Sewing Thread Consumption for a T-Shirt

The readymade t-shirt is normally made by stitching its components together. For stitching t-shirt components,…

Reporting and Data Analysis of Overtime Work in Garment Manufacturing

When a factory works more than the regular shift hours in a day, the extra…

How to Calculate Production Capacity of a Factory?

In apparel Manufacturing, “Production capacity” is one of the most important criteria used for vendor…

How to Find Actual RPM of a Sewing Machine?

With the technology advancement, now sewing machines come with control panel and LCD display. The…

Difference between SAM Productivity and Production Productivity

What is the difference between SAM Productivity and Production Productivity? Asked by an OCS reader.…

How to Make WIP Report in Garment Production?

In the recent past, I developed one WIP report for one garment factory. The factory…

Should I Include Helpers in Line Efficiency Calculation?

One of our industrial engineer friends asked me this question. I have read the line efficiency formula…

Industrial Engineering in Apparel Manufacturing: Practitioner's Handbook (The Book)

Cover page of the Book I just want to share about the release of a…

Smaller Production Lines in the Apparel Manufacturing Industry and Its Benefits

This is a guest submission by Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan. He explained the benefits of using…

Recording Operator's Work Start / Stop Time and Its Importance

Do you know when your stitching operators start stitching garments in the morning and when…