Production Planning and Control in Garments

Production Planning and Control (PPC): To ensure proper execution of production at the right time and on time delivery/shipment production planning is required. Production planning department’s responsibility is very sensitive to the apparel manufacturing point of view. Production planner distributes line wise production from the buyer order list, set target to meet on time shipment date and execute everything for production. A wrong production plan can not ensure the right time delivery, which is not a good sign of the apparel industry. Production planner distributes line wise production from the buyer order list. Here in this article, we will have a detail discussion of what are the things required Production Planning and Control in Garments and how you can execute it.

Benefits of Production Planning in the Apparel Industry

Keeping a sequence of production order
Estimating production as per line wise capacity
Achieving targeted production
On time production and delivery to the customer

Things to Follow up by Planning Department

A production planner has to follow up below-mentioned work to implement production planning to progress production step by step.

Fabrics, trims, and accessories in-house status
Fabrics, trims and accessories inventory and inspection report
QC file and approved sample receiving
Size set /sampling requirement of the buyer
PP meeting result; pass or fail
Bulk cutting approval from buyer
Cutting production
Embroidery production
Sewing production
Washing production
Finishing production
Backlog of finishing
Shipment

Factors of Garments Production Planning

These factors are key to develop a production plan for the apparel industry.

Style name
PO number
Color
Product category/type
Style Description
Order Quantity
Price of every single unit Garments
Ex-factory/shipment date
Current Production status
Planned final audit date
Goods input date to sewing
Planned Capacity / Day / Line
Line Efficiency
Number of Lines
Name of a line for production
Working Hour/Day
Production Unit
Weekend / Holidays during prod
No of Working Day Required of every style
Sewing Output Finish Date
Wash Input Date
Planned Capacity Per Day of washing
Production Unit of washing
No of Working Day Required to complete washing
Wash Completing date
Dry Process; apply or not apply
Goods Finishing Start Date
Planned Capacity Per Day of finishing
Weekend/Holiday during production in finishing
No of Working Day Required to complete finishing
Goods Will Ready for final Audit
Factory Wise Planned Production Capacity Sewing
No Of line /Production Unit in the facility
Factory Wise Planned Production Capacity Wash
The quantity of Dry Process / Normal Wash

Implementation of Garments Production Planning

Implementation of production is not a very easy task for the garments industry as its change with time. Production plan implementation starts with cutting and finish with the packing of garments, long working between start and finish. A factory may get fabrics delay or trims or may fabrics can be failed in inspection for shade or visual defects, these problems hamper time and production planner has to change plan, may input next lot for production because you cannot keep line stop from production. So anything delay, next lot can be inputted for production keeping shipment date in mind. Plan updates every day depending on the current situation.

Finally, Production planning is a continuous process as the production of a different lot is going on but you also required to maintain a good control system. By monitoring, you can identify whether your planning is perfectly working or not, if not then control is required to take corrective action.

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A.M. Amirul Islam (Washim)
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