incorrectly positioned on top of spread.
Color defects that could occur are difference of the color of final produced
garment to the sample shown, accessories used are of wrong color
combination and mismatching of dye amongst the pieces.
Broken buttons
Broken stitching
Different shades within the same garment
Dropped stitches
Fabric defects
Holes
Inoperative zipper
Missing stitches
Open seams
Stain
Wrong stitching technique
Usage of different color threads on the garment, creasing of the garment