Di

ff
erentDepar
tment
sinaGar
mentFact
oryandThei
rFunct
ions

byPrasantaSarkar-
October22,2020Youmayal readyknow whatagar mentfactor
yisi nthe
apparelandfashionindust
ry.Agarmentf act
oryisaplacewherecompl etegarmentsaremade
fr
om t hefabr
icsfoll
owingachainofpr ocesses.Aprocessflowchartwil
lgiveabetterideaof
howt hingsar
edonei nagarmentfactory.Asment i
onedintheti
tl
e,thi
sarticl
ewil
lshowy outhe
di
fferentdepart
ment sofagar mentf actory
.Departmentsareset-upbasedont hegroupof
acti
viti
estobeper f
ormedbyat eam ofpeople.

Furt
her,wewillseet hevar
iousfunct
ionsoft hedif
fer
entdepar
tment
sofagar mentuni
t.
Garmentmanufactur
ingisacompl exprocessthatst
art
swit
hsampledevel
opmentandend
aft
ershippi
ngt
hefini
shedgarment
st ot
hebuy er
s.

Di
ff
erentdepar
tment
sofagar
mentf
act
ory

Herei
st heli
stofgarmentfact
orydepartment
s.Thesedepart
ment
sincludethepr
e-pr
oduct
ion
depar
tments,product
ion,andpost
-product
iondepart
ments.Thesupporti
ngdepar
tmentsare
al
soli
stedhere.

Mar
ket
ingandbusi
nessdev
elopmentdepar
tment

Desi
gndepar
tment

Mer
chandi
singdepar
tment

Pat
ter
nMaki
ng,
CADdepar
tment

Sampl
i
ngdepar
tment

Fabr
icSt
oreandf
abr
icsour
cing

Tr
imsandAccessor
ySt
ore

Fabr
icTest
ingLab

Pr
oduct
ionPl
anni
ngandCont
rol

Cut
ti
ngdepar
tment

Sewi
ngdepar
tment
Qual
i
tyCont
rol
depar
tment

Machi
neMai
ntenancedepar
tment

Gar
mentWashi
ngdepar
tment

Fi
nishi
ngdepar
tment

Pr
int
ingdepar
tment

Embr
oider
ydepar
tment

Suppor
ti
ngdepar
tment
sinagar
mentf
act
ory

Intheabovepre-
producti
onandpr
oducti
ondepart
mentsarel
ist
ed.Torunthefactor
ysmoot
hly
,
wit
hpr oduct
iondepartment
s,oneneedstosetupsomeauxi l
iar
ydepartments.Someofthe
support
ingdepar
tmentsofagarmentmanufact
uri
ngsetupar
easfoll
owings

I
ndust
ri
alEngi
neer
ingDepar
tment

EDP/I
Tdepar
tment

Account
ingDepar
tment

HumanResour
ceandAdmi
nist
rat
ion

Shi
ppi
nganddocument
ati
on

Al
sor
ead:
Gar
mentManuf
act
uri
ngPr
ocessf
rom Fabr
ict
oFi
nishedPr
oduct

Var
iousf
unct
ionsandact
ivi
ti
esofdi
ff
erentdepar
tment
sinagar
mentf
act
ory

Acti
vi
ti
esofdiff
erentdepar
tment
sexpl ai
nedherear
efoll
owedbygarmentexpor
thousesas
wellasdomesticgarmentmanufact
urers.Youcandef
inethej
obprofi
l
eofy ouremploy
ees
basedontheseandifr
equir
edyoumodifythesame.

I
fyoudon’twanttoreadthewholepostandwantachartforunder
standi
ngt
hepr
imar
yjob
r
esponsi
bil
i
tiesoft
hedif
fer
entdepar
tment
s,seet
hei
nfogr
aphic.

1.Mar
ket
ingdepar
tment

Themar
ket
ingdepar
tmenti
nagar
mentcompanyi
sresponsi
blef
ormar
ket
ingpr
oduct
smade
byt
hefact
ory,f
indi
ngnewcust
omers,andbri
ngingmoreandmor eor
dersf
ort hecompany.A
mar
ket
ingdepart
menti
sheadedbyt
hemar ket
ingmanagerandsuppor
tedmarketi
ngteam.

Theymeetwi t
hprospect
sandexist
ingbuyer
s.Theyshow thei
rlat
estpr
oductdevel
opment
(desi
gns)t
othebuyer
.Theyar
egi
venresponsi
bil
i
tyf
orbusi
nessdevel
opmentf
orthecompany.

Thi
sdepart
mentshowcasesfactor
y’sabi
l
ityf
ordev
elopi
ngnew desi
gns,f
act
orycompl
i
ance,
andqual
i
typol
i
cyandquali
typerf
ormance.

The mostcommon mar ket

place formanuf act
urer
si sint
ernat
ionalapparelshows and
exhi
bit
ions,wher
ebuyer
sandseller
smeett ofindeachot
her
.Intheexhibi
ti
on,buy
erspi
ckthei
r
i
nter
estingdesi
gnandpl
aceordersifthei
rtargetpri
ceismet
.

Inthisint
ernetage,gar mentfactor
iesbui
ldwebsitesformarket
ingpur
poseandincreaset
heir
visi
bil
it
ytopot ent
ialcustomers.Smallf
actor
iespostthei
rpr
oductinonl
ineyel
lowpagesanddo
contentmar keti
ngtor eachabi ggermarket
.SocialMedial
ikeFacebook,Li
nkedI
nandTwi t
ter
areusedasmar keti
ngt ool
s.

Morethanj ustdevel
opingnewcl ient
s,ret
aini
ngexisti
ngcustomerisalsoimportant.Toret
ain
yourexi
stingcustomers,y ouneedt osati
sfyyourcustomer
sbyshi ppi
ngqual i
typroduct
sand
ti
melydeli
v er
yandpr ovidi
ngqualit
yservi
ces.Themainmant ratoret
aincustomersandmaki ng
them marketerforyouist odel
ivermorethany ouarepaidfor.Del
iv
ermor ethancommi tment
andcustomerexpect at
ions.

2.Desi
gndepar
tmentact
ivi
ti
es

Appar eldesi
gndepart
menti sresponsi
bleforproductdevel
opment .Theyfocusondev el
oping
garmentdesi gnsinsimilarproductcategori
est hecompanydoesi t
sbusi ness.Desi
gners
developnewdesi gncoll
ecti
onev er
yseason.Designersmakedesi gnsaspert helat
estt
rends
andbuy er
stest.Forbi
gmanuf act
urer
s,thedesigningdepart
mentpl aysani mpor t
antr
olein
ret
ainingcustomersbyshowingnewdesi gnstotheirbuy
ersinever
yseason.

Desi
gner
sdev
elopal
i
brar
yforf
abr
ics,
tri
msandaccessor
ies,
andf
orgar
ment
s.

Appar
elret
ail
ersandbrandst
hosehaveownmanuf
act
uri
ngset
-up,nor
mal
l
ysetupt
hedesi
gn
depar
tmentfordev
elopi
ngnewdesi
gns.

3.Mer
chandi
singDepar
tment

Mer chandising depart

mentwor ks as a mediatorin between fact
ory and buy
ers.This
depart menti sconsi
deredast heheartandsoulofthecompany .Theycoordi
nat
ewi t
hbuyers
foror ders,sendgarmentsampl esf orbuy
erapprovalandrecei
v ecommentsonsampl esand
otherappr ov al
s.Merchandiserpr
eparesthebi
llofmat er
ial
s,prepar
esgarmentcosti
ngsheet
andf ollowsupofpr oducti
onactiv
iti
es.
Merchandi
singdepar
tmenti
sfor
medwithateam ofseni
ormerchant
sandjuni
ormerchants.
Wherefact
or i
esworkwit
hmanybuy
ers,eachmerchanti
sal
locat
edspeci
fi
caccount
swi t
ha
coupl
eofbuy er
s.

Inbiggerfact
ori
esmer chandi
singteam isgiv
enspeci f
icresponsi
bil
it
iesassamplingmer chant
and producti
on merchant.Based on theirprofi
le,sampling merchant
slooki nto sampling
acti
vit
iesandcommuni catewi t
hbuyer
sonl yforsampledev el
opmentandquer i
esonsampl i
ng.
Producti
onmer chanti
sinvolvedinmerchandi
singactiv
iti
esrelat
edtobulkproducti
on,planni
ng,
sourci
ngandpr oducti
onfoll
owup.

Mer
chandi
singdepar
tmentact
ivi
ti
es

Communi
cat
ewi
thbuy
ers

Rev
iewt
hegar
mentsampl
e

Dev
elopgar
mentsampl
e

Pr
oductcost
ing

Dev
elopgoodr
elat
ionshi
pwi
thcust
omer
s

Schedul
i
ngofpr
e-pr
oduct
ionandpr
oduct
ionact
ivi
ti
es

Pr
epar
ingBi
l
lofMat
eri
al(
BOM)andf
abr
ici
ndent

Sour
cer
awmat
eri
als

Pr
ovi
dequal
i
tyappr
oval

Pr
epar
ePr
oduct
ionFi
l
e

ConductPr
e-Pr
oduct
ionMeet
ing

Execut
eor
der
s

Pr
ovi
dingaf
tersal
esser
vices

4.Pat
ter
nMaki
ngDepar
tment

Patt
ernmakingdepart
mentmakesgar mentpatter
nsanddigi
ti
zepatt
ernst
oCAD.CADst ands
forComputerAidedDesign.Pat
ter
nmakingdepar t
mentisheadedbyPatt
ernmast
er.Patt
ern
makingdepart
mentisalsoknownasthetechni
caldepar
tment
.

Fol
l
owi
ngar
ethemaj
orAct
ivi
ti
esofPat
ter
nMaki
ngDepar
tment
Pat
ter
nMaki
ng

Pat
ter
nGr
adi
ng

Sampl
eDev
elopment

Gar
mentFI
Tchecki
ngandcor
rect
ionofpat
ter
ns

I
ncor
por
atebuy
er’
scomment
sonsampl
es

Maki
ngpr
oduct
ionv
iabl
esampl
e

Fabr
icConsumpt
ionCal
cul
ati
on

Mar
kerpl
anni
ng

5.Sampl
i
ngDepar
tment

Samplingdepartmentmakesal lki
ndofsampl esthatneedtobesubmitt
edt othebuyer
.
Samplingdepart
mentchecksfitoft
hesample.Sampli
ngdepar
tmentcommunicat
espr
obl
ems
rel
atedtoorder
stotheproduct
iondepar
tment
.

Asmentionedi
nt heabov
et hati
nsmal
lsi
zefactor
ies,pat
ternmaki
ng,andsampl
ingi
skepti
n
onedepart
ment.Theyhavecommonact
ivi
ti
es.Samplingdepart
ment
’sacti
vi
ti
esar
e

Readi
nggar
mentspecandunder
standi
ngwor
kmanshi
poft
hegar
ment
.

Assi
sti
ngmer
chant
sinpr
epar
ingbi
l
lofmat
eri
alf
ort
hesampl
e

Cal
cul
ati
ngf
abr
icconsumpt
ion

Makinggarmentsampl
esbyf
oll
owi
ngcompl
etepr
ocessesofcut
ti
ng,sewi
ng,f
ini
shi
ngand
checki
ng.

Measur
ementallsamplesandcheckthequali
tyoft
hegar
mentsampl
es.Pr
epar
equal
i
ty
i
nspect
ionr
epor
tformeasur
ementandv
isual
s.

Fabr
icshr
inkaget
esti
sdonei
ngar
mentf
orm.

Coordi
natewit
hpr oduct
iont
eam aboutcommuni
cat
eaboutcr
it
icalpoi
ntsf
orst
it
chi
ngand
handli
ngofasty
le

6.Fabr
icSt
oreandf
abr
icsour
cingdepar
tment

Thefabr
icstor
ei shandledbyFabricin-char
geandt hein-char
geisassist
edbyat eam of
hel
persforl
oadingandunl oadi
ngf abr
icsandi ssui
ngfabrictocutt
ingdepart
ment.Fabri
c
depar
tmentr
ecei
v esandstor
esallki
ndoff abr
ics.Fabri
crol
lsarekepti
ntherackoronwooden
pal
let
s.
Fol
l
owi
ngar
ethemaj
orAct
ivi
ti
esoft
hef
abr
icst
ore

Sour
cingofFabr
ics

Recei
veRawMat
eri
als

Checki
ngofGr
eigeandFi
nishedf
abr
ic

Pr
epar
eshadebandf
ordy
edandpr
int
edf
abr
ics

Basi
cTest
ingofPhy
sical
proper
ti
esoff
abr
ics

Mai
ntai
ninv
ent
oryr
ecor
dforf
abr
ics

Fabr
icI
ssue

Fabr
icpr
int
ing

Fabr
icReconci
l
iat
ion

Communi
cat
ionwi
thFabr
icsuppl
i
er

Al
sor
ead:
Fabr
icssour
cingpr
ocedur
e

7.Tr
imsandAccessor
ySt
ore

Li
kefabr
icstor
e,thisst
orerecei
vesal
lki
ndoftr
imsandaccessor
iesandstor
einracks.Small
si
zefact
ori
es,fabri
candtri
m storear
eheadedbythesameperson.Andthefunct
ionsofthi
s
depar
tmenti
ncludesfol
l
owings.

*Sour
cingt
ri
msl
i
kesewi
ngt
hreadandpacki
ngaccessor
ies

*Checki
ngofTr
imsandaccessor
iesi
nter
m ofqual
i
tyandquant
it
y

*St
ori
ngt
ri
msandi
nvent
orymai
ntenance

*Tr
im andaccessor
yissue

*Dy
ingoft
ri
msl
i
ket
wil
ltape

*Ar
rangi
ngt
ri
msi
nracksorbi
ntogett
ri
mseasi
l
ywhent
her
equestr
ecei
vedf
rom someone.

8.Pr
oduct
ionPl
anni
ngandCont
rol
depar
tment

Producti
on planni
ng depar
tmentisresponsi
bleforplanni
ng and scheduli
ng orders.Thi
s
departmentisknownasPPC depar tment.Theyexecuteproduct
ionanddof ol
low withall
producti
onprocesses.Pr
oduct
ionpl
anni
ngandscheduli
ngofactivi
ti
esareessenti
altoprocur
e
raw materi
alont i
me,complet
eproduct
ionacti
vi
ti
esont i
meandabl ehandovershipmenton
t
ime.

Smal
lsi
zefact
ori
esdonotkeepasepar at
edepar
tmentforpr
oducti
onpl
anning.Mer
chandi
ser
s
dopl
anni
ngofpre-
product
ionact
ivi
ti
esandpr
oducti
onheadprepar
esaproducti
onpl
an.

Fact
ori
est
hosehav
esepar
atePPCdepar
tment
,fol
l
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
esar
ecar
ri
edoutbyt
hem.

*JoborTaskSchedul
i
ng

*Mat
eri
alRequi
rementPl
anni
ng(
Inv
ent
ory
)

*Loadi
ngPr
oduct
ion

*Pr
ocesssel
ect
ion&pl
anni
ng

*Faci
l
ityl
ocat
ion

*Est
imat
ingquant
it
yandcost
sofpr
oduct
ion

*Capaci
typl
anni
ng

*Li
nepl
anni
ng

*Pr
oduct
ionf
oll
owupandexecut
ion

9.Cut
ti
ngdepar
tmentact
ivi
ti
es

Thi
sdepar tmentisresponsi
bleforcutti
ngoff abri
csandfeedingsewingdepar t
mentwith
cutt
ings.Cutti
ngdepart
ment’scapacit
yisplannedasperdai lyfeedi
ngrequir
ementt othe
sewinglines.Cutt
ingdepart
mentsetupwi thcut ti
ngdepart
menthead,cutters,spr
eaders,
quali
tychecker
s,andhel
persforsor
ti
ng,pl
ynumber i
ngandbundli
ng.

Li
stofact
ivi
ti
esoft
hecut
ti
ngdepar
tmenti
sasf
oll
ows

*Fabr
icr
ecei
vi
ngf
rom t
hef
abr
icst
ore

*Fabr
icr
elaxat
ion

*Cutpl
anni
ng

*Fabr
icspr
eadi
ng/
lay
eri
ngont
hecut
ti
ngt
abl
e

*Mar
kerPl
anni
ng

*Mar
kermaki
ng
*Cut
ti
ngoff
abr
ics

*Sor
ti
ng,
Bundl
i
ngandnumber
ingofgar
mentpl
i
es(
par
ts)

*I
nspect
ionofcutcomponent
s

*Sor
ti
ngofpr
int
edandembr
oider
ypanel
s

*Re-
cut
ti
ngofpanel
s

*Fusi
ngGar
mentComponent
s

10.Sewi
ngDepar
tment

Mainjobsoft hesewingdepartmentarest
it
chingofgarment
.Inthesewi
ngfloor
,vari
ous
ty
pesofpr oduct
ionsyst
emsandl inelay
outareused.Fact
ori
esei
therwor
kinanassemblyli
ne
orgroupsystem.Majortasksoft
hisdepart
mentareasfoll
owsbutnotl
imi
tedt
otheseonl
y.

*Li
neset
ti
ng

*Gar
mentst
it
chi
ng

*Mar
kingpar
ts

*I
roni
nggar
mentcomponent
s

*Checki
ngofst
it
chedgar
ment
s

*St
it
chi
ngAl
ter
ati
on

*Document
ati
on

11.Machi
neMai
ntenanceDepar
tment

Thi
sdepartmentr
epai
rmachinesand lookaf
termai
ntenanceofsewi
ng machi
nes.Maj
or
act
ivi
ti
esoft
hemachi
nemai
ntenancedepart
mentar
e

*Machi
nesetup

*Repai
ri
ngsewi
ngmachi
nes

*Mai
ntai
ningi
nvent
oryofmachi
nepar
ts

*Doi
ngpr
event
ivemai
ntenancef
ormachi
nesandequi
pment

12.I
ndust
ri
alEngi
neer
ingDepar
tment

I
ndustrialEngi
neeri
ng depar
tmentassist
sproducti
ondepar t
menti nsetti
ng l
ine,i
mpr ov
ing
productionandmeasuringproducti
onperf
ormance.Majoracti
vit
iesofIndust
ri
alEngineer
ing
departmentareproductanal
ysis,maki
ngoperat
ionbul
l
etin,cal
culat
inggarmentSAM,maki ng
l
i
nelayoutandwor
kst
ati
onl
ayout
.Theycapt
urepr
oduct
iondat
aandpr
epar
edai
l
ypr
oduct
ion
r
epor
t.

I
nat
ypi
cal
gar
mentuni
t,i
ndust
ri
alengi
neer
ingdepar
tmenthandl
esf
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
es

*Est
imat
ingt
heSAM oft
hegar
mentf
oranewst
ylef
orcost
ing

*Cal
cul
ati
ngt
hreadconsumpt
ionf
orgar
ment
s

*Pr
ovi
dingoper
ati
onal
breakdownwi
thSAM andt
argetf
oreachoper
ati
onf
oranor
der(
sty
le)

*Selecti
onofmachi
nesandwor
k-ai
dsandnumberofmachi
nesf
oreachoper
ati
onofa
par
ti
cularor
der

*Met
hodi
mpr
ovement
sthr
oughmet
hodst
udy

*Ti
mest
udyoft
heoper
ator
s

*Capaci
tySt
udyofoper
ator
s

*Li
neBal
anci
ng

*Cal
cul
ati
ngdi
rectl
aborcost

*Devel
opdetai
l
edpr
oduct
ionmet
hods,
from det
ail
edmanual
mov
ement
stomaj
ordeci
sionson
t
echnol
ogy.

*Document
ati
onofal
lmet
hodsusi
ngmanual
s,comput
er-
basedsy
stem asappr
opr
iat
e.

*Oper
atorper
for
mancei
mpr
ovement

*Oper
atort
rai
ningpr
ogr
am

*Pr
oduct
ionCont
rol
syst
em

Ify ou pl
anning to setup a gar
mentfact
ory
,you mustconsi
deremploy
ing i
ndustr
ial
engineers.Don’tfearaboutext
ramanpowercostbuty
ouwi l
lgetaret
urnofit
.Youhav eto
uti
l
izeIE’sskil
li
npr oductandpr
oducti
onpl
anni
ng.

13.Washi
ngdepar
tment

Somet i
mesgarmentsneedtobewashi
ngafterst
it
chi
ngt
or emovedust
,tr
acingmarkandto
giveawashedl ooktot hegar
ment
.Thisdepart
mentwashesthegarments,cutpanel
s(i
f
requi
red),
washgarmentsampl
esasr
equi
red.

14.Fi
nishi
ngdepar
tment
Sti
tchedgarmentsarefini
shedpr iort
opackingint
opolybag.Maj oractiv
iti
esofaf i
nishing
departmenti
ncl
udethreadtrimming,checki
ngofgarment
sandironing.Packingdepar
tmenti n
af act
oryworkssidebysi deoft hefini
shi
ngdepart
ment.Fol
ding,taggingandpackingof
garmentsaredoneint hefinishi
ngdepartment
.Basedonproductcat egori
esfi
nishi
ngr oom
acti
vit
iesmayvar
y.

Act
ivi
ti
esoft
hef
ini
shi
ngdepar
tmentar
eli
stedbel
ow

*Thr
eadt
ri
mmi
ng

*At
tachbut
tonandbut
tonhol
i
ngi
ncaset
hesej
obsar
edonei
nthest
it
chi
ngsect
ion

*Checki
ngofgar
ment
s

*St
ainr
emov
ing

*Gar
mentPr
essi
ng/I
roni
ng

*Fol
dingandTaggi
ng

*Packi
ng

*Communi
cat
ewi
thi
nter
nal
depar
tment

15.Qual
i
tyCont
rol
/Qual
i
tyAssur
ancedepar
tment

Responsi
bil
i
tiesofthequal
i
tycont
roldepar
tmentmayvar
yorgani
zat
iontoor gani
zati
onbut
mainacti
vit
iesalmostr
emainthesame.Activ
iti
esoft
heQual
it
ycontroldepartmentareas
fol
l
ows.

Set
ti
ngupQual
i
tySt
andar
ds

Est
abl
i
shi
ngQual
i
tySOP

Qual
i
tyAssur
ance

Qual
i
tyCont
rol
act
ivi
ti
esatt
hePr
e-pr
oduct
ionst
age:

Audi
ti
ngi
nwar
dfabr
icandt
ri
msandensur
ingonl
yqual
i
tygoodsar
eaccept
ed.

Inv
olv
ementi
npr
oductdev
elopmentandsampl
i
ngst
ageandt
akecar
eofqual
i
tyaspect
sof
samples.

Ensur
ethatnofaul
tyf
abr
icissentf
orcut
ti
ng.I
fami norf
aul
tispr
esenti
nthef
abr
ic,def
ects
shoul
dbemar kedonthefabri
candthesamet hi
ngmustbecommuni cat
edt
othecut t
ing
depar
tment
.

Pr
epar
ingt
heaudi
trepor
toft
hef
abr
icandt
ri
msqual
i
ty.
Conduct
ingpr
e-pr
oduct
ionmeet
ingbef
orepr
oduct
ionst
art
.

Suppor
ti
ngdepar
tment
sandt
hei
ract
ivi
ti
es

Depart
mentsi fagarmentf act
orythosearenodi r
ect
lyinv
olv
edi ngar
mentproducti
onbut
supportgarmentproducti
on team to per
form thei
rworksmoot hly
.Necessar
ysupporti
ng
depart
ments are Accounti
ng,EDP,Shi pping and documentat
ion,Human resour
ce and
Administ
rat
ion.

16.Account
sdepar
tmentact
ivi
ti
es

Account
ingdepartmentpr
eparepayrol
lforemploy
ees,gi
vepay
ment
stowor
ker
sandwr
it
e
checksf
orst
affs.Theymanageaccount
softhecompany.

Maint
ainrecor
dsofsuppl
i
erpaymentandfoll
ow upwithbuyer
sforpendi
ngpay
ment
.Thi
s
depar
tmentisi
nvol
vedi
nal
lki
ndpaymentandcashmanagement.

17.HumanResour
ceandAdmi
nist
rat
ion

Thi
sdepar
tmenti
sconcer
naboutt
hesoci
ali
ssueoft
heempl
oyee.Theyl
ookaf
terr
ecr
uit
ing
andempl
oyeewel
far
e.

Thi
sdepar
tmentmai
ntai
nsempl
oyeeat
tendanceandabsentr
ecor
ds.

Handl
elabouri
ssues

Fact
orycompl
i
anceandsoci
alcompl
i
ance

Newempl
oyeeor
ient
ati
on

18.El
ect
roni
cDat
aPr
ocessi
ng(
EDP)

Garmentfact
ori
esusemanyelect
roni
csit
emssuchascomput ers,
pri
nter
,Barcodesyst
emsetc.
Computersareusedfordai
l
yactivi
ti
esli
kemaili
ng,makingreport
sandaccount i
ngsoftwar
e,
EPRsetc.AnEDPdepart
mentisnecessar
yfort
roubl
eshooti
ngofthecomputersandsoftwar
e.

Themaj
oract
ivi
ti
esoft
hisdepar
tmentar
e

Pur
chasi
ngel
ect
roni
cit
ems

Br
eakdownmai
ntenanceofcomput
ersandot
herhar
dwar
e

Suppor
ti
ngi
nter
netandmai
l
ingact
ivi
ti
es

Pr
otect
ingt
hecompany
’sser
verf
rom out
sidebugsandv
iruses

Dat
abasemai
ntenance
Repor
tgener
ati
ng

19.Shi
ppi
nganddocument
ati
on

Shi
ppi
ng and documentati
on depart
ment pr
epar
e shipment r
elat
ed document
s. They
communi
catewi
thbuyer
sf orshi
pmentdi
spat
chandsendt
heshipmentt
obuyers.

Note:Thel i
stofgarmentfactorydepartmentsshownint
hisarti
clear
ecommonlyfoundinthe
averagefactor
ies.I
tnotnecessarythatal
l gar
mentmanuf
actur
ingcompani
eswil
lhaveall
these
departments.In small-
scalefactories acti
vi
ti
es ofmult
ipl
e depart
ment
s ar
e given toa
departmenttoreduceoverhead.