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 |
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 |
Limitation in the supervisory skill of sample manager. | Delay in the quality sample submission | The workload of the sample department |
-Written by
Mayedul Islam
Merchandiser at Fashion Xpress Buying House.
Badda, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Email: mayedul.islam66@gmail.com