Garments Manufacturing System

Abstract

The garment production systems are a combination of production processes, materials handling, personnel and equipment that direct workflow and produce finished garments. It is a system that depicts how the two-dimensional fabric is transformed into a three-dimensional garment in a manufacturing system. The names of the production systems are based on the various factors like utilization of a number of machines to assemble a garment, layout of machines, total number of operators involved to produce a garment and number of pieces moving in a production line during the production of a garment. Each garment production system needs a suitable management philosophy, materials handling procedures, plant layout for garments spreading and worker training. The garment industry could combine various production systems to achieve their specific garments’ production needs like utilizing only one production system or a combination of different systems for one product style. Designing production system ensures the coordination of various production activities. There is no particular production system that is universally accepted, yet there are different types of production systems followed by different organizations as discussed in the following section.