Image makeover for the apparel industry:

New Face of Manufacturing

For many senior people, apparel manufacturing is synonymous with disconnected and misbalanced processes, copying and patching solutions, pre-designated jobs, and misaligned management. Furthermore it is characterized by decentralized functions composed of many profit center divisions which don’t factor in the performance of individual buyers or different products. This in turn means unit costs and profits cannot easily be monitored nor can deviations be improved upon. In other words, the common belief is that the manufacturing structure and management role and systems in the apparel industry today is stuck in the past.

The essential future needs of the apparel manufacturing are radically different. The sector requires an image makeover to present itself as a modern 21st century industry. Yesterday’s factory must be replaced with advanced production concepts and an objective-focused structure. It must possess a dedicated and trained workforce, greatly supported and aligned with the management team and all key support staff.

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Everyone must be engaged in maintaining the organization’s core objectives. Furthermore, factories must introduce a flat organizational structure where a just-in-time approach allows both middle and line managers real-time decision-making authority when confronted with problems which could potentially cause costly delays.

The way to achieve a flat organization is by grouping all manufacturing processes into a Value Stream Unit (VSU) with a single leader with assigned support staff. The company is fully centralized and composed of many VSUs where all relevant overhead, support and manufacturing costs are centralized and managed by each single VSU. A single VSU grouping all manufacturing and management activities and resources related to a product family makes it easy to monitor key indicators and improve for any deviations. A sewing section whose VSU includes an engineer, mechanic and quality person has immediate troubleshooting support for production supervisors and line workers. The line workers are equipped with the skillset for the entire product family; they can remain in a fixed position leading to zero waste at order changeovers.

Since the entire manufacturing process is centrally managed without any other level of management involvement, controlling and reducing unit costs will be greatly facilitated and unit profits will rise accordingly. In order to implement the VSU concept, a wide range of manufacturing processes and activities throughout the value chain covering the entire product flow must be integrated. Once achieved, the company will be able to make the continuous changes required to face both daily and long-term challenges, to meet ever-growing customer demands, and to remain and become more competitive.

Join our workshop to learn more on how to analyze, design and create the new face of apparel manufacturing covering the organization’s culture, structure, management, systems, concepts and skill sets.

Saturday, 22 October 2022 - Starts at 10:00am to 4:00pm

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