How to Give an Approval for Print and Embroidery Strike-off?

Prints and embroidery works are the inseparable components in fashion and apparel products. Also, printing…

How to Calculate Daily Target using SAM Vs Cycle Time

An industrial engineer wrote me the following email with questions and asked for the clarifications.…

How to Convert Fabric Price per Meter to per Kg?

Question: Fabric price per meter is ₹ 95.00. Fabric width 60 inches and GSM 220.…

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What is TMU in Time and Motion Study?

TMU stands for Time Measuring Unit.  In Methods Time measurement (MTM) system, a predetermined time is…

How to Calculate Pieces per Hour from Cycle Time?

Can you please tell me how to calculate pieces per hour of an operator. Let's…

How to Calculate Garment Production Cost from SMV and Monthly Salary Data

Some of factories calculate CM (cost of manufacturing) of a garment by the machine SMV…

Major Factors Affecting Factory Efficiency

One of the OCS readers asked this question - What are the major factors that…

How to Calculate Sewing Machine RPM?

Do you know the speed of your sewing machines? Do you know how to calculate…

How to Calculate Overall Line Efficiency?

In the garment manufacturing industry, we measure line efficiency on daily basis. Out of different KPI…

How to Prepare an Effective Sample Inspection Report for a Factory?

Sample making, sample checking and sample approval is part of sourcing apparel products from the…