Fabrics Warehouse Procedure in Garments Industry
Fabrics Warehouse Procedure in the Garments Industry
Garments Fabrics
Fabrics are the main component and raw material of a garment. There is some quality procedure for fabrics before cutting. This article is about all these processes garment makers have to go through to cut fabrics. Though Fabrics supply third-party suppliers, garment makers have to take fabric quality liability once they cut fabrics. That’s why garment manufacturers can claim fabric suppliers about any quality by a certain time of fabric arrival and all fabric issues have to be solved by buying a house before starting fabric cutting for making garments. In this article, we are discussing the Fabrics Warehouse Procedure in the Garments Industry.
Fabric Warehouse is not only for the storage of garments, some quality assessment must have to be done. Fabrics have a lot of quality parameters; visual inspection, shade checking, shrinkage test, and other lab testing. Let’s have a look at the Fabrics Warehouse Procedure in the Garments Industry in the following:
Warehouse Fabrics Processing Flow Chart of Garments Industry:
Receiving fabrics from supplier
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Receiving Invoice & Packing List and mill dye lot
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Inside Container Condition Checking (Temp & Humidity).
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Physical Verification against Invoice & Packing list.
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Keeping roll-in in fabrics the warehouse
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Fabrics inventory and making inventory report
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100% Width Measuring, Blanket and Shrinkage Cutting,
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10% or AQL sampling Dye lot Wise Fabric Inspection-4 Points System.
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LAB Test Physical & Chemical- In-house Lab testing
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Shade blanket washing as per the bulk recipe
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100% Shade Segregation.
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Shade-wise color continuity card
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Shrinkage measurement
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Master Roll selection
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Shade band making
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Shade band washing
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Shade band Approval
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All quality procedures are complete and pass
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Cut Plan Approval by Merchandiser
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Fabrics Issue to Cutting shade wise with shade note
10% Dye lot Wise Fabric Inspection. 4 Points System.
- Visual defects.
- Running shade & Centre/selvage shade.
- Moisture checking for post-cure fabric.
In-house LAB Testing- Physical & Chemical.
- Shrinkage.
- Fastness to Rubbing & Washing.
- GSM/ Count/Con.
- Tensile & Tear.
- DP rating test for post-cure fabric.
100% Shade Segregation.
- Shade-wise segregation & Qty Details.
- Before/after washing Dye lot Swatch-7 Sets.
- Distribution to concern. Department after approval.
- Identify C/S, and S/S shading rolls and take up with the supplier.
- Shade/width-wise report – data entry in OMSv2 System.
Fabric Issue to Cutting.
- Issuing fabric to cutting Pattern/Shade/width wise.
- Verification of sticker details by using shade segregation report & Scan Barcode for the record.
- Update data of issuing on OMSv2 based on cutting requisition & scanning record.