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    The document discusses the importance and process of pre-production meetings in the apparel industry. It notes that pre-production meetings allow factories to plan production by discussing raw materials, machinery needs, skills required, and the customer's technical requirements. Data shows styles that had pre-production meetings had far fewer mistakes in production than those without meetings. The document outlines how to structure pre-production meetings, including preparing detailed engineering documents, determining participants, and discussing all relevant production details over multiple sections. Well-planned pre-production meetings help factories effectively communicate vital information to avoid issues and ensure quality production.

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    The document discusses the importance and process of pre-production meetings in the apparel industry. It notes that pre-production meetings allow factories to plan production by discussing raw materials, machinery needs, skills required, and the customer's technical requirements. Data shows styles that had pre-production meetings had far fewer mistakes in production than those without meetings. The document outlines how to structure pre-production meetings, including preparing detailed engineering documents, determining participants, and discussing all relevant production details over multiple sections. Well-planned pre-production meetings help factories effectively communicate vital information to avoid issues and ensure quality production.

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    The document discusses the importance and process of pre-production meetings in the apparel industry. It notes that pre-production meetings allow factories to plan production by discussing raw materials, machinery needs, skills required, and the customer's technical requirements. Data shows styles that had pre-production meetings had far fewer mistakes in production than those without meetings. The document outlines how to structure pre-production meetings, including preparing detailed engineering documents, determining participants, and discussing all relevant production details over multiple sections. Well-planned pre-production meetings help factories effectively communicate vital information to avoid issues and ensure quality production.

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    The document discusses the importance and process of pre-production meetings in the apparel industry. It notes that pre-production meetings allow factories to plan production by discussing raw materials, machinery needs, skills required, and the customer's technical requirements. Data shows styles that had pre-production meetings had far fewer mistakes in production than those without meetings. The document outlines how to structure pre-production meetings, including preparing detailed engineering documents, determining participants, and discussing all relevant production details over multiple sections. Well-planned pre-production meetings help factories effectively communicate vital information to avoid issues and ensure quality production.

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    Pre-Production Meeting: Key of Production in Apparel

    Industry
    Amarnath Sharma
    MBA, NIFT-Bangalore, India
    Email: sharmaamarnath1973@gmail.com

    INTRODUCTION:
    After confirmation of order, factory does the internal R&D or engineering for
    raw material, method of work execution, kind of machinery to be used and
    skill grade to be required to execute the work. Summary of these exercises,
    discussed with all the related executives of that particular work in a meeting, is
    called the pre-production meeting in apparel industry.

    F
    ig: Pre-production meeting in apparel industry

    Some of the buying team do the technical as well as order execution-planning


    meeting with vendor, this also known as PP meeting. Factory representative
    should summarize important point of this meeting for factory’s internal PP
    meeting.

    PURPOSE OF PRE-PRODUCTION METTING:


    There is tremendous benefit of pre-production meeting in apparel industry.
    Factory that does not do the pp meeting, chances of mistakes in production
    are more. Employees do not get aware of the entire technical requirements
    and it has been observed that most of the time the sample also do not
    represent the actual requirement. Very often sample pass by buying technician
    are with some extra technical comments and factory’s core level worker does
    not get aware of that.

    Following is the example statistics of 20 styles 10 with pp meeting


    and 10 without pp meeting:

    One may see that out of 10 styles without pp meeting, there are seven styles
    (70%) having mistakes in production. On the other hand 10 styles, which were
    started for, bulk production after pp meeting having mistakes in only one style
    (10%) in production. Production loss due to incomplete information and
    inconvenience is not considered.

    METHOD:
    If buying team do the pp meeting with factory merchant/ manager or
    technician than it is better to do the internal pp meeting of factory after buying
    team meeting for incorporation of discussed points in internal pp meeting.
    After completion of all the internal R&D and engineering the authorized
    department should decide a time. Normally ‘industrial engineering
    department’ take care of R&D / engineering and responsible for conducting
    internal pre-production meeting with co-ordination of planning department.
    Agenda should be made and informed to all the production HOD and other
    required executives, who would be participating in meeting. All the technical
    points should be discussed and minutes would be made. Final summarized
    document should make available to all the key executives and displayed at
    various sections of production department.

    PREPARATION BEFORE PP MEETING:


    Detailed engineering of the style should be done. Material testing (fabric &
    accessories), method engineering, kind of machine required and skill grade
    required for executing every operation. Industrial engineering department
    should compile all these work in document form in prescribed format for PP
    meeting.

    WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?


    All the section head of production as follows:

    1. Style merchandiser,
    2. Fabric representative,
    3. Accessories representative,
    4. Cutting head,
    5. Sewing in charge / supervisor,
    6. Machine mechanic (maintenance),
    7. Finishing head,
    8. Packing head,
    9. Embroidery head,
    10.Bead / sequins head,
    11. Production manager,
    12. Quality manager,
    13. Quality executives from all sections,
    14. Planning head and
    15. IED head.

    THINGS TO BE DISCUSSED:
    This may categorize in following heads: –

    1. Common information: Order number, order quantity, customer name


    etc.

    2. Fabric (shell and lining):

    a. Shrinkage of fabrics?
    b. Side and center salvage of fabric?
    c. Color fastness of fabric?
    d. If denim fabric then blanket making and lot making?
    e. Required width of fabric?
    f. Yarn count and quality of fabric?
    g. Fabric color lots and quantity in each lot for ratio wise cutting in each lot.
    h. Any other quality issue i.e. bowing, weave defects, patta, twisting in knits
    etc.

    3. Accessories: 

    a. Kind of accessories required for the style? For example- sewing thread,


    label, button etc
    b. Their quality authentication? For example- Tex and ticket of sewing
    thread, color fastness of label, strength and color of button etc
    c. Placement position on garment and method of placing?

    4. Cutting: 

    a. Maximum number of plies of fabric to be cut in one layer?


    b. Kind of cutting machine and type of blade to be used?
    c. Consumption / average of fabric?
    d. Lay plan, Lay mark, size plan and daily cut quantity plan and
    infrastructure required?
    e. Number of cut parts and name?
    f. Parts to be relayed and cut?
    g. Parts to be cut by band knife?
    h. Parts to be cut by dies and type of die?
    i. Drilling locations and needle type?
    j. Parts to be fused and fusing brand as well as dwell time, pressure and
    temperature of fusing machine?
    k. Notches position and instructions?
    l. Stickering and bundling method and instructions?

    5. Stitching:

    a. Sewing thread details: – Type? Ticket? Tex? Etc.


    b. Sewing needle details?
    c. Stitches per inch (SPI) for single needle and over lock?
    d. Seam description of every part of garments?
    e. Workmanship discussion, garment operation breakdown, motion and
    time study, line layout, pre shrunk measurement, pucker free sewing
    method, label placement, machine and sewing attachment to be used etc.
    f. Line sample making by line supervisor.
    g. Product safety i.e. button, snap, eyelet etc. mock making and testing?
    Nickel in metal parts should be avoided.
    h. Quality checkpoint in sewing line.
    i. Special instructions (if any).

    6. Embroidery:

    a. Quality of thread, backup material?


    b. Computer embroidery or manual embroidery?
    c. To be done on cut parts or semi stitch or on complete garments?
    d. Approval of design and workmanship?

    7. Sequins / beads:

    a. Kind of sequins, bead and thread required and their quality?


    b. Manually done or through machine?
    c. Bead locking distance and thread end?

    8. Wet processing:

    a. Special wash and garment dye method and approval of color lot after wet
    processing?
    b. Smelling should be checked.

    9. Finishing:

    a. Method of iron? Material properties? Care for shiny areas?


    b. Quality inspection points and method of inspection?
    c. Final presentation of apparel?

    10. Packing: 

    a. Tag quality and placement?


    b. Folding method and size?
    c. Poly bag and recycle sign?
    d. Barcode and other sticker?
    e. Ratio, corrugated board/ boxes size and quality, weight of boxes,
    protective padding, sealing tape, strapping, box marking sticker print
    matter and layout?

    FORMATS:
    Simple format may develop for each section describing all the technical points.
    For example fabric section format is shown as below: –

    Order nr. ___      Order quantity ______   Fabric name ______  Customer
    name __
    CONCLUSION:
    There is no hard and fast method guideline for PP meeting. This is only for
    supplying information. Every factory may have different kind of product and
    their requirement may vary from the above information. Last but not the least,
    factory should must conduct the PP meeting to share important information
    among all the key employees, who may influence the quality and productivity
    of the product.

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