APPAREL MANUFACTURING – II 3(3+0)

Lesson 47 : General Sewing Data

Introduction

Apparel manufacturers today need to be highly competitive in the world market which insists on ever changing styles, short production runs, delivery on time, low margins and profits.

GSD is a time – cost benchmarking, productivity improvement and social compliance solution based on a scientific and ethical method analysis technique.

GSD accurately and consistently, predicts benchmarks and communicates, time and cost prior to negotiating an order to increase the profitability of the business – in short, fact-based negotiation.

As part of a company-wide continuous improvement mission productivity is improved through complete analysis of existing manufacturing methods and comparing with the proposed new methods.

The garment industry can build international standards, precise costings, effective incentive schemes, and create balanced and more productive manufacturing lines through a good GSD system.

The GSD can address today’s business challenges of the new and existing styles that can be delivered in a short time, on time and with increased margins and profit maintaining a high level of quality and social compliance with ease.