Course Outline: Apparel manufacturing TX 342, Fall 2009

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Schedule Friday & Saturday Website http//.sst.umt.edu.pk

Instructor Mr Affan Rashid Contact Affan.rashid4@gmail.com

Office Department of Textiles Office 11:00 to 17:00

Hours on Saturday

Course This course is about the fundamentals of apparel Manufacturing. Course carries the stuffing
Description like garment trade analysis, measurements, machines and complete garment manufacturing
process. Course will discuss each and every aspect of Apparel Manufacturing at surface
level.

Expected Course Outcome:

Outcomes - Participants will know the global garment trade, key players and their strengths.
- Participants will know the structure of local garment industry.
- Participant will learn the complete garment manufacturing process.
- Participants will know the particular advantages of anthropometrics measurements.
- Participant will learn the general machinery used in different types of garment
manufacturing.

Textbooks Recommended Textbooks:

1. Introduction to Clothing Manufacture by Gerry Cooklin
2. Clothing Technology for Fashion Designers by Gerry Cooklin
3. Clothing by Jeanette Weber
4. Fashion from concept to consumer By Frings, Gini Stephens
Prentice Hall, 1999
Reference Material:
1. Internet search
2. Handouts
3. Class Lectures

Assignments Individual and group assignments will Quizzes • 4-6 quizzes

be given. • Quizzes can be announced or
unannounced

Midterms A single 60-minute midterm that will Final Will cover the whole course and will
cover all material covered during the be of 2 hour duration
first half of trimester

Project Yes

Attendance Students missing more than 50% of the lectures will receive an “F” grade in the course.
Policy

Grading • Assignments: 10%

Policy
• Quizzes: 10%

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• Midterms: 20%
• Project 10%
• Final: 50%

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Reading Material Assignment

2nd Lecture
Wk 1st Lecture (Due Friday
17:00)

Evaluation Discussion and Course

Re-location of Textile Industry
Introduction
Garment Industry in Asia Class Internet
1 Global Industrial Revolution
Structure of Garment Industry Lecture Search
Transformation of Textile Industry
in Pakistan
Share of
Global Garment Trade Top buyers & Top Suppliers
different
Demand Vs Supply Pakistan’s Share in Global Class Internet
2 apparel
Data Analysis trade Lecture Search
products in
SWOT Analysis
global trade
Departments Involved Handout
History of Apparel manufacturing Internet
3 Garment Industry marketing & Class
Garment Manufacturing Process Search
Merchandising Process Lecture
Production Planning & Control Supply chain management
Procurement Department Class Internet
4 Common practices / mistakes
Lecture Search
International Benchmarks
Sampling process
Sampling of
Anthropometry and body Product development cycle Internet
5 Handout allotted
measurements & sizes Search
products
CAD
Pattern making
Order making & marker Class
6 Garment sizing systems
making Lecture

Plotting & intro of cutting Cutting techniques

department Types of cutting Class Internet
7 Layering Cutting details
Advancement in cutting Lecture Search
department
Cutting wastage & control
Midterm Exam (No lecture on this
8 calculations Handouts
day)
What is stitch / seams? Introduction to sewing
Internet
9 Types of stitches / seams machines Handouts Assignment
Search
Garment wet processing –
Introduction to different
Garment stitching process washings Internet
10
Garment finishing Garment packing Search
Apparel production systems –
Comparison

11 Project Presentations Project Presentations

12 Project Presentations What is industrial Class Role of

engineering? Lecture industrial
Time & motion study engineering in
Importance of line balancing garment

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industry

Quality control & quality

assurance
Introduction to quality
Pre-production and during Handouts
Quality inspection system in Internet Project
13 production quality control & Class
industry Search Submission
steps Lecture
Major & minor defects

Branding in Apparel industry
14 Entrepreneurship – Need of Time
Implication of government
policies in Pakistan apparel
trade
Government initiatives for
improvement of apparel trade
Class
Glimpse of textile policy
Lecture
announces
Research & development
Role of different government
institutions

15 Recap Recap

Final Exam