Category: Garments

How do they gets order from buyers?

Business, CAD, Garments, Merchandising
How do they gets order from buyers

Garments factory produced garments and shipment to various country by on land transportation, Sea or by air and makes profit. They use LC transaction system most of the time get the money.  When the manufacturer failed to complete the full PO quantity order on time than they send the goods to buyer by air which is much expensive than sea shipment.

Have you ever been curious to know? How exactly they execute all of those process? No…………o! If yes; than you might be get some information but not completely satisfied you. Isn’t it? Today I’ll try to make you a little clearer about this matter. Let’s ask a few question and try to find out the answer.

How do they gets order from buyers?

 

Get an order to produce garments is not an easy task. Merchandiser of a factory is responsible to take order from buyer and execute the full production to shipment. The merchandiser received some product related documents like Tech Pack, Spec, and Measurement Chart from buyer’s representative. Merchandiser send those documents to Product Development (PD) Department it’s also known as Sample Section. The pattern maker makes pattern and send it to the sample making responsible to make mock up for that particular garment. Also send the pattern to CAD department to calculate the actual consumption of fabric and materials.

What is Mock Up?

Mock up is a demo structure of that garments, makes the initiating time of product development stage. PD makes to find out the difficulties it’s can be occurred during sample making and production process. Mock up helps the CAD & IE related people to find out the actual consumption materials and SMV. This sample makes from available fabric and trims which already they have in factory.

Procedure of to go for Negotiations:
Base on this value they makes approximate price for garments, which they get from CAD & and IE. The merchandiser place a price to the customer to negotiate with them. Most of the time buyer ask to reduce the price if the garments is new style. When the buyer thinks the price is reasonable they ask them to proceed for buying sample. The sample section is responsible to make desire garments however customer needs.  Representative of buyer change the garments style, shape, materials so many time in this development stage to make a proper shape and affordable price. If they like than they ask for Counter Sample (CS) to make contract seal with that factory.

What is contract Seal?

Contract seal means, the factory get the order from buyer and can be start production process as soon as they want to complete the production within shipment dead line. Factory works so hard to complete the production and prepared the shipment goods in the barrier of their

last FOB date.

How they negotiate the price of goods?

Merchandiser is the person who is responsible to do that negotiation with customer. Merchandiser go for negotiation after get the consumption summary from CAD department, SMV & threads consumption from IE Department. This process takes a little long time finalize the actual garments and is price. Its takes 60 days to 120 days depend on buyer requirement and goods price from development to shipment.

Meaning of abbreviations are used in this article

CAD      = Computer Aided Design.

SMV       = Standard Minute Value.

CS           = Counter Sample.

PD          = Product Development.

IE            = Industrial Engineering.

LC           = Letter of credit

PO          = Product Order

FOB        = Free On Board

 

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This is the best time to invest in Bangladesh

Business, Garments, News
Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority - BEPZA - Featured

Bangladesh is an economical growing country and its increasing rapidly. Past few years Bangladesh plays a vital role to producing Ready Made Garments (RMG) industry and earn a lot of foreign currency. With huge number of population this industry can select their man power so easily with paying minimum wages. This is how Bangladesh is the popular global brand who can produce low cost garments in Asia.

Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority - BEPZA

Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority – BEPZA

BEPZA: Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority provide too many facilities to invest in Bangladesh. Those opportunity could easiest to accept by any investor across the globe. Here are few of those opportunity proposed by Bangladesh export processing zone authority.

Investment guarantee

  • Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act, 1980 secures all foreign investment in Bangladesh.
  • OPIC’s (Overseas Investment Corporation, USA) insurance and finance programmes operable.
  • Security and safeguards available under Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of which Bangladesh is a member.
  • Arbitration facility of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID) available.

 

Fiscal Incentives

  • 10 years tax holiday for the Industries to be established before 1stJanuary, 2012 and Duration and rate of tax exemption for Mongla, Ishwardi & Uttara EPZ for the industries set up after January 01, 2012
Duration of Tax Exemption Rate of Tax Exemption
First 03 years (1st , 2nd  and 3rd  year) 100%
Next 03 years (4th , 5th and 6th  year) 50%
Next 01 year (7th year) 25%

Duration and rate of tax exemption for Chittagong, Dhaka, Comilla, Adamjee,& Karnaphuli EPZ for the industries set up after January 01, 2012:

Duration of Tax Exemption Rate of Tax Exemption
First 02 years (1st  and 2nd year) 100%
Next 02 years (3rd and 4th year) 50%
Next 01 year (5th year) 25%
  • Duty free import of construction materials
  • Duty free import of machineries, office equipment & spare parts etc.
  • Duty free import and export of raw materials and finished goods
  • Relief from double taxation
  • Exemption from dividend tax
  • GSP facility available
  • Accelerated depreciation on machinery or plant allowed
  • Remittance of royalty, technical and consultancy fees allowed
  • Duty & quota free access to EU, Canada, Norway, Australia, etc

Non – Fiscal Incentives

  • 100% foreign ownership permissible
  • Enjoy MFN (most favored nation) status
  • No ceiling on foreign and local investment
  • Full repatriation of capital & dividend
  • Foreign Currency loan from abroad under direct automatic route
  • Non-resident Foreign Currency Deposit (NFCD) Account permitted
  • Operation of FC account by ‘B’ and ‘C’ type Industries allowed.

Facilities

  • No UD, IRC, ERC and renewal of Bond license
  • Work permits issued by BEPZA
  • Secured and protected bonded area
  • Off-Shore banking available
  • Import on Documentary Acceptance (DA) basic allowed
  • Back to Back L/C
  • Import and Export on CM basis allowed
  • Import from DTA (Domestic Tariff Area)
  • 10% sale to DTA (Domestic Tariff Area)
  • Customs clearance at factory site
  • Simplified sanction procedure
  • Sub-contracting with export oriented Industries inside and outside EPZ allowed
  • Relocation of foreign industries allowed
  • Accords Resident-ship and Citizenship
  • One Window same day service and simplified procedure.

Minimum wage structure-2013 are as follows:

  •   Apprentice-US$ 56.00
  •   Helper-US$ 70.00
  •   Jr. Operator-US$ 80.50
  •   Operator-US$ 85.75
  •   Sr. Operator-US$ 91.00
  •   High Skilled-US$ 140.00

The gross wage has been calculated as Basic wage + House rent 40% on Basic + Medical allowance Tk. 560 (Fixed). In addition of the above gross wage, Food or Food allowance and Transport or Transport allowance shall be provided by the enterprises.

Source
http://www.bepza.gov.bd

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Made in Bangladesh RMG

Garments, News
Made-in-Bangladesh-Featured-Image

Bangladesh is a tiny country in south Asia and this country bound by India to the north, east and west, Myanmar to the southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south. Over 163,187,000 people and 147,610 km2 area this country increasing its growing economy so faster. Economical experts say there is a huge possibility to achieve approximately 23rd position on world economical grading in 2050. The population of Bangladesh was a biggest sin as people thought but today its turn into a strong economic changing tool of Bangladesh. With the youth of this country and expert technician, operator, labor and well-educated engineers creating the history of economic revocation of Bangladesh.

Made in Bangladesh (M&S)

Made in Bangladesh (M&S)

After get the freedom in 1971 from Pakistan this country stablished a constitution in 4 November 1972. For the war of 1971, this country got an economical shock and experienced a famine across the country. From that fatal situation, this country’s economy growing rapidly till today. Today’s Bangladesh is not like how it was!

Few years back when I was try to learn English, I needed someone foreigner (who can speak English) to practice so that I can learn faster. As far as I can reach someone by online messenger or any social networks. When somebody ask me where are you from? They don’t recognize my country at first try but today I think some of those people across the universe going to know about Bangladesh.

What we get from RMG internationally business? (Ready Made Garments)

The economy of Bangladesh is largely dependent on agriculture to feed the huge amount of population. However, the Ready-Made Garments (RMG) sector has emerged as the biggest earner of foreign currency. In 1972, the World Bank approximated the gross domestic product (GDP) of Bangladesh at USD 6.29 billion, in 2014, the GDP stood at USD 173.82 billion, growing by almost 27 times in a matter of four decades. Bangladesh’s exports industry alone comprised USD 31.2 billion in financial year 2014-15, 81.69% of which was made up by ready-made garments. On its own, the knitwear sector encompasses 39.83% of total exports—a staggering USD 12.43 billion. The RMG sector has experienced an exponential growth since the 1980s. The sector contributes significantly to the GDP. It also provides employment to around 4.2 million Bangladeshis, mainly women from low income families. According to Bangladesh export processing zone authority (BEPZA) more than 64% of female worker are taking a part to production.

The growing Bangladesh has possibility to get more international importer of garments (RMG). Here is the list of the name of internationally recognized clothing fashion brand which are consistently huge number of garments are made in Bangladesh.

Made in Bangladesh (HM)

Made in Bangladesh (HM)

List of International buyers

  • Nike
  • Reebok
  • Lafuma
  • H & M (Sweden)
  • Gap
  • Brouks
  • C. Penny,
  • Walmart
  • Kmart
  • Ospig (Germany)
  • Mother Care (UK)
  • Lee
  • Wrangler
  • Dockers
  • Nba
  • Tommy Hilfiger
  • Adidas
  • Falcon (USA)
  • Edie Bauyer
  • Eagle
  • Releigh (UK)
  • Emmilee
  • Free Spiril (UK)
  • Miles (Germany)
  • American Eagle
  • Hi-Tech (UK)
  • Phillip-Maurice (UK)
  • Wins More

Investment Guarantee (Provided on BEPZA web Site)

  • Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act, 1980 secures all foreign investment in Bangladesh.
  • OPIC’s (Overseas Investment Corporation, USA) insurance and finance programmes operable.
  • Security and safeguards available under Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of which Bangladesh is a member.
  • Arbitration facility of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID) available.

Source:

http://www.bepza.gov.bd/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshi_RMG_Sector

If I missed something to include on this article or if you have any question please put a comment on comment box blew the article.

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Responsibility of sewing supervisor

Fabric, Fashion, Garments, Sewing
Responsibility of sewing supervisor

Cloth is most known particular things we used since we were baby and still we use it every single day in our life social life. This cloths we wear, is not so easy to produce, its take a long journey in production factory. One of your garments is required to look after by too many responsible people. Today’s our discussion related one of them is called sewing supervisor. Sewing section is the unit of garments which is responsible to make a proper shape and extended life of stitch to maintain the buyer quality standard.

Responsibility of a sewing supervisor

Responsibility of a sewing supervisor

Responsibility of a sewing supervisor is not like a desk job and work eight hours in a day. It’s very difficult to explain who has no personal experience in garment sector especially in underdeveloped country like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and many more. Sewing supervisor need to attend his/her duty in on production floor with hundred of sewing operators. Every production needs thousand of worker in a unit and in charge of all of them are production manager. In that case the production manager is unable to look after all of those workers so they need sewing supervisor to maintain a unit amount of worker and operator.  A sewing supervisor also observed by production manager, they get order from manager and done the job by worker. After complete the task the supervisor submit those production information in corporate office by order of production manager.

Responsibility of production supervisor

  • Planning and organizing production schedules
  • Take a look of the project and resource total amount of raw material.
  • Style Analysis with expert mind to get buyer requirement.
  • Estimating, negotiating and agreeing budgets and timescales with clients and managers
  • Ensuring that health and safety regulations are met
  • Discipline in Shop Floor
  • Operator Training needs to execute the production without any problem
  • Line Setting maintain the production system following step by step
  • Line Balancing and WIP Control
  • Determining quality control standards
  • Overseeing production processes
  • Re-negotiating timescales or schedules as necessary
  • Selecting, ordering and purchasing materials
  • Organizing the repair and routine maintenance of production equipment
  • Liaising with buyers and marketing and sales staff
  • Supervising the work of junior staff
  • Machine Selection
  • Stitching Quality
  • Meeting Target Production

Required special skill of production supervisor

  • Confidence on challenging work.
  • Technical skills in production sector.
  • Project management skills in relevant area.
  • Organisation and efficiency in factory
  • Communication skills with worker and office.
  • Team working skills with peaceful mind
  • Computer skill with MS Office and Internet
  • Problem solving skills to reducing time and money wastage.
  • Leadership and interpersonal skills to maintain worker.
  • Calculation skill to calculate any critical production calculation.

Abbreviation

WIP : Waiting to Input

In consolation I would like to share my personal experience. Most of that are requirement I shared in this article is important to do a job in a garment industry as a supervisor. But there is something I didn’t mention in this article which is smartness and ability to maintain a good relation with boss and workers. So make a position by yourself don’t give-up the sector by thinking that garments is too harder job than you thought.  Best of Luck!

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Safety in garments industry

Garments, Safety
Safety in garments industry

Industry is a place where some of products are produced by various machinery and worker. Because of too many workers do their work in a place, so they need to follow some rules and regulation to keep them healthy and safety?

Safety in garments industry

Safety in garments industry

When a designer make an industry design they never compromise the safety of the worker would be used on that production. They decide where should be the dangerous machinery keep and how they are being operated with keep the safety distance. Designer used some identified symbol to keep the labor or worker safe must be known to every person in the industry. Though most of the small sizes of industry never use the entire safety symbol but they used a few essential symbols like entry, exit, fire, alarm, hazard, store, office, maintains etc.

If we research on worker health and safety, than there is no such rules and regulation before 1995. Worker need to be healthy and safety during working time and their personal life so in 1995 created a list of rules and regulation. All those rules and regulation are given blew with symbolic information.

 

Provisions of Facilities

Safety in garments industry -Provisions of Facilities

  • Accommodation for clothing
  • Air conditioning systems
  • Atmospheric conditions
  • Common facilities
  • Drinking water
  • Seating
  • Facilities for rest
  • First aid
  • Lighting
  • Maintenance of facilities
  • Meals in places of work
  • General place of work ventilation
  • Removal of steam, fumes, dust and other contaminants
  • Toilets
  • Washing facilities
  • Drainage of floors
  • Fire precautions

General safety of provision

  • Safety general
  • Cleanliness
  • Prevention of falls
  • Safe means of access and egress
  • Safety in confined spaces
  • Training and supervision
  • Overcrowding and airspace
  • Traffic control
  • Workers employed under loads
  • Lifting heavy tools
  • Protection from harmful noise and noise control
  • Electrical installation safety
  • Portable electric equipment
  • Signs, color coding and aisle marking
  • Duties of designers, manufacturers, suppliers and sellers of plant
  • Duties of designers, manufacturers, suppliers and sellers of protective clothing and equipment
  • Restriction on the employment of young persons

Hazards substance and materials

Hazards substance and materials

Hazards substance and materials

  • Protective clothing and equipment
  • Safe work on loose materials
  • Vessels containing liquids
  • Flame cutting and welding
  • Safety in refrigerated compartments and places where electromagnetic or ionizing radiation is generated
  • Precautions with respect to explosive or flammable substances
  • Storage of materials
  • Storage of hazardous substances
  • Eliminating hazardous substances
  • Safe use of harmful substances
  • Workplace exposure standards
  • Work with compressed air and high-pressure equipment

Occupational health

Occupational health

Occupational health

  • Identification of occupational health problems in places of work
  • General hygiene
  • Prevention of infection
  • Managing occupational health
  • Advice of employees
  • Stress
  • Occupational overuse syndrome (OOS)
  • Ergonomics at work
  • Changes in working hours and shift work
  • Violence at work
  • Language and cultural considerations
  • Alcohol and drug dependence

 

All those requirement is not only for those worker who work but also important for the owner of the industry because an unsafe place never motivate a worker to do their best performance. A dangerous working place could make a dangerous situation which is definitely not profitable for business. So all those requirement should followed by all of this production industry.

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