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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY

(PATNA)
SESSION-(2020 -22)

Apparel Production Techniques

ASSIGNMENT-1

Topic: “Working of cutting room in an organisation”

Under the guidance of:

Prof. Prabhat Kumar

Submitted by:
Abhishek Kumar
Suruchi Kumari

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, we would like to express our deep and sincere gratitude
to our Professor Prabhat Kumar, for giving us the opportunity to do research
and providing invaluable guidance throughout this research. His dynamism,
vision, sincerity and motivation have deeply inspired us. He has taught us
the methodology to carry out the research and to present the research works
as clearly as possible. It was a great privilege and honor to work and study
under his guidance. We are extremely grateful for what he has offered us.
We would also like to thank him for his empathy, and great sense of humor.

We would like to thank NIFT Patna, for providing us the opportunity to work in
such a respected organization. By this we did lots of research and came to know
about so many new things.

This assignment cannot be completed without the effort and cooperation from
our family and friends have made valuable suggestions on this assignment
without them it could not possible.

Finally, our thanks go to all the people who have supported us to complete
the research work directly or indirectly.

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 CONTENT

S. NO. TOPIC PAGE NO.

1. Introduction of Gini & Jony 4
2. Gini & Jony: Cutting process 5
1. Requisition slip to fabric store
2. Fabric issue
3. Spreading
4. Cutting
5. Numbering
6. Fusing
7. Panel checking
8. Sorting
9. Bundling
10. Stitching

3. Conclusion 11
4. References 12

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 1. Introduction of Gini & Jony
Gini & Jony is an Indian kid's fashion brand, promoted by the Lakhani brothers, since 1980. The
brand sells apparel through a mix of company-owned and franchisee outlets, and is currently present
in 106 cities with 200 exclusive brand outlets and other large format multi-brand stores, like Shoppers
Stop, Lifestyle Stores, Pantaloons etc. While the promoter group holds the majority stake in the
organization, the company is partially owned (22%) by Anil Ambani's Reliance Capital.

Gini & Jony Ltd. in Baddi, Solan is one of the leading businesses in the Readymade Garment,
registered in 2015, Gini & Jony Ltd. has made a name for itself in the list of top suppliers of in India.
The supplier company is located in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh and is one of the leading sellers of listed
products. Gini & Jony Ltd. is listed in Trade India's list of verified sellers offering supreme quality of
etc. Buy in bulk from us for the best quality products and service.

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 2. Gini & Jony: Cutting process

The cutting department of GINI & JONY, Baddi primarily receives job card from the merchandising
department with all the necessary fabric detail needed before cutting such as fabric content, it’s shade,
shade number, quality, order quantity to be cut for all the size etc. Trim chart is also provided by the
merchant department to the cutting department with all the detail. matching of fabric, pocketing a
fusing material is done with the help of trim chart.
Cutting room is a section in the garments industry where to cut fabrics as per the pattern, marker;
cutting parts sew to bring in garments form. Cutting is the most sensitive operation in the apparel
industry, cutter man work accuracy is the key here to maintain good cutting quality.

Flowchart of Cutting Process:

Amending patterns
Receiving of job Issue of fabric from Receiving of
with shrinkage in
card stores department patterns from H.O
every size pattern

Manual marker
Lay & Marker
Cutting tracing with the Spreading
planning
amended patterns

Issue to the
Ticketing Bundling Production
Department

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1. Requisition slip to fabric store

The cutting requisition slip is given to the fabric store for issuing fabric.

2. Fabric issue

Fabric is issued against the order. Entries are done in fabric store and cutting department. Cut order
plan is made. Pocketing is received from fabric store. Fusing material is received from trim store.

3. Spreading

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Spreading is done according to the order sheet and cut order plan. spreading is done manually.
spreading modes used is always now for all plain and printed fabric, pocketing & fusing material. The
number of layers depend upon the cut order plan. The maximum lay height is 3”. 6”. The maximum
lay length is 4.86 to 5.16 meters.

The tools used in spreading are as follows:

a. Spreading table: There are 4 tables for spreading. Each table has 3 spreading men. The
spreading table in cutting department is plain table. Spreading for check is done on this table
only. Three cutting have an end cutter.

b. Clamps and weight: Clamps and weight are used to stables the layers.

c. Staplers & cello tapes: Staplers are used to stabilize the markers on the lays (marker is used
rarely) Cello tapes are used to stabilize 2-4 layers of lay.

d. Cut order plan: The spreading person spreads the fabric according to the cut plan.

The spreading person also takes care of the fabric quality while spreading. If any layer has
been found defected, then that fabric part is cut and neglected (only woven). The spreading
person entries the order number and size detail on the topmost lay and number of layers are
mentioned after each roll is finished with help of small fabric panels between the layers.

4. Cutting

After the completion of spreading, then comes the marker. Patterns of the respective style are
provided by the HO. grading is done by the pattern master for different sizes manually. With the help
of those patterns the patterns for manual marker making. Fabric cutting is done by the cutting
operators. Cutting is done with straight knife. In some styles for small parts band knife is used.

5. Numbering

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The next process is numbering or stickering. The record of numbering is recorded in a register. The
numbering process help in sorting and bundle making. The numbering is done by sticker machine.
The sticker number is a set by the sticker man. Each roll has 1000 tickets in it. The process is also
known as ticketing. A sticker contains the size number, are serial number. All the small parts and the
front and back panel are numbered & Fusible and pocketing are numbered and are send directly for
bundling process.

6. Fusing

Once done with the numbering, fusing of small parts through fusing machines done. Microdot and
paper fusing are used. The temperature of the fusing m/c is between 150 degree C to 170 degree C.

7. Panel checking

Panel checking is done in order to eliminate the damage panels. The panel checking is done manually
are record for the defect is maintained. The defective panels are replaced by the correct panels (only
for knitted fabric).

8. Sorting
Sorting of the panel is done to sort the different panels according to size and style wise. It is done to
make the bundling method easy and efficient.

9. Bundling

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Bundling of the panel are done together according to the bundle order list received from the cutting.
lay slip register is maintained in which all the detail related to laying are mentioned. The size of the
bundle is decided from the detail of the lay slip.

10. Stitching

Stitching is last process to convert a fabric into a garment. Sewing is an important department in the
garments manufacturing industry. All the parts of a garment are joined here by making stitches with
the help of a needle and thread. Where the sewing process flow chart helps to make a complete
garment easily.

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 3. CONCLUSION

Cutting room is one of the essential parts of the garment industry where has a lot of options to
increase profit margin. As we know cutting room is the feeding point of the garment industry. Thus,
cutting chief has to communicate with higher management and planning team frequently to follow the
plan sheet every day to start a large number of garments cutting at a time. Early step of cutting guy
will enhance productivity that will secure further processes of garment manufacturing.
Efficient and well-planned operations in cutting room will minimize errors and hassles to reduce
production costs that will expedite workflow to all further processes. Combined steps of planning and
cutting team can make sure the utilization of the available resources.
As we know in garments manufacturing business fabric cost is about 70% of the total garment cost.
So any small step to reduce wastage or saving of the fabric will have a huge effect on the profit
margins of the orders. Cutting room can control the utilization of fabric through proper monitoring of
spreading and cutting techniques.
Any single negligence in cutting process will bring a worse situation of the quality standards of all
further processes. So modern equipment and expertise should engage in cutting processes to reduce
extra costs and hassles.

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 4. REFERENCES

 https://elysiavn.com/news/how-to-manufacture-clothing/
 https://www.onlineclothingstudy.com/2018/01/automatic-fabric-spreading-
machine-in.html
 https://garmentsmerchandising.com/process-flow-chart-for-garments-sewing-
department/

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