Assignment on Kharnaphuli Fabrics Limited Bangladesh

Nature of Business

Knit Garments Manufacturing and Exporting to Europe & USA

Type of Products

Men’s & Boy’s, Lady’s & Girl’s, Children’s T-Shirt, Polo Shirt, Sweat Shirt and Polar fleece Jacket etc.

Yearly Production Capacity  :

 Production capacity : 6 million pcs / year for Basic T-shirt

Quality Policy & Order Follow – up Policy :

 Company has the own quality control team belong to sufficient employee who are use to take care the quality of product while running the production. Quality controllers are use to follow buyer’s AQL requirement properly at the time of comparing the bulk production along with final approved sample (Approved by buyer). Normally we are use to follow AQL 2.5 but it may depends on buyer’s requirement sometime. Manufacturing units are use to start production for 100 pieces of any order at the initial stage. If Quality Controllers are satisfied to see the initial production the factory goes for bulk production only.

Company has the strong fabrics / yarns / trims sources in Bangladesh, China, Korea & India. We give GSP facility for all local fabrics. Concerned fabrics mill can do all types of necessary test in ITS or any other (suggested by buyer). There are merchandising teams to keep proper follow-up of price quotation, regular correspondence with buyer for sample, lab dips / color, trim & fabrics approval. Merchandisers in the company to do their Merchandising job smoothly. As like collect bulk fabrics, accessories & trim from various sources in home & abroad. Quality assurance as per buyer’s requirements, Shipment schedule as per L/C terms & Production planning for in time shipment. Co operates with sample, production commercial department & top management also.

Also company has the dedicated commercial personalities to handles the L/C and export documents without having any mistake to avoid unexpected delay to get release the consignment from final destination.

  We are use to follow the children safety regulation for all product properly. Like we pass all the children garments through needle detector and all buttons, rivets and any types of bow, stopper has to stand up to 90 Newton. We do the zipper test (like twist test, lateral strength test, reciprocating test etc..) also. We can extend the test requirements as per buyer’s requirements.

Types of Orders :

Company is well experienced about Catalogue orders, Pre-sold orders and orders suppose to be sold in the store.

Major Customers : 

Basic structure of kharnapuli fabrics ltd:

• Managing director/Chairman
• Executive Director/General Manager
• Finance
• Merchandiser Department

1. Marketing

2. Procurment Section

3. Sample Section

4. Sub-Contract Section

• PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

1. Cutting section

2. Sewing section

3. Finishing Section

4. Maintenance Section

• Commercial Department

1. Export and Import Section

2. Banking

• Administrative /Human Resource

1. Information system

2. Recruitment and Correct Development

3. Training

4. Compliance

5. Inventory Management

• Quality Department

1. Auditor

2. Line Q/C

• Work study

 Merchandising Department

1. Marketing

2. Procurement Section

3. Sample Section

4. Sub-Contract Section

Merchandising Department:

A merchandising division surrounds the concept of the target customer and translates customer preferences into a product line for the rest of the apparel firm. Merchandising is the planning, development and presentation of product line for identified target market with regard to prices, assortment, styling and timing.

Function of Merchandiser:

The merchandising process interacts with and may be limited by the business plan and the marketing plan. The primary components of merchandising activities included following—

     1. Line planning is the formulation of the parameters that guide line                                                                                                                                                                                          development and presentation and influences sourcing and production process

      2. Line development has subcategories of the concept, creative design, line adoption, and technical design. Line development included the actual merchandise that will fill out the line plane through some combination of product development and selecting goods at wholesale.

    3.Line presentation with subcategories of internal, wholesale, and retail Line presentation involves process required to evaluate the line and make the line visible salable. .Line presentation results in evaluation and sale of the product offering.

Marketing Section:

A marketing division is responsible for “shaping and strengthening the image of a company and it products through promotion, optimizing sales opportunities and developing alternate strategies for corporate growth.

Responsibilities of marketers:

• Conduct and report customer research.
• Position the firm relative to target markets.
• Position the firm relative to the competition.
• Develop the firm’s image.
• Propose marketing programs
• Propose advertising /promotion strategies.
• Forecast sales.

Procurement section

The basic function of Procurement is as follows:

1. Right product or materials
2. Right time
3. Right quantities
4. Right price
5. Right quality
6. Right delivery.

Sample Section:

Basic patterns or blocks are developed to reflect the firm sizing standard and fit. A basic block pattern is a set of pattern pieces for the simplest garments of the particular type that reflects a set of measurement in the sample size. The terms basic blocks sloper, and master pattern may be used interchangeably. Firms have basic blocks for each type of product in their product line — skirts, pants, shirts, jackets, etc.

Style blocks are variations of the individual pieces of the basic block that have been modified to include styling case. Style blocks contain both comfort and styling case.

Draping involves developing a pattern by manipulating fabric directly on a body form. To reduce costs, some firms prefer to have their designers work with Muslin first before fashion fabric are draped since the pattern may be      draped several times before it is finalized.

Production Department 

• Cutting section
• sewing section
• Finishing Section
• Maintenance Section

Production department:

Production-along with marketing, merchandising, operation, finance is one of the

Essential functions in apparel manufacturing. Apparel production involves the conversion of materials (INPUT) into completed, salable garments (output) flat pieces of goods are cut, shaped, assemble, and  trimmed as they converted into specific styles to meet customer needs. Production process may be carried out in a firm’s own plant and sourced from other firms located in any place. Production plants specialize in a certain types of materials and finished goods because of the limitation of equipment, skills and expertise available.

CUTTING SECTION:

Cutting is the production process of spreading (Sectioning, carving, serving ) a spread into garment parts that are the precise size and shape of the pattern pieces on a marker. The cutting process may also involved transferring marks and notches from the marker to garments parts to assist operator in sewing. Chopping or sectioning a spread blocks of pieces goods may precede precision cutting of individual pattern shapes. This is often done to allow for accurate machine of fabrics design or easier manipulation of a cutting knife.

Fabrics pieces may be cut to predetermined length for matching patterns or for additional processing such as screen printing. Spreads of plaid fabrics may be pre sectioned into block so the design on the fabrics can be perfectly matched before cutting to the shape of the pattern pieces. Per sectioned  pieces may be also be also garment parts knitted to specific finished lengths such as sweater bodies. Per sectioned pieces such as leather or other specialty fabrics may be spread and cut as a single ply or laid up and cut as a multiple – ply spread.

The cutting process may also involve in sewing.