Think of a factory as a race track. Everyone needs to go in one direction, or else there will be serious accidents.
In the next few slides I am going to break down what happens at each stage of the factory process.
Each step must be followed in order for a quality garment to be made.
A good factory will always check fabrics and materials before they start cutting and sewing.
If there are any issues, they can send the fabric back to the supplier for fixing.
BTW, we do this because once the fabric is cut, the supplier won’t take it back.
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Fabric is generally laid out in stacks on large tables about 30 feet long.
Patterns are then placed on the top of the stack, and chainsaws (yes, you read that correctly) are used to cut all the layers of fabric at once.
There are 2 ways a garment can be sewn in a factory.
The first is that 1 sewer sews the entire garment.
The second way is assembly line style, where each sewer is responsible for only 1 part of the garment.
Even the best factories are going to make mistakes.
But, what makes them good is catching those mistakes before the garments are shipped to their client.
New brands love to spend time in the sewing room, but any good production person knows the room to spend the most time in is the inspection room!
Or, what I like to call the makeover station.
This is where a garment transforms from a crumpled mess to something that wows customers when they unbox it.
The order is placed in boxes, usually by style and size, and is prepared for shipping.
Pro tip – make sure to ask for a packing list, which is a box by box breakdown of everything that is shipping – it’s going to make unpacking so much easier for you.
The most important thing you need to know when exporting garments?
Shipments can only leave from a port city.
So, when I make things in Jaipur, first, they need to travel to Delhi (which is a port city) before they can be exported.
This extra process adds time and money to your logistics, so make sure to plan for it.
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