Apparel industry sewing

In the apparel industry, the assembly process involves a set of workstations in which a specific task is processed in a pre-defined sequence. Before production, in order to achieve a balanced line, the sewing line supervisors assign one or mote sewing operatives to each task based on the standard time required to complete the task. However, industrial experience shows that it is difficult to achieve a perfectly balanced line because the production rate of each workstation is different. Imbalance occurs due to various factors, including fluctuation in operative efficiency, frequent change of product style, order size, prior experience and some unexpected factors, such as absenteeism, machine breakdown, and so oa Line balancing control is required to smooth away the bottlenecks. 

Although there is some automation, the apparel industries are still far behind the other sectors and rely on manual intervention. The automation of various instruments in spreading, cutting, sewing and material handling can reduce the... 

Carvalho, H., 2010. Optimisation and Control of Processes in Apparel Manufacturing New Tools for Efficiency and Quality Assurance in Industrial Sewing Technology. VDM Verlag Dr Muller, Saarhruecken. 

Carpets and rugs, 74% industrial and other (tire cord and fabric, rope and cord, belting and hose, sewing thread), 16% apparel (especially hosieiy, anklets, and socks), 10%... 

Finally, as part of a coordination agreement with suppliers, capacity commitment is used to reserve capacity at suppliers in anticipation of demand. But capacity markets are also observed in certain areas of the industry. The Italian apparel manufacturing industry has the impannatori or capacity brokers, who mediate between the need for capacity and its availability across the small entrepreneurs in Prato, Italy ([69]). Studies of the Prato markets surest that in return for the abdity to sell capacity, sewing and printing machine manufacturers have ino-eased the extent of investment in modern machinery to levels significantly higher than the rest of the world. 

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