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DRESS MAKING - CITS

6 Production Planning and control department: Production planning and control is a department which
fixes PCD (Planned Cut Date) ,allocates the style to a sewing line and controls the processes such that the
deliveries are met on time.
7 Laboratory department: The laboratory or testing center in the industry should be equipped with all the
essential instruments that are mandatory for the testing of fabric and accessories. If the facility for specific
tests mentioned by the buyer is not available in the industry, it should be sent to external laboratories that are
authorized by the buyers.

8 Machine maintenance department: Undesirable quality of garments mostly results from ill-maintained
machines. Breakdown and preventive maintenance is mainly aimed toward reducing the downtime and
increasing lifetime, respectively.
9 CAD section: The CAD department is accountable for the following functions:
• Determining cutting average for costing
• Making the most efficient cutting marker
• Development and alteration of patterns

• Development of size set pattern by grading
• Digitizing the pattern
10 Cutting section: The cutting department normally receives the order from the production manager who has
approved the cutting order to cut a given quantity of garment styles.
11 Production department: In the garment industry stitching section is considered as production department.
The main function of the production department is stitching garments. But there are many associated activities
performed by the production team to run the production floor smoothly.
12 Industrial engineering section (IE): It coordinates with several departments since this department provides
the entire plan of the garment manufacturing and the thread and trims consumption criteria, operator’s skill
level categorization and other related aspects.
13 Embroidery department: It comes into play only when the particular garment style demands. It receives the
garment panel, style and the embroidery details from the merchandisers and they will also get a sample of the
garment on which the embroidery has been already done and it will be used as a reference sample.
14 Fabric washing section: After the completion of assembling and inspection process, the garments are sent
to the washing department for the washing or finishing that is required for the particular style according to the
specification sheet.

15 Quality assurance department: To maintain and control the quality, the quality assurance department
divides the work into different stages of manufacturing, which are categorized into three major groups such as
preproduction unit, cutting audit and sewing unit
16 Finishing department: The finishing department is the last section in the garment production prior to packing
and dispatch and it plays a significant role in the final garment appearance. It involves the following processes:

• Trimming: It removes the extra threads from the garment at the stitched areas.
• Inspection: The inspection is done as per the AQL 2.5 system and mainly depends on the buyer
requirements.
• Pressing: This is carried out after the garment has been inspected completely and the garments are
pressed or finished based on the method of their folding during packing.
• Tagging /labelling section: After the completion of fabric inspection and pressing, they are sent for
labelling, which includes the size labels, price tags and miscellaneous labels if any are mentioned in the
specification sheet.
• Packing: The packing is done in the carton boxes. Individual packing of garments in the poly bag and
folding the garments and organizing them in the carton boxes without placing them in the poly bag are the
two types of packing followed in the garment industry.

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