Role of IE Department in Cutting Section
An Industrial engineering (IE) section plays a vital role in cutting sections to save consumption, cutting efficiency increasing, and proper utilization of fabrics. As cutting is the starting of the garments manufacturing process, costing saving mainly depends on the best utilization of fabrics and fabric utilization. Cutting production should be equal to sewing or even more to sewing, so like the sewing and finishing section, the garments industry should have IE responsible person in the cutting section. There is no big change in cutting industrial engineering work, work doing like others section. If Sewing efficiency is 70%, cutting efficiency must be 85% otherwise line will be idle.
Duties and Responsibilities of an IE executive in cutting section
- Setting the cutting man ratio as per floor wise a monthly production plan.
- Day wise cutting efficiency calculation and work to increase efficiency.
- Calculate SMV according to the style-wise operation by operation.
- Cutting section weekly & monthly KPI reporting and performance follow-up.
- Training about for the SMV, manpower reduces, efficiency increase, production develops, & wastage work reduce.
- Hourly production monitoring & day wise Target production forecast & achieve.
- Cutting capacity study
- Make weekly and daily cutting plans.
- Production increase purpose will be arranged instruments & tools & used high technology.
- Record the Non-productive Time(NPT)
- If possible use the kaizen, Kanban system.
- Follow the cutting WIP & printing, embroidery also. Because embroidery and printing are related to cutting.
- Control the Extra Overtime.
- Every day analyzes the running style & next style minimum of 20 minutes per day in the section.
- Find out the problem & give the permanent solution all together (Responsible person of IE, Cutting QA, cutting SV, cutting in-charge, Cutting manager, Store officer, PM)
- Follow up and ensure proper numbering, shade grouping, pattern number-wise cutting, and size breakdown.
- Making style-wise cutting operation bulletin.
- Style-wise consumption checking and confirming. Proper cutting wastage management.
- Proper bundling and recut management.