ASSIGNMENT

OF
SPREADING AND
CUTTING OF APPAREL
PRODUCTION

TOPIC: EFFICIENCY OF MARKER MAKING

SUBMITTED TO: MS. MEETA GAWRI

SUBMITTED BY: MAMTA DEVI
GMT 2
MARKER MAKING: Marker making is the
process of finding out the most proficient
arrangement of pattern pieces for a particular
garment style, fabric and range of sizes.
This process requires skill, time and
concentration to get the maximum efficiency
(Chuter 1995; Aldrich 2002 a ,b). The process
of marker making can be explained in two
aspects:
1. Marker planning: It is the placement of
patterns in a paper to meet the technical
requirements as well to minimize wastage of
fabric.

2. Marker production/marker utilization:

This involves drawing of a marker plan
directly on fabric or creating it on a paper
marker, or copying information related to the
pattern piece on the fabric without drawing
any pattern lines over it as in computerized
cutting.
Efficiency of marker plan
Marker efficiency is defined as a ratio of area
of marker used in a garment and area of total.
According to Glock and Kunz, Marker
efficiency is determined from fabric utilization,
the percentage of total fabric that is actually
used in garment parts.

Marker efficiency is the most important part

of the garment manufacturing .Direct cost of
the garment could be utilized by marker
efficiency. It is important when marker is
made it does not create an issue of fabric
waste. The goal is to utilize as much of the
fabric possible.

Calculation of Marker efficiency:

Calculation of marker efficiency is explained
below with formula:
Formula using area
Marker efficiency=Area of pattern in
marker plan/total area of marker
plan

Area of pattern in the marker plan:

CAD system automatically calculates total
area of garment patterns pieces placed in a
marker. So we get the area of marker that is
consumed by garments from CAD system.
Total area of marker plan:
Total marker area can be calculated by
multiplying marker length by marker width

2. Formula using weight

Another method can be practiced to calculate
the marker efficiency when we dont have
CAD system or planimeter.
Marker efficiency=weight of fabric
consumed by pattern pieces in
marker/total weight of fabric under
the marker area
Weight of garment parts: to calculate
weight of garment parts cut one layer of
fabric according to markers and weigh all
garment parts that are included in the maker.
Weight of maker total area: Measure
weight of fabric (one layer) of the total marker
area.