Production Planning and Control (PPC) Department Relation with Other Departments

Introduction:

Production planning and control (PPC) plays an important role in garments manufacturing business. It’s very good news that, maximum factories are now creating PPC department. Production planning and control (PPC) has to build-up strong relationship with the other departments to achieve maximum output from the export order. As its importance in ready-made garments sector today I will present here the important relationship of production planning and control (PPC) with other departments.

Production Planning and Control:

PPC means production planning and control. Production planning and control (PPC) department is related with not only for planning garments production but also controlling the production. The main functions of production planning and control (PPC) are follow-up and execution of garment export order, job scheduling, material resource planning, facility location, loading production, process selection and planning, capacity planning, line planning, estimating quantity and costs of production.

Diagram of Production Planning and Control

Relation of Production Planning and Control (PPC) with other departments:

Production planning and control (PPC) department has to connect with various departments, those are mentioned in the below:

1. Top management,
2. Yarn department,
3. Knitting department,
4. Dyeing and washing department,
5. Garments merchandising department,
6. Commercial department,
7. Cutting department,
8. Stitching department,
9. Finishing and packaging department.

Functions of production planning and control (PPC) with all the above departments have discussed in the following:

1. Top management:

Top management consists of Managing Director (M.D) and General Manager (GM). Production planning and control (PPC) department plays an important role with the top management by providing all the information to them.

2. Yarn department:

Function of yarn department is to in-house necessary yarn depending on yarn booking chart. Here, production planning and control (PPC) department contacts with yarn department to ensure all the requirements about the yarn according to buyer’s instruction.

3. Knitting department:

Knitting department ensures all the knitting procedures according to fabric consumption chart. PPC department follow-ups the knitting department to produce required amount of fabrics in its definite time with right quality and quantity.

4. Dyeing and washing department:

It’s an important department for PPC team which dyed and washed all the knitted fabrics according to buyer’s instruction. Here, PPC team ensures the perfect dyeing shade.

5. Garments merchandising department:

Here, PPC team ensures the garments merchandising department about the overall situation of the garment export order.

6. Commercial department:

Commercial department is related with all kinds of financial support for the export order. It also deals with all the banking functions such as L/C opening, preparing shipping documents etc. Here, PPC team ensures all the financial matters by discussing with top management.

7. Cutting department:

Here, production planning and control (PPC) department contacts with cutting department to ensure all the cutting procedure in its definite item.

8. Stitching department:

Production planning and control (PPC) department contacts with stitching department to ensure the total garments production according to shipping date.

9. Finishing and packaging department:

Here, production planning and control (PPC) department ensures the perfect finishing and packaging of goods so that it can’t hamper during inspection and shipping.

Difference Between Warp Knitting and Weft Knitting in Textile

What is Weft Knitting?

In case of weft knitting, a horizontal raw of loops can be made by using one yarn, where the yarn runs in the horizontal direction.

Warp and weft knitting in textile

What is Warp Knitting?

In case of warp knitting, each loop in horizontal direction is made from a different yarn and the number of yarn which is used for producing fabric is at least equal to the no. of loops in the horizontal raw. It’s should be noted here that, the used yarn run through in the vertical way.

Difference Between Warp Knitting and Weft Knitting:

SL No.	Warp Knitting	Weft Knitting
01	Here, the used yarn runs in the horizontal direction.	Here the used yarn runs in the vertical direction.
02	Warp knitting is elastic to the length.	This type of knitting is elastic to the width.
03	It has less shrinkage than weft knitting.	It has higher shrinkage than warp knitting.
04	Used yarns are supplied from the beam.	Here, used yarns are supplied from the cone.
05	Warp knitted fabric is too much perfect for dry wash.	Weft knitted fabric is perfect for hand wash.
06	Warp knitting is suitable for producing coarse fabric.	This type of knitting is perfect for producing thin fabric.
07	Here, the loops are produced to the length of fabric.	Here, the loops are produced to the width of fabric.
08	Elasticity is less for warp knitted fabric.	Higher elasticity for weft knitted fabric.
09	More courses are required for each pattern raw.	Here, course is equal to the pattern.
10	Here, at least one yarn is required for each knitting needle.	Here, any number of knitting needle is required for one yarn.
11	It’s easy to produce any kinds of fabric design by using warp knitting process.	It’s tough to produce any kinds of fabric design by using this knitting process.

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Important Interview Question and Answer for Merchandising Job

Interview Question for Garment Merchandiser:

An interview board consists of various types of specialized person in different fields of apparel sector. You have to face so many interview question from those specialists. Mainly you have to ask some basic interview question at first. From my all job interview experiences, I want to suggest you one thing that, before facing any interview in readymade garments sector or textile sector you should increase your basic knowledge from all the different section of textile or garments industry. This article has presented some important basic interview question from apparel section. Hope these interview question will help you to achieve your dream job.

Interview Question and Answer for Apparel Merchandiser:

The below interview question and answer are very important to get garments merchandising job.

1. What is grain line?

Pattern pieces normally carry a line is called grain line. When pattern pieces are laid down during marker making over the cloth, the grain line should be parallel to the warp if the fabric is woven and wales in case of knitted fabric. Only the exception is seen for bias cut.

2. What is handle?

It is a characteristic of fabrics that is perceived by touching, squeezing or rubbing them.

3. What is hip?

It is a specified level down from the waist seam and garment closed measure straight across garment, from one edge to the other.

4. What is waist?

Regular waistband or elastic relaxed, garment closed and with front and back waistband edges even at the top, measure across the middle of waistband or along elastic relaxed from one edge to other.

5. What is sleeve length?

It is the measurement from center back neck seam or edge straight across to shoulder or armhole point, along sleeves fold line down to bottom edge of sleeve opening.

6. What is sleeve inseam?

Measurement from under armhole seam to bottom edge of sleeve opening (cuff included) with vent closed (if applicable).

7. What is pleat?

It is used to increase the fullness of the garments. It is generally made by folding the fabric. Dart and pleat both are used in the back part of the Men’s shirt usually.

8. What is inseam length?

Along inside seam of leg, measurement from crotch seam down to bottom edge of leg opening. Rib or elastic bands included in this measurement.

9. What is drape?

It is a character of fabric which indicates flexibility and suppleness of fabric.

10. What is durable press (DP)?

The name given to a special finish that provides the garments with shape retention, durable pleats and pressed creases, durably smooth seams and wrinkle resistance during use and after laundering or dry cleaning. Durable press also can be added to the stretch fabrics to produce garments that stretch yet hold their shape and their creases.

11. What is double faced fabric?

Cloth with both ends similar is termed as double faced fabric.

12. What is basic block?

Assimilating of diagram of net dimension on papers each and individual part without any allowance which is called pattern and it is called also basic block.

13. What is crease?

Crease is any kinds of folding in cloths.

14. What is color bleeding?

It is the pigment or dye or color of a cloth that is partially gone into the water if such colored cloth is soaked in water or solvent. Pigment dye come out from one place to another and is stuck place near by suck characteristics is called color bleeding.

15. What is crocking?

Crocking is the act of taking out color from the dry and wet cloth by rubbing or scouring.

16. What is back length or HPS?

HPS stands for high point of shoulder. Normally it is known as back length which is measured from high point of shoulder down to bottom edge of garment.

17. What is back rise?

It is the measure from crotch intersection point, along center back seam following curve up to waistband top edge.

18. What is CBN?

CBN stands for center back neck. It is the measure from center back neck seam or edge down to bottom edge of garment.

19. What is blind stitch?

It is a special type of stitch that cannot see from the face side of the fabric but can easily see from the back side.

20. What is back stitch?

It is one kinds of hand stitch for sewing the apparels, which could also do by using sewing machine.

21. What is CF Line?

The straight line bottom to up vertically along the middle point of the body front of a shirt or jacket.

22. What is bar tack?

Re-stitching over a very short length to give and increase the area of a high load bearing strength (E.g. belt loops and pocket corner are bar tacked).

23. What is back tacking?

Approximately 1cm or small stitch backward at the beginning and finishing of sewing, which is used securing of the sewn end so that the thread could not be loosed easily.

24. What is allowance?

When garment is made by adding extra dimension with the net dimension of the garment is called allowance.

25. What is back rise?

The distance from the crotch back waist line is called back rise.

26. What is across back?

It is the measure of straight across back of garment at the midpoint of arm hole  seam or edge from one side to other.

Bill of Material (BOM) | Bill of Materials Information | Bill of Materials Format

What is BOM?

BOM stands for bill of material. It is actually a list of raw materials which are needed to be sourced for making the garments. It should be prepared and sourced the materials before starting the garments production. Before preparing bill of material, garment merchandiser should be aware about the shipping date of the garment.

In readymade apparel industry, BOM is normally prepared by factory merchandiser or production merchandiser. After that, it is approved by responsible person from the factory owner and handed over to the purchase department to purchase and in-house the required raw materials in timely.

BOM Information:

Bill of material contains the below information’s:

1. Details description of raw materials,
2. Consumption of raw materials per each garment,
3. The person name, who is responsible for sourcing,
4. Supplier name,
5. Projected cost per each item,
6. Product quality,
7. Product specification,
8. Product color name or color code,
9. Raw material price,
10. Sourcing date,
11. Cuttable Width,
12. Total cost of raw material,
13. Product code (It is often called a style no. for fabric or input),
14. Size (buttons) or length (zippers).

BOM Preparation Method in Garment Industry:

After confirmation of a garment export order, production merchandiser or factory merchandiser receives the details information of the product (product quantity, color, size, style etc.) from the buying merchandiser. Then he prepare bill of material sheet by maintaining a specific format which normally followed in ready-made garment sector. Here, one thing should be noted here that, production merchandiser or factory merchandiser should provide bill of materials to the purchase department to source raw materials according to the style of garments. Otherwise they may mix-up all.

Boll of Materials or BOM Format Followed in Apparel Industry:

All the production merchandiser follow the below bill of materials format in apparel sector.

Bill of materials or BOM format followed in apparel industry

Duties and Responsibilities of Sampling Department in Garment Industry

Sampling Department in Garment Factory:

Sampling department plays a significant role to achieve a garment export order for the factory. It is the main section for any garment manufacturing factory. As its importance, this article has presented the various important duties and responsibilities of sample department.

Sampling Department in Apparel Industry

Responsibilities of Sampling Department in Apparel Industry:

Sample department of apparel manufacturing industry has to maintain the below responsibilities:

1. Getting clarifications about style details from the merchandiser,
2. Checking pattern’s work-ability,
3. Preparation of different samples and getting the buyer’s approval,
4. Informing quality related problems, encountered during preparing samples to QC,
5. Minimizing operations and consumption.

All the above responsibilities have explained in the following:

1. Getting clarifications about style details from the merchandiser:

It is the first task of any kinds of garment sample department. Here, the responsible person has to know about the details of sample from the garment merchandiser. In this stage, apparel merchandiser explains various important matters related with sample garment to the sample department personnel such as style, size, color, fabrication, washing, embroidery etc.

2. Checking pattern’s work-ability:

After receiving all the information’s of sample garment, here sample department personnel has to cut the pattern paper according to the buyers instruction which he received from the apparelmerchandiser.

3. Preparation of different samples and getting the buyer’s approval:

Fabric has to cut here according to the definite pattern and sewing the garments by maintainingbuyer’s instruction. Others instruction also maintained here such as wash, embroidery, print etc. Finally it’s sent to the buyer for approval. In this way, various types of samples such as proto sample, fit sample, photo shoot sample, salesman sample, size set sample, top sample, shipment sample etc. are made here.

4. Informing quality related problems, encountered during preparing samples to QC:

It is one of the most important tasks of any sampling department. If found any problems during making the sample then it should be informed to the quality controller (QC) instantly. After that, quality controller will take necessary steps to solve those problems.

5. Minimizing operations and consumption:

Sampling department has to maintain other tasks of minimizing operations and fabric consumptionwhich will be maintained during garment production.