Production Calculation in Garment Industry

How to Calculate Garment Production

Swati Wadekar
Executive IE officer at Pratibha Syntex, Indore
Email: [email protected] The fashion industry has become more competitive day by day and garment manufacturers are struggling to make good profit. To make a good position in the market and to beat the competition, the garment industry must have to streamline the production process and continue to try to make it more efficient. Maintaining a successful garment industry becomes challenging if material preparation during production is not done well. What is Production?
Production is the total number of pieces made by workers in a line or group in a given time. It’s also called daily output. What is the Production Process?
Production is a process in which finished products are manufactured from raw material or components. In a garment factory, the production process includes various processes like laying, marking, cutting, stitching, checking, finishing, pressing and packing. How to Calculate Garment Production?
Garment production calculation is a very important task. It has  important role in shipping the goods timely. In the garment industry, people use different ways or formulas to figure out how to calculate the product. There are some formulas to calculate production in garment manufacturing industry. Most of the industries use Excel sheets for preparing such calculation where formulas are pre filled in excel sheets. a) Hourly production target:
Hourly production target is calculated for individual target as well as line target. By calculating the hourly production target, we get to know how many pieces can be produced in one hour. Hourly production target calculation is a part of an Operation Bulletin (OB) and daily production report. Following formula is used to calculate hourly target. Hourly production target = (60/ Operation SAM) Some examples are given for more understanding. | Sr. no. | Operation name | SAM | Target/HR (60/SAM) | |