Merchandising

  As we all know in today’s scenario (after pandemic), we all need to offer a little extra and work more efficiently to stay in the competition in running decade. Either we offer products at less price or deliver goods at a faster rate than the competitor. If not we will be out of the market in no time. As raw material (fabrics) and labor costs are increasing day by day. So, reducing costs is not an easy task. To reduce the cost we must find ways to eliminate non-value-added activities from the system and achieve 100% FTR. Rejection and rework amount to a big percentage of wastage which is neglected by many factories. Sampling is one of the most ignored areas, when it comes to planning of garment deliveries. We fail to incorporate required sampling time while planning and later suffer at the time of delivery blaming each other and asking extension from customer. Moreover sample rejection (which is very common) makes the situation worse. Challenges faced during sampling which result...

  You may know the definition of Efficiency. You may know how to calculate the efficiency of a production line or an individual sewing operator. But do you know - What is On-standard efficiency and overall efficiency? How to calculate on-standard efficiency and overall efficiency? What are the differences between these two efficiency terms? These are the new terms to many industrial engineers and production people. If these terms are also new to you, read this post. Workers performance and production line performance is measured in efficiency. Efficiency is calculated using the formula that we have discussed in  an earlier post  with an example. Efficiency Calculation formula   Efficiency (%) = (Total minutes produced / Total minutes attended at work)*100  When the On-Standard Efficiency and Overall Efficiency are measured In a normal workday, operators spend their total attended time following categories doing standard work doing off-standard work (doing a...

      INTRODUCTION: It is better to review the basics concepts, costing methods and techniques and elements of costing before we work out a costing for a spinning mill. Cost accounting is a system of determining the costs of products or services. It has primarily developed to meet the needs of management. It provides detailed cost information to various levels of management for efficient performance of their functions. Financial accounting provides information about profit , loss, cost etc., of the collective activities of the business as a whole. It does not give the data regarding costs by departments, products, processes and sales territories etc. Financial accounting does not fully analyse the losses due to idle time, idle plant capacity, inefficient labour, sub-standard materials, etc. Cost accounting is not restricted to past. It is concerned with the ascertainment of past, present and expected future costs of products manufactured or services supplied. Cost account...

 We know about supply chain management. Every industry depends on the supply chain to achieve the deadline of customers. So, in the garments industry, it plays a very vital role. The supply chain is under merchandising department in this trade usually. The supply chain combined networks between a company and its suppliers or vendor to manufacture and distribute certain products or services.  The activities of the supply chain are normally started after receiving the order, which is handled by marketing merchandisers. After confirming the orders the marketing merchandisers handed over all information against specific styles or articles to production merchandisers. Then the production merchandiser collects the samples and prices from suppliers. Then after confirming the prices they have proceeded to production. Meantime the production merchandisers will prepare the work order for the suppliers for proceeding to the bulk production. And mentioned deadline in work -order, the supp...

  A good factory layout is directly associated with good workflow, right from material receiving till the finished goods go out of the factory. Whatever type of plant layout a firm develops, it should be designed to optimize quality, throughput time, and flexibility. Experts differ in views on how and what constitutes a good layout. It is never easy to rate one layout over the other when both achieve the desired results. But at times, little changes bring wonders. Suresh Dureja , in this article, defines the basic considerations while conceptualizing and designing a factory layout. Plant layout is the spatial arrangement and configuration of departments, work stations, machinery and equipment used in the conversion process. Layout of an apparel production plant directs the flow of materials and work-in-process from start till its completion and integrates material handling and equipment. An efficient layout has the flexibility to be changed to meet requirements of the product line,...