Procedure for Embroidery handling....

Embroidery Process Control:

Purpose and Scope:

This procedure is expected to result in the adherence to approved quality standards of all garments that undergo Embroidery production process and also ensure accuracy of accountability of the garments moving between departments and Embroidery section. 

Responsibilities:

Factory Quality Manager and Cutting Manager are responsible to follow the entire process and co-ordinate between the merchandising team and the Embroidery section to maintain a smooth operation with quality. He /they will report to the Head of Manufacturing Operation.

Procedure:

1.    Relevant merchandiser will provide the Embroidery approval artwork to Embroidery Plant through the Embroidery section In charge and keep record of submission.

2.    Embroidery Plant will get a Bulk Embroidery approval prior to start production from respective factory quality manager .

3.    Handover garments Parts where Embroidery will applicable to the concerned person at the Embroidery plant & similarly update the records.

4.    Acquire and maintain receipt acknowledgment from the concerned person at the Embroidery plant on the delivery challan issued by Factory.

5.    QA team will visit to the Embroidery plant from time to time and check the Embroidery complete garments randomly to ensure they meet the approved quality standards. 

Pls make sure the below process followed by Embroidery plant:

a.      Embroidery is a decorative stitch which is placed on the garment to enhance its properties or advertise the brand of the garment.

There are styles that need the pocket, front or sleeve to be embroidered. It is the embroidery section supervisor’s responsibility to get the correct embroidery disk or tape from the production coordinator.

This tape is placed on the machine and the machine is set up to run 20 embroideries at once based on machine capacity.

The supervisor will adjust the machine speed so that it is suitable for the different fabric and embroidery types.

Approved standard will be hanging with machine and follow according style.

When the embroidery operation is completed in embroidery section then all the pieces are checked quality of 100% parts and pass through needle detector machine and send it to sewing factory against delivery challan.

g.       After adjusting the machine in embroidery section , supervisor will check some samples to ensure that the machine is set up correctly. Embroidery operator will get the Q.C’s approval before the bulk production. The Q.C inspector will inspect the 100% pieces in a bundle. If they find one or more defects out of the pieces they inspect then the entire bundle will be rejected and immediately report to embroidery section In charge. If they find no defects of the bundle then the bundle will be released for the next process. Then inspection procedure is the same as in-line Q.C system.

h.      To ensure that the embroidery production is going to be acceptable in order to proceed with metal free cut parts to sewing line to minimize and control garment quantity and minimize garment rejection due to embroidery mistakes.

Outcome:

Entire cut which is going to be produced will be without embroidery mistakes.

Minimize garments rejection due to embroidery defects.

This metal detection procedure will ensure product safety, legality and quality.

6.    Finally Sewing Factory cutting section will include all the parts together and deliver to sewing line.

7.    Cutting quality inspector must check each cut received from embroidery 100% for its quality and quantity and check thru needle detector machine to ensure any broken needle parts/metal parts not with garments and keep records accordingly.

8.    Cutting in-charge has to follow bundle chart and ensure the entire cut received is as per its Quantity and number sequence.

9.    Any panel is to be returned in embroidery section for rectifying should be noted down in this report and should ensure that each panel will be returned to each bundle after correction or replacement.

10. Q.A (Quality assurance) Manager and Cutting in-charge must ensure each bundle which is going to be issued to the sewing line will be 100% correct and acceptable with quantity too.

11. Full responsibility delegated to the embroidery section or plant about standard quality and each panel must be check for quality point advised by the QC (Quality controller) and its Quality Manager. QC has to submit this report to the QA Manager on daily basis.

12. Before sewing line input, Q.I (Quality in-charge) will check each bundle which is going to be passed through metal detector machine, also will be 100% correct and acceptable with quantity.