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Job roles in apparel industry

Here is a list of job roles in apparel industry like Operator , Supervisor, Feeding helper, Spreader , Helper etc. and what they mean :

What is GIN , GRN and GDN ?

GIN , GRN and GDN are terms used quite often as warehouse terminology as a warehouse terminology mostly in ERP systems. let us understand what does these terms mean in apparel industry context.

Reduce Matching Time in an Assembly sewing line using workaid

I was doing my apparel internship with one of the top jacket manufacturer . There I found that lining – Body – Sleeve matching was one of major bottleneck in production. Matching operator would pick up sewn front, lining and sleeve hang them all up on an iron rod. Then she would pick up one front body piece and search for matching lining and sleeve. At one point of time there used to be atleast 50-100 lining and sleeve. So finding a particular number lining , sleeve from a stack of 50 -100 would take a lot of time . Clearly this is a highly inefficient process which affects loading in assembly line . To solve this matching /pairing problem many apparel manufacturers make use of pigeon holes.

Ex factory date and Ex factory : related facts and opinions

Ex-Factory date and Ex-factory are one of the most used but misunderstood term in logistics of manufacturing business. Theoretically there is no incoterm mentioned as Ex-factory, but over the period SMEs related to export-import business have made this an understood term parallel to ExWorks.