February, 2013

The February issue of StitchWorld puts the spotlight on Laguna Clothing’s system and quality driven approach of manufacturing the perfect shirt. It is not only the kind of high-end buyers the company is working for, rather the finesse Laguna has acquired from sewing a placket to bundle management to modular manufacturing. Moreover, all the systems and SOPs one hears about in discussions and seminars on Lean manufacturing and other such principles are present and running in the factory, giving an apparel manufacturer a lot to pick for himself. Work Sampling is rather simple and easy to recognize the amount to time spent in productive and non-productive activities by a sewing operator. Although having a much more macro approach than time study, it highlights the areas for the management, which require improvement. With the Indian export market still in a slowdown, the knitting technology providers to the country have a positive outlook towards the times to come… In an exclusive conversation with representatives of companies like Pai Lung, Steiger, Terrot, Cixing and Mayer & Cie, highlighted that the Indian manufacturers are now moving towards a high-end value added niche product and hence are going for specialized machines.