Wednesday 2 December 2015

STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURE FOR SEWING PRODUCTION SYSTEM

STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURE FOR SEWING PRODUCTION SYSTEM

1.      Department Structure and Attendance: Factory must have complete department structure comprising of all relevant categories to have smooth operational function. Daily attendance details certified by P.M. must be available in each section for management information.

2.      Style file (Folder): Merchandising department must provide style file with complete details to all concerned departments. This file must be contained with latest technical specifications and comments from buyer.

3.      Sewing production plan: Planning department must provide the production plan for each order to all concerned departments. Any changes or revisions will be made due to any reason; planning department has to update all concerned parties immediately. 

4.      Approved sample: Approved sample with comments, which will be certified by Q.A.M. has to be displayed in line until total order completion. Have to keep this sample safely for future reference in completion of style.                                       

5.      Finish Patterns: Line production staff has to finalize required finish patterns with cut marks/notches and other work aids at Line sample process and have to certify by Sample / Technical department & QA Manager.

6.      Line sample:
                                                              i.      Production staff has to collect all the details, actual fabrics and trims for the preparation of line sample. This should be at least 3 days prier to line feeding.

                                                            ii.      This sample to be done with the involvement of line in charge, line supervisor, line Q.C, work study officer, Mechanic & technical/sample room. Have to follow buyer’s sample, comments and operational break down prepared by work study officer.

                                                          iii.      This sample to be evaluated by line Q.C. and sample evaluation report will be submitted to Q. A. M. to comments at the P.P. meeting. 



7.         Pre production Meeting ( Internal):
                                                              i.      P.P. meeting (internal) to be held with the involvement of F.M., P.M., Q.A.M., I.E department, Sample / Technical department, production staff of the line, Finishing, merchandiser, mechanic, Stores etc.
                                                            ii.      Comments in the line sample evaluation and buyer’s latest comments to be reviewed very closely and taken care.
                                                          iii.      Fabric and trim inventory report to be obtained by the stores prior to conduct P.P. meeting.
                                                          iv.      Must have received all lab dips, fabric shrinkage, shade band, color continuity card, pull test etc at this stage.
                                                            v.      Complete order file to be received by line staff prior to P.P. meeting.
                                                          vi.      PP meeting minutes should be recorded & all participants must sign and acknowledge the PP meeting minute record.


8.      Line lay out and manpower allocation: Have to get machine layout from I.E. department and required machinery and attachments from maintenance department. Have to sort out suitable operators with consultation of P.M., Line in charge and Work study officer by referring the Skill Inventory.

                                   
9.      Stores requisition: These requisitions to be prepared by section supervisor and have to obtain signature of P.M for authorization.

10.  In put:  Line supervisor is responsible to receive in put as per Bundle chart and have to assure quantity receiving is correct. Also have to issue input to the line as per the sequence in the Bundle chart and the same to be maintained in each operation up to out put.

11.  Style feeding: Have to feed each operation with correct demonstration to operator. Must complete line feeding report by line Q.C. to accept and agree with line supervisor, Work study officer and other prod. Staff to proceed with each operation. 

                                                              i.      Have to maintain Style feeding time record by the Work Study Officer.

                                                            ii.      With the leadership of line chief all operators and helpers to be educated about each job that has to be performed before proceeding with bulk. Necessary work aids, Mockups, Sketches with illustrations pertaining to operation will be helpful to operator to follow.





12.   Hourly individual production: To be recorded by supervisor. In case of finding any production drop by operator due to any reason action to be taken immediately and have to keep line in charge and P.M informed


13.  Bundle Tracking: In line Work in progress & Output quantities to be monitored against bundle chart which will be used from input.


14.  Daily Manpower Allocation & Transfer records should be maintained daily by Line wise. This record to be certified by Line Chief, Work Study Officer & Production Manager.


15.  Daily line forecast meeting: Daily line forecast meeting to be conducted by P.M., Q.A.M., Line Q.C., Work Study Officer with production staff and mechanic to review status of running production. Suggest participation of F.M. in this meeting. Important points to be recorded & followed up. 


16.  Revision of S.M.V.’s: Line chief has to discuss about individual targets with Work Study Officer in case of revision needed for S.M.V within three days after feeding the line.

17.  Over time authorization: This record is to be certified by supervisory staff and section heads. O.T plan to be prepared after reviewing working progress and request to be made by Line chief, certified by work study officer to submit PM / GM for authorization.    

18.  Loss time recording: Work study officer should record line wise loss time (Non productive time). Line chief & the responsible department for the each loss time should sign & confirm this record.


19.  Bottle neck solving procedure: Line supervisor and work study officer have to review line working progress. With consultation of P.M. and I.E. manager, plan to be made for bottle neck solving. Have to obtain prior approval from F.M. for Over Time. Also the lost time with records to be considered by the management for this extra time required to be used and corrective action to be taken to minimize lost time.




20.  Daily Efficiency report: Daily line efficiency report to be prepared by I.E Department and to be submitted to GM before 9.30am daily. Action to be taken in the daily forecast meeting will be reviewed through this report. 

21.  Skill development procedure: I.E department will take the initiative of grading workers and recommending to P.M. for skill development. Worker will be trained under the training instructor and details of training period and performance to be recorded by the training department. I.E. department will evaluate training worker for necessary grading and G.M. / F.M will authorize to H.R formalities. Have to maintain skill inventory for each line.


22.  Weekly progress meeting: This meeting to be conducted by G.M/F.M with the involvement of all departmental heads on last working day of the week to update the status of all running orders and corrective action to be taken before the beginning of next week. All key productivity indicators to be reviewed in this meeting.

23.  Visual production board: Production board will be displayed in front of each line and production recorder or line supervisor is responsible for record with correct figures hourly.

24.  Goods transfer record: Sewing section have to maintain detailed goods transfer record for goods sending for washing / finishing.

25.  Style reconciliation: Line chief has to submit style reconciliation report in completion of production for each style to G.M. through P.M.



                                                                 Prepared By: Md. Tarikul Islam
                                                                                   01912885383
                                                                       jonytex073@gmail.com


1 comment: