Design of Clothing Manufacturing Processes

The era of mass manufacturing of clothing and other textile products is coming to an end; what is emerging is a post-industrial production system that is able to achieve the goal of mass-customised, low volume production, where the conventional borders between product design, production and user are beginning to merge. To continue developing knowledge on how to design better products and services, we need to design better clothing manufacturing processes grounded in science, technology, and management to help the clothing industry to compete more effectively. Design of clothing manufacturing processes reviews key issues in the design of more rapid, integrated and flexible clothing manufacturing processes.The eight chapters of the book provide a detailed coverage of the design of clothing manufacturing processes using a systematic approach to planning, scheduling and control. The book starts with an overview of standardised clothing classification systems and terminologies for individual clothing types. Chapter 2 explores the development of standardised sizing systems. Chapter 3 reviews the key issues in the development of a garment collection. Chapters 4 to 7 discuss particular aspects of clothing production, ranging from planning and organization to monitoring and control. Finally, chapter 8 provides an overview of common quality requirements for clothing textile materials.Design of clothing manufacturing processes is intended for R&D managers, researchers, technologists and designers throughout the clothing industry, as well as academic researchers in the field of clothing design, engineering and other aspects of clothing production.- Considers in detail the design of sizing and classification systems- Discusses the planning required in all aspects of clothing production from design and pattern making to manufacture- Overviews the management of clothing production and material quality requirements

Dr. Sc. Jelka GerSak is Professor of Clothing Science and Head of Research and Innovation Centre for Design and Clothing Science at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia. She has extensive experience in clothing science related to the design of clothing manufacturing processes, the mechanics of textile structures and their behaviour, objective evaluation of clothing appearance, physiology of clothing and wearing comfort. Her research focuses on clothing science and human thermal physiology, based on the study of complex aspects of clothing system, textile structures and their performance, comfort in the actual environment, and more recently smart clothing. She is internationally renowned for her wide-ranging research in textile materials, clothing science and comfort.

Woodhead Publishing Series in TextilesPrefaceChapter 1: Clothing classification systemsAbstract:1.1 Introduction1.2 General clothing classification1.3 Harmonised clothing classification systems1.4 Classification of functional clothing1.5 ConclusionsChapter 2: Clothing sizing systemsAbstract:2.1 Introduction2.2 Clothing size and designation systems: a chronological review2.3 European and international sizing systems2.4 ISO clothing sizing systems2.5 European designation of clothing sizes2.6 The JUS clothing sizing systems2.7 ConclusionsChapter 3: Key issues in developing a garment collectionAbstract:3.1 Introduction3.2 New product development3.3 Garment collection development3.4 Developing the concept for a new collection3.5 Collection development management and control3.6 Design and manufacturing requirements for a collection3.7 Design aspects of functional protective clothing: a case study3.8 Fashion trade fairs and garment collections3.9 ConclusionsChapter 4: Planning and organisation of clothing productionAbstract:4.1 Introduction4.2 Production planning and organisation within a company4.3 Clothing-design analysis and activity planning4.4 Key documentation4.5 ConclusionsChapter 5: Planning of clothing design, pattern making and cuttingAbstract:5.1 Introduction5.2 Constructing garment patterns5.3 Pattern-pieces and their preparation5.4 Pattern cutting-markers5.5 Designating cutting-markers5.6 Defining fabric and other parameters5.7 Technological requirements when arranging pattern-pieces within a cutting-marker5.8 Cutting-marker efficiency5.9 Fabric losses outside the cutting-marker5.10 Determining fabric consumption5.11 ConclusionsChapter 6: Planning clothing manufacturingAbstract:6.1 Introduction6.2 Analysis of clothing manufacture requirements and selection of appropriate equipment6.3 Joining technologies6.4 Work analysis6.5 Identifying work methods6.6 Selecting processing equipment6.7 Types of sewing machine6.8 Determining standard time6.9 Planning manufacturing operations6.10 Planning clothing assembly6.11 Planning a process system for manufacturing operations6.12 Planning clothing manufacturing processes6.13 ConclusionsChapter 7: Clothing production managementAbstract:7.1 Introduction7.2 Determining production capacity needs7.3 Production planning7.4 Production scheduling7.5 Production monitoring and control7.6 Costs in production planning and management7.7 Controlling production planning and management7.8 ConclusionsChapter 8: Quality requirements for clothing materialsAbstract:8.1 Introduction8.2 Quality requirements for textile materials for clothing8.3 Physical characteristics: types, methods of measurement and tolerances8.4 Performance characteristics: types, methods of measurement and minimum quality standards8.5 Visible faults8.6 Care labelling of clothing and textile products8.7 Ecological labelling of clothing and textile products8.8 ConclusionsIndex