Description Garment Manufacturing Technology provides an insiders’ look at this multifaceted process, systematically going from design and production to finishing and quality control. As technological improvements are transforming all aspects of garment manufacturing allowing manufacturers to meet the growing demand for greater productivity and flexibility, the text discusses necessary information on product development, production planning, and material selection. Subsequent chapters covers garment design, including computer-aided design (CAD), advances in spreading, cutting and sewing, and new technologies, including alternative joining techniques and seamless garment construction. Garment finishing, quality control, and care-labelling are also presented and explored. Key Features Provides an insiders look at garment manufacturing from design and production to finishing and quality control Discusses necessary information on product development, production planning, and material selection Includes discussions of computer-aided design (CAD), advances in spreading, cutting and sewing, and new technologies, including alternative joining techniques and seamless garment construction Explores garment finishing, quality control, and care labelling Readership R&D managers in the textile industry, postgraduate students and academic researchers in textile science Table of Contents 1. Introduction: the apparel industry 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Global scenario of apparel manufacturing 1.3. Challenges in apparel production 1.4. Role of various organisations 1.5. Future trends 1.6. Conclusions Part One. Product development, production planning and selection of materials 2. Product development in the apparel industry 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Product-development models and product-development process 2.3. Variations in apparel product development: demand-led product development 2.4. Apparel product-development technologies 2.5. Apparel product standards, specifications, quality assurance and product technical package 2.6. Apparel product life-cycle management (PLM) and supply-chain relationships 2.7. Measures for apparel product development 2.8. Future trends in apparel product development 2.9. Case studies: PD tools and technologies 2.10. Conclusions 2.11. Sources of further information and advice 3. Role of fabric properties in the clothing-manufacturing process 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Fabric properties and performance 3.3. Garment make-up process and fabric properties 3.4. Low-stress mechanical properties and make-up process 3.5. Control system 3.6. Fabric tailorability, buckling and formability 3.7. Sewability 3.8. Conclusions 4. Production planning in the apparel industry 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Production planning 4.3. Production systems 4.4. Production planning and control in the apparel industry 4.5. Supply chain management in the apparel industry 4.6. Inventory management 4.7. Manufacturing performance improvement through lean production 4.8. Waste management 4.9. Human resource management 4.10. New tools developed in production planning 5. Fabric sourcing and selection 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Fabric sourcing 5.3. Fabric inspection 5.4. Future trends 5.5. Conclusions 6. Selecting garment accessories, trims, and closures 6.1. Part 1: introduction to garment accessories 6.2. Part 2: selecting garment accessories 6.3. Part 3: selecting supporting materials 6.4. Part 4: selecting closures 6.5. Part 5: accessories for children’s wear 6.6. Part 6: evaluation of quality of trims and accessories 6.7. Part 7: fashion accessories 6.8. Conclusions Part Two. Garment design and production 7. Garment sizing and fit 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Geometry of the human form 7.3. The human figure divided into body proportions 7.4. Garment size charts 7.5. Development of garment size charts 7.6. Sizing and fit systems 7.7. Three-dimensional (3D) body scanning – current and potential future applications in clothing manufacture and retailing 7.8. Conclusions 7.9. Sources of further information 8. Pattern construction 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Pattern construction modes 8.3. Body, material and design 8.4. Pattern construction tools 8.5. Conclusions 8.6. 2D and 3D CAD Web sites 9. Fabric spreading and cutting 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Cut process planning 9.3. Spreading of textile materials 9.4. Cutting of textile materials 9.5. Fusing of cut textile components 9.6. Final work operations of the cutting process 9.7. Future trends 9.8. Conclusions 10. Sewing, stitches and seams 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Stitch classes 10.3. Seam types 10.4. Seam-neatening 10.5. Future trends 10.6. Conclusions 10.7. Sources of further information and advice 11. Sewing equipment and work aids 11.1. Introduction 11.2. Different bed types in industrial sewing machines 11.3. Different feed types in industrial sewing machines 11.4. Cyclic sewing machines 11.5. Computerised sewing machines 11.6. Work aids 11.7. Sewing automats 11.8. Sewing needles 11.9. Sewing threads 11.10. Future trends and conclusions 11.11. Sources of further information and advice 12. Sewing-room problems and solutions 12.1. Introduction 12.2. Seam pucker and other surface distortions 12.3. Sewing defects caused by needles 12.4. Material feeding and associated problems 12.5. Problems in stitch formation 12.6. Thread breakage 12.7. Future trends 12.8. Conclusions 12.9. Sources of further information and advice 13. Alternative fabric-joining technologies 13.1. Alternatives to sewing 13.2. Adhesive bonding 13.3. Conventional thermal welding 13.4. Advanced thermal-welding processes 13.5. Conclusions 14. Seamless garments 14.1. Introduction 14.2. Seamless technique 14.3. Common seamless products 14.4. Raw materials 14.5. Seamless knitting machines 14.6. Advantages of seamless garments 14.7. Disadvantages of seamless garments 14.8. Applications of seamless garments 14.9. Future developments 14.10. Conclusions Part Three. Garment finishing, quality control, care labelling and costing 15. Garment-finishing techniques 15.1. Introduction 15.2. Garment finishing for functionality 15.3. Knitwear finishing 15.4. Denim garment finishing 15.5. Pressing (factors and equipment) 15.6. Future trends 15.7. Conclusions 16. Quality control and quality assurance in the apparel industry 16.1. Introduction 16.2. Quality control in the apparel industry 16.3. Future trends 16.4. Conclusions 16.5. Sources of further information and advice 17. Care labelling of clothing 17.1. Introduction 17.2. Requirements of care labelling 17.3. Definition of care label 17.4. Care labelling systems 17.5. Future trends 17.6. Conclusions 18. Garment costing 18.1. Introduction 18.2. Costing need 18.3. Cost classification 18.4. Cost elements 18.5. Measures of efficiency 18.6. Profitability 18.7. Garment sales element analysis 18.8. Mark-downs 18.9. Managing cost through inventory control 18.10. Apparel costing sheet analysis 18.11. Conclusions Index
