September, 2016

The wheel has come full circle, from bespoke to mass production to mass customization, and now back to somewhere between mass customization and bespoke in desire of that ‘perfect fit’. Various players have customized their systems to woo consumers by offering them products with an ‘individualistic’ touch. TeamStitchWorld elucidates the process of achieving ‘perfect fit’ of selected bespoke service providers… The September 2016 edition of StitchWorld also explores the concept of automated and fully interactive cutting rooms for apparel and home furnishing industry provided by Serkon Makina. In this issue, Anand Deshpande explicates the metrics and process of reviewing an apparel manufacturing unit’s production floor. In another interesting read, this issue carries a review of the technologies exhibited at the ‘Galleria Intima’, an exclusive show for players in the lingerie and intimate wear supply chain.