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CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
Dilip Kumar
Neha Sinha
Rohit Singh
Paleshwar Dewangan

The Visit

Lean manufacturing tools

5S (Sort, Set, Shine, Standard, Sustain)
Yamazumi (Line balancing)
Quick Change Over
Kaizen (Small organized improvements)
Kanban (loading whenever required)
Total Productive Maintenance

Pre-production
processes

Style sent by buyer.

Proto sample
(Costing)
Fabric and trim
sourcing

Fabric and trim

sourcing

Fabric testing

Fit Sample
Sealer Sample
Pre-production
meeting

Production
Processes

Fabric cutting

Printing

Embroidery

Line
loading
Assembly

Buttoning

Post-production
PROCESSES

Washing
Metal detector

Dark
Room
Ironing

Folding
Packing
Shipme
nt

PreProduction
1. Style sent
by buyer.
2. Proto
sample
(Costing)
3. Fabric and
trim
sourcing
and testing
4. Fit Sample
5. Sealer
Sample
6. Preproduction
meeting

Production

PostProduction

1. Fabric
cutting
2. Printing
and
embroidery
3. Line
loading
4. Assembly
5. Buttoning

1. Washing
2. Metal
detector
3. Dark
Room
4. Ironing
5. Folding
6. Packing
7. Shipment

Observations

References
Primary Data collected at Evolv
Clothing Ltd. Plant at Perungudi
Personal interview with
production executive at the plant