Flow Chart of Apparel
Manufacturing Process
Step by step apparel
manufacturing processes are discussed in below:
Design/Sketch
(A particular style of design/
sketches with measurement mainly comes from the buyer to manufacturer.)
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Basic Block
(Basic block is an individual
element of garments, which is created by without any allowance, style, and
design.)
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Working Pattern
(Working pattern is made for a particular style with net dimension concerning the
basic block along with allowance.)
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Sample Garments
(After making a sample, it is
sent to buyer for approval to correct the faults and write comment on sample
garments.)
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Approved Sample
(After re-correct the sample
faults, it is again sent to buyers. If it is ok, then it is called approved
sample.)
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Costing
(In this stage apparel merchandisers prepare a costing sheet for the buyer. Including fabric costing,
cost of making (CM) charged, trimmings, profit etc)
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Production Pattern
(For bulk production making
production pattern with allowance and net dimension.)
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Grading
(Different size should be
graded as per buyer requirement like S, M, L, XL, XXL.)
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Marker Making
(For a particular style of
garments, marker is made with a thin paper which is contains all the components
of different sizes.)
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Fabric Spreading
(In this stage fabric is spread
on table properly for cutting. It is done by manually or computerized way.)
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Cutting
(Fabric cutting is done according
to marker dimension.)
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Sorting & Bundling
(After the cutting sort out the
fabric according to size and color and for each size make in individual
bundles.)
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Sewing
(Sewing department is called heart of apparel manufacturing. In this section,
assemble a full garment by sewing.)
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(This inspection is done at the
time of production, so that any defect occurring at this time may be located at
the earliest stage.)
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Ironing & Finishing
(After sewing process, this
complete garments are send to finishing section for ironing and also otherfinishing processes are done like extra loose thread cutting, measurement checking,
tag attaching etc.)
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Tagging
(All label and tags are
attached with garments such as price tag, size tag, care label etc.)
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Final Inspection
(Final inspection is very important for an export order shipment. Different parts of
garments are inspected in this stage such as garments main fabric, accessories, trims, label, fabric faults etc.
Should be inspected as initial sample.)
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Packing
(Packing is done by buyer’s
instructed Polyethylene bag. This process is done manually.)
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Garments Cartooning
(After packing, it should be
placed in cartooning for export.)
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Dispatch Shipment
(Completely ready for shipment)