ApparelResources.com,
the world's leading B2B portal for comprehensive news & features on textiles,
apparels, fashion accessories and embellishments, machinery, trade fairs and resources.
Host site for Apparel Online, StitchWorld, Resource Centre, Event Focus and CareerWatch.
StitchWorld.net,
Internet version of print magazine StitchWorld. |
| Apparel
Online (print version) with a circulation of 30, 000 (90,000
readers) copies every fortnight is a well-respected newsmagazine with a futuristic
outlook. Exclusively for the apparel industry, it covers industry-focused topics
including both national and international news under India Canvas and World Wrap.
Interviews with international buyers and retailers, product price comparisons,
sourcing strategies, forecasts presented at fairs and technology issues are also
adequately addressed. | | StitchWorld
- (print version) the technology magazine
for the sewn product industry. StitchWorld keeps you fully informed of technical
innovations, management issues, product/services review, industry news, trade
and industry profiles, business affairs and major trade fairs. Its regular columns
include CAD/CAM, spreading, cutting, needles, fusing, sewing, finishing, pressing,
inspection, threads and packing. |
| Resource Guide -
(print version) a trimmings and embellishments
buying guide, published annually. It is a directory containing latest information
on accessories manufacturers, trims, embellishments, knitted fabrics manufacturers
and all other accessories associated with garment manufacturing. It is a ready
reference for any garment manufacturer and is respected and used widely by the
industry. | 'Managing
Productivity in Apparel Industry' (printed version)
is probably the only book solely dedicated to productivity improvement
in the apparel industry. Through his extensive research,
Dr. Rajesh Bheda has established that the average apparel
manufacturer in India and a large part of the developing world have
almost one hundred percent productivity improvement potential. |
Improving
Working Conditions and Productivity in the Garment Industry
The
International Labour Organisation, Geneva, has, over the years, issued for adoption
a widely respected code of International Labour Conventions and Recommendations
on employment, conditions of work, social security, among others. These have been
painstakingly researched, compiled and edited by
Juan Carlos Hiba & after being adapted
by Dr. Rajesh Bheda for the
Indian subcontinent, presented in the form of an Action Manual, titled
'Improving Working Conditions and Productivity in the Garment Industry’.
Great effort has been made to bring to the Indian (and foreign) manufacturer
the practicalities of what it is that the ILO desires.. |
Pucker
Free Seams
Pucker
or Puckering is the most used (abused?) term in the garment manufacturing
industry. Pick up any quality controllers report, and the first thing
that will strike your eye will be “…Puckering in armhole,
…Puckering in neckline binding, …control Puckering in
bottom hem…” the list is endless. Buying office quality
controllers are as enamoured of this term as much as manufacturers
abhor it. What is it that makes it so distasteful?
Why does it occur? How can it be controlled? These
questions and more are answered by the StitchWorld Technical Bulletin
co-authored By
Prabir Jana and Y. P. Garg.
While there are numerous leaflets, documents and articles available
on pucker, we have found that the majority of them lay great stress
on “inherent pucker” (only material parameters). In this
booklet have tried to include process parameters as well as sewing
of lightweight fabrics. |
Quality
Assurance for the Retailers
Assured
quality levels go a long way in a subjective assessment of coast, an important
factor in evaluating productivity. The flip side is the assurance level of retailers,
the most important link in the circle of business. Since they sell a variety of
products, they need to be sure that their suppliers provide them the requisite
quality. Thus, there is a requirement for retailers to verifying that products
ordered meets specified quality levels. This book written by
Dr. Pradip V. Mehta, an expert on quality in the
garment industry will outline various approaches available to retailers
to assure product quality while also providing a reference guide
to manufactures. | | |
