SCAP By: Chandra Shekhar Kumar Dipti Kumar Louhit Manuraj kumar

In a garment production unit we follow a number of steps to produce garment. Fabric Storage. Pre production plan. Marker Making Spreading Fabric cutting After these processes cut garment parts are dispatched to sewing department.

After cutting the fabric into different patterns, we pass these patterns through these steps: These are: Off-loading Defect Checking Stickering Position Making Bundling Ticketing Fusing Bundling the fused parts Checking

Off loading is the process of removing cut parts from the cutting table, counting, ticketing, and grouping them.
Cut parts are considered work-in-progress inventory and are counted and tracked through the rest of the production processes. This is usually done through bundle tickets that originate with cutting orders.

Cut part identification involves identifying and marking parts for further operations.
Throughout the sewing process, it is essential that each garment be assembled from parts that have been cut from the same ply of fabric, which is ensured by shade marking each piece in the lay.

Every bundle is ticketed with a style number, size, and ply number.
Shade marking is done prior to bundling.

Rejected- re-cutting
Passed- fusing

Numbering process is nothing but writing numbers on different garment parts/patterns of a garment. In this process we should keep 2-3 things in our mind: There should be clarity in numbering thus the operator should not feel any difficulty to understand the numbers. We should put the sticker at the appropriate position as the sewing operator has to remove the sticker at the time of stitching. And thus it saves time.

Special marks or notches have to be made on the garment pieces in order to provide guides for accurate sewing and assembly in the sewing room.
These cuts and marks should not be visible in the finished garment.

Drill Marker
Hot Drill Marker

Dye Marker
Sensor Plate Hot Notcher Thread Marker

Bundling" is the process of disassembling the stacked and cut pieces and reassembling them in production lots grouped by garment unit, colour dye lot, and number of garments.
Manufacturers use a variety of bundling methods depending upon their needs.

Four basic systems being the most common among manufacturers.

Group bundling
Progressive bundling Item bundling Unit production system (UPS)

Modular or "team based

Ticketing according to Style no., Size, and ply number to ensure shade marking of each bundle in the lay.
Shade marking to ensure that components cut from different shades of same colour-way are not mixed within a garment. Bundling in Orient Craft is done on piece system using progressive bundle system. Bar coded stickers are issued.

Monitor the progress of each specific garment

Ensure that all the correct parts are assembled together

Compensate operators for their work on each garment

Fusing is basically an extra layer of fabric that provides shape and support in detail areas.
Used in collars, cuffs, lapels, necklines, pockets, waistbands, buttonholes, facings and opening edges. Used to keep these areas of our garment crisp through repeated washings and wearing. In process of fusing steam, heat, and pressure are applied. Usually applied to the wrong side of what will be the outermost layer of fabric.

We can use more than one type of interfacing on a garment.

We choose the type according to where it is going to be used and desired effect.

Woven interfacings are made of synthetic, cotton or a blend of fibres and are available in a variety of weights and crispness's from lightweight polyester to heavyweight canvas.
Non-woven interfacing are made of synthetic fibres bonded together in weights from sheer to heavy.

Knitted interfacing also exists, and are tricot knit, tridimensional, weft insertion, or warp insertion construction, providing flexibility for lightweight knits and woven's.

This involves separating and laying out cut garment parts, positioning cut interlining parts on the appropriate parts, fusing the required parts, and recombining parts for bundling. Garment parts are grouped and bundled for the specific production system to be used. Bundle tickets are attached, and the parts are ready to be moved to the sewing operation.

Bundling of fused parts

Defect Checking After these all processes, all garment parts are dispatched to Sewing Department.