Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine December Issue 2018 | Page 46

THE LATEST NEWS HAVE YOUR SAY For the latest news on apparel and textile, make sure that you visit https://apparelresources.com/top-news/ Write to Apparel Resources, B-32, South Extension-1, New Delhi (110049), India or email: [email protected] Sewing of a Shirt: Scale or Scope? Manufacturing of commodity garments seems to be an easy project for potential manufacturers. The humble shirt is one such standard garment. Be it for export or domestic use, the product seems to be in the ever hot category, even in the recent ‘trouser-rush’ among Indian entrepreneurs. Ram Das, a student of Masters of Fashion Technology, under the guidance of Prof. Prabir Jana, NIFT, New Delhi (India), has analysed various operations, machinery and equipment available, besides different technology levels and return on investment in shirt manufacturing. While this article is not a project feasibility report for the same, it provides an interesting insight into details. A man’s shirt can be classified into casual and formal. While there are in-between variations, we will primarily discuss casual and semi-formal shirts. We have analysed data from approximately 10 sources, including manufacturers from India and abroad and sewing machine suppliers. It was found that SAM value of shirt varies from 31 to 17.80 minutes. Shirt making can be classified into six sections, namely collar, cuff, sleeve, front and back preparation and assembly, where back preparation takes the least amount of time, while assembly takes the maximum. The number of operations varies from 38 to 51. Collar preparation Collar preparation may have a minimum of 9 to a maximum of 18 operations depending upon styles, methods and machines used. In the given chart, we can see that in case of the run-stitch collar, Company-4 has the minimum SAM value due to use of the technologically advanced machine, but in the case of Company-1, the SAM value is maximum as basic level single needle lockstitch machine is used for the operation. Similarly variations of SAM for cuff, sleeve, back and front preparation and assembly are presented in the following graphs. Company-1 Company-2 Company-3 Company-4 Company-5 Company-6 Company-7 Comparison of SAM for run-stitch collars of 8 companies shows that all six sections have variable times due to individual operations within each section 46 Apparel Online Bangladesh | December 2018 | www.apparelresources.com Company-8