REPORT

APPAREL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Industry Visit on Quality Parameter and

Principle Used

INDUSTRY VISIT: GN GARMENTS

Date of Visit : 6th September 2019

Submitted By:
Anushka Narayam
Pritha Mitra
Rewati Kumar
Sakshi Agarwal
Vaibhav Kumar
 ABOUT THE INDUSTRY

• PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED:
Boy’s knitwear garment, top and bottom wear

• FABRICS USED FOR MANUFACTURING:

100% cotton

Cotton blends: cotton- polyester, cotton- spandex etc.

• RAW MATERIALS SOURCING:

Ludhiana, Kolkata

• PRODUCTS EXPORTED:
Bangalore, Delhi, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Kolkata

• MANUFACTURING PROCESS INVOLVES:

INSPECTION: fabric defects & colour bleeding

SPREADING

CUTTING

SEWING

FINISHING: ironing & trimming

PACKAGING
General Information:
• Small scale industry
• Manufacture : Boy’s Garments ( age: 0-12 years)
• Customer : Middle east & domestic co-
operation
• Maximum Production : 20,000 garments/week
• Non – polluting industry
• Manufacturing unit started in 2013
• Product cycle : 2-3 month
• Fabric material : cotton
• Type : knitted as well as woven fabric
Existing Quality Parameter:
• No specific standard is followed
 COMPLIANCE IN GN GARMENTS:
• No such standard followed for manufacturing garments.
• Depends on the demands of the buyer.
• 5’s and WRAP are not followed and implemented in
small scale industry.
• No measures taken to make industry sustainable.
• Things aren’t organized and done ergonomically.
• Operations and working procedures are not
standardized.
• Quality manuals are not followed.

The workplace efficiency and effectiveness can be improved

significantly by following certain compliances:-

• They should follow 5’S and WRAP as a part of

compliance.
• To make their workplace more organized and effective
5’S should be implemented:-
➢ Sorting
➢ Set in order
➢ Shine
➢ Standardize
➢ Sustain
• WRAP or SA 8000 should be implemented as for social
compliance. Security and safety of the workers & the
workplace should be ensured.
• ISO manuals should be referred and implemented in
their organization.
• Working procedures and operations should be
standardized.
• Records should be maintained for proper functioning of
the system.
• They should focus more on sustainability for long term
working without harming the environment.
• Regular auditing and timely maintenance should be
done.
 5’S QUESTIONNAIRE
• Is 5’S implemented in your industry?
➢ No
• Have all employees been trained in 5’S?
➢ No
• Are the staffs at every level committed to 5’S?
➢ No
• Has 5’S been maintained actively by employing auditing
tools and other systems?
➢ No
• How has been 5’S implemented effectively throughout
the industry?
➢_
• What all measures can be taken to make it more
effective?
➢_
• How did 5’S benefit the organization?
➢_
• Are the tools and machines placed on designated place
or stored in tool racks?
➢ Yes
• Is the workplace kept clean and free from any sort of
clutter?
➢ No
• Has the cleaning been scheduled with a system that
makes it possible to see what, when, who & how should
be done?
➢ Yes
• Are the records being maintained for future
referencing?
➢ No
• Is red- tagging being carried out in workplace and
offices at personnel level?
➢ No
• Does they have a top management policy to handle 5’S
issues?
➢ No
Suggestions

• The infrastructure of the export house was smaller than an average export house
which made the process clumsier and less working friendly to the workers , which
could be a reason for lower production
• The maintenance system in the industry is breakdown maintenance where they
repair/look after the machine at the time of break down whereas we suggest a
preventive type of maintenance for continuous production and long life of the
machines.
• The export house didn’t have any system to check defects in the raw material or the
product, the quality of the product is checked visually only without any point system
to quantify the defects
• The total Greenland in the industry was very less and it should be larger in size when
compared to the export house
• The workers should be frequently sent for training to have premium quality of the
product