Productivity in clothing: 3 effects of the lack of quality of raw materials

How much do you care about the quality of the raw materials you use in your production? Despite being one of the essential factors, not all companies carry out the inspection process correctly, which generates losses and reduces production productivity, profit margin and also impacts the possibility of growth. Check out now 3 effects of the lack of quality of raw materials and find out ways to solve them!

Drop in knit/fabric yield affects production productivity

Each mesh you purchase allows you to make a certain number of pieces and, when they have defects, they can affect this quantity. Therefore, it is important to know what the ROI is of the roll of mesh you are purchasing for your clothing. The ROI of the mesh roll is the Return on Investment, that is, it calculates how much the company gained or lost with the investment it made in the roll. Understand better here. Thinking about saving money, many people choose the cheapest rolls, thinking they will have a greater return. The problem is that these rolls can be of low quality and end up generating more costs, requiring more fabric to produce. Therefore, the cost-benefit is not worth it and there is also the risk of ending up losing parts of the fabrics if they have stains, holes and other problems.

Rework

Another problem with the lack of quality of raw materials that ends up affecting productivity in manufacturing is rework. It may happen that a roll with certain characteristics is designed in the equipment and, when it reaches the manufacturing stage, the characteristics are different. In this case, the only option left is to re-fit the system. This generates rework and, consequently, a waste of time that affects the productivity of the process as a whole.

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Increase in the second quality index for the sake of productivity in clothing

In some clothing factories, pieces that do not comply with quality control are discarded. In others, the pieces are sold for prices well below the common product that does not have the defects. This is a way to avoid such large losses. The problem is that the second quality piece has the same production cost as those sold at a higher price. Therefore, even if the defective parts are sold, they will not generate much profit and may still result in losses.

What can be done to solve these problems and improve productivity in manufacturing?

The solution to maintaining the quality of raw materials and avoiding the problems we mentioned is modern and efficient quality control. There is no point in carrying out manual checking, which, in addition to being time-consuming, is susceptible to many errors.

With the appropriate equipment, it is possible to avoid problems with many processes and also ensure agility to increase productivity. Doubt? Continue reading and check out some of the solutions:

Knitwear washer: in 20 minutes, with a small sample of the fabric, you can identify the percentage of shrinkage, dimensional changes and other factors that can ensure the quality of the material.

Proofreader: analyzes various characteristics such as width, meters of usable area, yield, grammage. This is the end of collecting the roll during wrapping, you can quickly find out when you receive the product whether the fabric follows what was stated at the time of purchase.

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Relaxer: traditional relaxation takes hours to complete. With the relaxer you can complete the process in minutes and still manage to eliminate dimensional defects in the cut pieces. This gives you more agility and quality for fitting, which is done immediately from roll to roll.

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