WORKING IN GARMENT INDUSTRY: DEPARTMENT WISE

The Indian readymade garment industry is mainly differentiated as: 1. EOU- Export Oriented Unit 2. Domestic Unit While export item manufacturing is guided by the written guidelines of buyer or importer in the form of Specification sheet, the domestic units has to carry out all functions like market research, design development etc. to production and marketing by themselves. The basic differences between export manufacturing and domestic manufacturing are: EXPORT MANUFACTURING Order placed in form of size, colour and quantity from importer DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING Order determined by demand forwarded by retail outlets or based on market research and demand of target customers All guidelines regarding design to manufacturing are prepared in house Marketing and sales are separate departments of the domestic unit to ensure distribution The work is not completed until goods are sold to customers

All guidelines regarding design to manufacturing are forwarded by importer or buyer Marketing is predetermined as buyer or importer places order The contract is fulfilled and work for a specific order completed as the consignment is shipped to destination There is rarely any work of design development in house

Design development is the major work of domestic unit

Pattern making is not an Pattern making and fit checking important department as pattern set size wise is very important for is usually sent by buyer and only ensuring good quality to customers grading work is carried in house Sample making is very important as samples have to be verified by importer or buyer Quality Inspection is very Samples are made only for in house monitoring Quality checking is entirely under

important issue from raw material to final product There can be part rejection and cancellation of order on basis of external final inspection Export documentation, consignment dispatch and customs clearance are mandatory works of the unit Payment is subject to international transactions and laws

discretion of management and carried out according to the product price range Generally in house quality monitoring to ensure 1st grade and seconds which are also sold at discounts Only transportation of finished goods from one place to another inside the country has to be monitored Payment is subject to sale of goods

Though certain methods of manufacturing may be differently adopted by export or domestic unit and the importance of certain departments differ, but basic working process of stores, production planning, cutting and sewing and finishing are almost same in both. On basis of the working process of the EOU, the sequences of departments in a garment manufacturing unit are: Research and Development- design, pattern and marker oriented Stores Pattern, grading and marker making Sampling Production planning Cutting Stitching Finishing Pressing Quality control Packing Despatch