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Preventive Maintenance for Sewing Machines: Stop Breakdowns Before They Stop Your Line
Preventive maintenance (PM) means servicing sewing machines on a fixed schedule (daily cleaning, weekly checks, monthly and quarterly servicing) instead of waiting for them to […]
Shoe Manufacturing Process: From Clicking to Packing, Explained for Indian Footwear Factories
The shoe manufacturing process typically runs through design and last development, pattern making, clicking (cutting), skiving and preparation, closing (stitching the upper), lasting, sole attaching, […]
Piece Rate System in Garment Factories: Fair, Fast and Compliant Under India’s New Labour Codes
In a piece rate system, workers are paid per unit or per operation completed instead of per day. A fair piece rate is set from […]
Capacity Planning in Garment Industry: How to Know If You Can Say “Yes” to That Order
Garment factory capacity is best measured in SAM (standard allowed minutes), not pieces. Monthly capacity = Number of operators × Working minutes per day × […]
Line Balancing in Garment Industry: SMV, Operation Bulletin and the Bottleneck You Can’t See
Line balancing is the process of assigning sewing operations to operators so that each workstation takes roughly the same time, and work flows without piling […]
Fabric Consumption Calculation in Garments: How to Stop Losing Lakhs in the Cutting Room
Fabric Consumption Fabric consumption is the quantity of fabric needed to make one garment (or one dozen). For knits, it is usually calculated by weight […]