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In a garment factory each department has its some core tasks that cannot be done by other departments and personnels from other departments. The industrial engineering department set up with work study team and industrial engineers who are trained and skilled with certain activities. It is also true that earlier days, people were running…
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Full form of IE in garment industry: In apparel manufacturing, IE stands for industrial engineering (a department). IE is also a short form of Industrial Engineer. An IE is a person who performs industrial engineering tasks. In garment manufacturing, the IE department is a department that takes care of the product analysis, performance measurement of the shop floor…
A common question asked by many when they hear the term “SMV” in meetings and read it in the production and performance reports. What is meaning of SMV? SMV stands for Standard Minute Value. SMV is also known as standard time of a task or an operation or a garment article. SMV is defined as…
SAM and SMV are two common terms on apparel manufacturing business. Find the full form of the same in the following. SMV stands for Standard Minute Value SAM stands for Standard Allowed Minute For an example, SAM of a dress shirt is 24 minutes. and SAM of a polo shirt is 15 minutes. Both are…
It is very important to know the primary job responsibilities when someone hold a certain position. In this article we have shared the roles and responsibilities of a General Manager – Industrial Engineering department in a garment factory. This job profile is found in a job advertisement from one of the largest manufacturer and exporter…
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The garment manufacturing sector is a highly labor-intensive industry. Many found It hard to motivate shop floor workers and getting the target production. But there is a way. Garment export houses find a way to keep their employees (sewing operators, helpers, checkers, and line supervisor.) happy as much as possible by giving them chance to…
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What is Machine SPI in Garment Stitching? SPI stands for Stitch per Inch. This means the number of stitches formed in the one-inch length of the seam. An example of SPI count is shown in the following Figure. In the post, we will discuss the relation between the machine SPI and garment quality, and thread…
We found a good research article/paper on PMTS application for developing Standard data system. The paper is published on www.researchgate.net A download link is given at the end of this post. Name of the paper: Application of Pre-Determined Motion Time System to Develop a Standard Data System for Measuring Work Content of Garments Finishing Operations…
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