Study on fabric wastage% for plain leggings in knit garments industry

Abstract

This report presents the process loss during garment manufacturing in knit garment industry. During manufacturing or processing, different types of wastes can be occurred. The wastes may be of fiber, finished fabric or garment form. The amount of total wastage may vary for different garment style, including process no, included designs, size variation. The word wastage means the action or process of losing or destroying something by using it carelessly extravagantly, the reduction of size of a material or goods resulting due to breakage, decay, handling, leakage, shrinkage, wear etc. [1] Wastage is sometimes named as loss in textile industry, as it reduces the profit for a product. So every industry always tries to maintain a minimum wastage. This report will give us an overall idea in which sections in a garment industry wastage is occurred usually. The wastage has been identified in each stage in particular order of knit product. It also give us the knowledge about the causes of wastage creation.