Causes of Sample Section Dilemma and Its Impacts in the Apparel Industry

Reasons for Sample Section Dilemma and Its Impacts in the Garment Industry

Sample Section:

The sample section is the first section in the readymade garments industry. Here, the first duty is to make the correct sample according to the buyer’s recommendation. During making the sample, many problems arisen which create problems in all processes of that garment export order. This article has shown some problems which produce in the sample section of garment manufacturing factory with their causes and those impacts in the apparel industry.

Sample section in Apparel Industry

Causes of Sample Department Dilemma and its Impact in the Garments Industry:

SL No.	Causes	Problems	Impacts	Result
01	Weak file management	Wrong information to the washing, printing, embroidery section regarding wash, print, and embroidery standards.	Late or failure of sample submission deadline.	Dissatisfaction of buyer
		A mistake in apparel panel measurement.	Rejection of sample	Dissatisfaction of buyer
		Failure in understanding the priority of which sample to be completed first.	Failure of sample submission deadline.	Dissatisfaction of buyer
		Delay follow-up of the samples from washing, printing, and embroidery section.	Failure of timely sample submission	Dissatisfaction of buyer
02	Weak inventory management	Making mistakes by mixing-up fabric (color, yarn count, pattern number), trimmings, and accessories like button (color, size, shape), sewing thread (color, ticket number, etc.) of one sample with another one.	failure of sample submission deadline or rejection of sample	Dissatisfaction of buyer
02	Weak inventory management	Wrong tagging or missing counter sample	Re-process of the total procedure of sample approval	The workload of the sample section
03	Dirty sample section	Health hazards to workers by taking of dust particles causing respiratory problems.	Failure of sample submission deadline due to the worker’s illness.	Dissatisfaction of buyer
		Workers’ injury happened due to a slippery floor by un-removal of oil drops after machine maintenance.	De-motivated worker	Panic at work or slow working
		Garment piece or cut panels suddenly falls on the dirty floor containing oil droplets or other dirt particles.	Timely sample submission failure	Dissatisfaction of buyer
		Machine accidents due to excessive friction	De-motivated worker	Pile-up of unfinished work
04	Less skilled and inexperienced personnel	Technical problems such as mismatching of the cut panel, stripes, mismatched check, poor seam assembly, etc.	Sample submission or Delay in the quality sample submission	Dissatisfaction of buyer
04	Less skilled and inexperienced personnel	Limitation in the supervisory skill of sample manager.	Delay in the quality sample submission	The workload of the sample department