University of Chittagong

Industrial Tour Report

On (Four H Apparels
Ltd)
Fabric Inspection, Storage and Cutting
section

Submitted to Submitted by

Mr. Swadip Bhattacharjee Mohammad jewel

Assistant Professor Id: 13302129
Department of Management BBA 8th Semester
Faculty of Business Administration Department of Management
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh University of Chittagong

1/17/2019
 Four H Apparels Ltd
(A sister concern of Four H Group)

(Fabric Inspection, Storage and Cutting Section)

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Letter of submission

Date
Mr. Swadip Bhattacharjee
Assistant Professor
Department of Management
Faculty of Business Administration
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Subject: Submission of industrial tour report on (fabric inspection, storage and cutting
section) of “Four H Apparels Ltd”.

Dear Sir,

It is pleasure on my part to submit the industrial tour report on “Four H Apparels Limited
(fabric inspection, storage and cutting section)” to fulfill the partial requirement of BBA
(4th) year program. I have gathered vast of knowledge during preparation of this report.
Without the sincere cooperation and proper guidance of you it was not possible for me to
prepare this report. I have tried my best to gain practical experiences and also tried to
reflect the same in report. My effort will be rewarded only if it could satisfy you.

I have tried my level best to complete this industrial tour report but this report is not free
from mistake due to some limitations.
I hope you will accept my industrial tour report with gracious consideration.
Thanking you.

Sincerely,
______________
Mohammad Jewel
Id: 13302129
BBA 8th Semester
Department of Management
University of Chittagong

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 Preface

The combination of theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge is more necessary for
a student. But our academic study is limited in theories. The educational perfectness
depends on practical knowledge. The business of the world is sure to be changing by
character in this century. Today the world performs practical knowledge to theoretical
knowledge. For this reason an industrial tour program is added for the student of BBA of
the business administration, the University of Chittagong. After completing the 4th year
final examination of BBA program, every students get opportunities to make industrial
tour to make them closer to the business world both theoretically & practically. In this
way, we already have visited “Four H Apparels Ltd” here we observed that theoretical
study should be supported by practical study.

After the acquisition of both academic that is theoretical education as well as practical
education, we must have to know the process of applying this knowledge in the complex
situation of practical life.

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 Acknowledgement

All praise due to almighty. All the progress, achievement and success throughout my life
are his blessing. With his infinite mercy and kindness I am here, where I am today.
This is absolutely truth that our industrial tour program cannot be happened really
without the helping and supervising the department of management of Chittagong
University.

First of all, I would like to thank my honorable teacher Mr. Swadip Bhattacharjee,
Assistant professor; Department of Management, University of Chittagong for his
excellent guidance, cordial supervision and mental encouragement during the period of
practical work and preparing this assignment. I am also grateful to my honorable teacher
Mr. Tarik Raihan, Lecturer, Department of Management and Mohammad Sarwar Alom
Lecturer, Department of Management who helped us very much in time of tour and
guide us very nicely and gave suggestions how to make industrial tour report.

I am really grateful to Mr. A K Reshad Ahmed, admin manager, Shiuly Khatun,

compliance executive and Md. Nur Alam, assistant executive (environment) who
assisted us to visit the Industry. I am also thankful to my group member who assisted me
to make my tour paper as a success.

I am grateful to my father and mother who have provided me through moral and
emotional support in my life. I am also grateful to my other family members and peer
group who have supported me along the way.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
Serial Contents Page no
Chapter Introduction
01
1.1 Introduction 7
1.2 Objective of the study 8
1.3 Scope and methods of the study 9
1.4 Limitations of the study 10
Chapter Organizational Overview
02
2.1 Company profile 11
2.2 Mission, vision, quality policy and business strategy 12
2.3 Four H Apparels ltd. At a glance 13
2.4 Four H Group Operation Team 14-15
2.5 Products of Four H Apparels Ltd 16
2.6 Current client of Four H Apparels Ltd 17-18
2.7 Organigram of Four H Apparels Ltd 19
2.8 Working Environment that found 20
Chapter Findings, Discussion and Analysis
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3.1 Fabric Inspection section of Four H Apparels Limited 21-22
3.2 RQS check list (requirements for quality standard) 22-25
3.3 Store Room (ware house) 25-26
3.4 Function of accessories department: 27-28
3.5 Working process of cutting department 28
3.6 Cutting devices 29-33
Chapter Challenges and Recommendations
04
4.1 Challenges faced by Four H Apparels Limited 34
4.2 Recommendations 35
Chapter Conclusion
05
Conclusion, References 36

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 Chapter: 01
Introduction

1.1 Introduction

Garments exporting sector is one of the emerging export sectors of our country. Today
this sector not only earns foreign currency but also provides a lot of unemployed people
in productive sector. Day by day common sector exports are decreasing because of
economic recession all over the world. In this situation garments industry can be a
potential in boosting exports. Besides, garments exporting industries is one of the
emerging sectors of export. So if proper opportunity and importance can be given to this
sector, this sector will add more value to the amount of our foreign currency. Moreover,
in developed countries demand for garments item is increasing gradually. So, if this
industry can utilize the opportunity, more and more foreign currency can be earned. For
these above reason, we have selected garments industry for our industrial tour program.
We have visited a garments manufacturing unit. So, the following report is prepared on
“Four H Apparels Limited”

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 2.2 Objective of the Study

The main objective of this study is to fulfill the academic requirement as well as together
practical and theatrical knowledge about the company. This practical knowledge will
help us face challenges in our future business career. In addition to the principle
objectives, the following are some of the common but significant objectives of this type
of study:
 To evaluate the overall fabric inspection, storage and cutting section of
Four H Apparels Ltd.
 To acquire knowledge about organizational accessory department of Four
H Apparels Ltd
 To study the challenges of Four H Apparels Ltd.
 To give some recommendations.

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2.3 Scope and Methods of the study

This report is prepared as a requirement of B.B.A 4th year program and was confined to
only one sample enterprise four h apparels ltd.

Factories like, Four H Apparels Ltd. May not be representative of the garments industry
as a whole.

A lot of materials and information were required for the preparation of this industrial
tour report. The methodology followed for the purpose of the study has been interview
with associate representative and practical field observation. I have collected information
from both primary and secondary sources with the help of a field survey to prepare this
report.

The main sources of primary data sources as under:

 Direct conversation with the responsible representatives of the production

manager and Human resource manager, compliance officer of “Four H Apparels
Ltd.”

 Practical field observation

The secondary sources of data include as under-

 VARIOUS documents such as organization organogram, workers guidelines,

booklet, Code of conduct guidelines are used in preparing this report.

 Company website: http://fourhgroup.com

In this report I have followed the guidelines provided by my honorable teacher.

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2.4 Limitations of the study

The study has been conducted subject to certain constraints-

1. As it has been allowed only one day for the industrial tour, which is not enough
to study the industry in depth.
2. For the company strategy, the authority not providing confidential financial and
marketing data. In view of the business strategic division, the company has been
found to be hesitant in furnishing relevant data.
3. The rate of success of my study may be limited as I might have failed to collect
proper information due to lack of my experience

I, therefore, hope that this report will be evaluated with an approach subject to the
recognition of the above-mentioned shortcomings.
“Four H Apparels Ltd (Fabric Inspection, Storage and Cutting Section)”

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 Chapter: 02
Organizational overview

2.1 Company profile:

At the zero hour of four h group, there was a strong emotion with a belief to grow the
business. 2003 would be marked as a founding year of four h group. Four h fashions ltd.,
starting with 86 machines, a single facility, turns into a group of companies. With a view
to analysis of the facts & figure of four h group, we are furnishing the following
information. Four h an integrated manufacturer and exporter of premium quality under
wear and intimate wear in full range of fashion and casual categories in all of the
seasonal, ages, sizes categories for ladies, men and for the children. To name of you
these items include brief, bikini, hi cut, thong, hipster, thermal top–bottom, nightwear,
came, etc. Established in 2003, Four H host as integral group concern linked at vertically
and horizontally in an industry premises configure with all of necessary infrastructure
and facility such as factory building having in total of one million square feet working
floor, 5000 KW per hour capacity are power back up.
In 2004, Four H Group went into operations with state of art sewing and wet processing
unit based in Chittagong. Since then four h group becomes one of the best established
garments exporters in Bangladesh. The sincere effort has been giving by Four H group
employees have spurred the company to success and reward with numerous awards and
trophies. Four H Group has now more than 20,000 employees and annual turnover of us$
190 million.
On the way to itself judging the friendly nest to the workers government has awarded 4H
best knitwear factory in Bangladesh export trophy winner gold and silver in 05-06/06-
07/08-09 and govt. Certified as most complaint company with wraps accredited, sexed
Registered , organic certified. Four h group is fully vertical to fit the export demand of
using highly sophisticated machine of world’s most luxury and demanding brands. It is
manufacturing all righting of knit fabric such as single and double jersey, cotton
Eglantine, rib cotton eglantine, interlock and thermal.

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2.2.1 Vision of the company:

Our vision is to create more employment opportunity for our society. Alone side
employment generation we would like to launch new technology in our production sites
to compete the growing competition.

2.2.2 Mission of the company:

We are strongly commitment to provide a safe healthy. Socially and environment

friendly workplace to all of our employees and valued customers in our on going
apparels manufacturing. We are working to set-up this project fully sound in social
compliance and environment compliance as well as supply chain security activities as
per legal requirements along with following the customer’s requirements. In this
connection we start work to develop HRM program for optimum utilization of
manpower resource by the training & development programs to meet the needs of global
markets as of the export oriented manufacturing organization in this country to maintain
highest standard of business practices.

2.2.3 Quality policy:

 Understanding and responding to our customer’s expectations and building long
tern relations with the customers.
 Strive for prevention of failure and defects reduction
 To improve the quality level by training and motivations.
2.2.4 Business strategy four h group:

 Focus on more fashionable and athletic apparels to increase working condition.

 Research and development team which help for garment product and others trims
advance development.
 Aim is to presence four h group in a global garment manufacturing arena. Four h
has already started operation in Myanmar and Ethiopia soon to start.
 Work to make production plant as green from existing yellow.
 20-25% capacity to be increased every year, up to next five year.
 Fast reacting software to be launched in 2018.

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  In order to achieve the goal encouraging people’s ownership, empowerment and
working under team structure.

2.3 Four H Apparels Ltd. at a glance

Name of the organization: Four H Apparels Ltd
Contact detail:
Head office: 778, D.T. road, Ashkarabad, Doublemooring, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Phone: +88-031-2524229, 2520062, 2511452-3
Email: jamil@fourhgroup.com

Hong Kong unit h1, 9/f, gold king industrial building, 35-41 Tai Lin Pai road, Kwai
office: Chung, Hong Kong.
Phone:(852) 2480 0186, fax: (852) 2480 0187
Email: jamil@fourhgroup.com

new York Trinity Apparel Llc. 214 west 39th street, suite201, New York, New
office York 10018
Phone: 212-938-6824, fax: 212 938-6823
Email: jamil@fourhgroup.com

Type of the company : private limited company

Category of the company : a-type (100% Bangladesh investment)
Year of establishment : 2011
Total machinery : 2184
Production line : 26 lines
Total employees : more than 2000
Address : 295, Jalalabad, Baluchara, Hathazari, Chittagong
Production capacity : 220000 DZ per month
Export to : four h has a very long wide and solid client at portfolio to
Europe, USA, Canada, and the Middle East, japan.
Nature of the employee : Permanent worker (skilled, semi –skilled, unskilled.)
Shift : Shift a (6 A.M to 3 P.M)

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 Shift b (3 P.M to midnight)
Overtime facility : avoid
Working environment : good
Business strategy : capture the market through quality maintaining.
future prospect : bright
mode of transaction : by letter of credit
social welfare : present
Managing directors of the company: G.S.Jamil
(E-mail: jamil@fourhgroup.com)

Collective bargaining association: worker participant committee (WPC--by election)

2.4 Four h group operation team

Managing director G. S. Jamil

(e-mail: jamil@fourhgroup.com)
Business planning team A.m. Alamgir
(e-mail: alamgir@fourhgroup.com)
M. A. G. Hannan
(e-mail: hannan@fourhgroup.com)
Mohammed Feroz Haider
(e-mail: feroz@fourhgroup.com)
Md. Shahidul Islam
(e-mail: shahid@fourhgroup.com)
Anowarul Kabir Chy
(e-mail: anowar@fourhgroup.com)
Merchandising & Akbar Siraj
operational team (e-mail: akbar@fourhgroup.com)
Md. Sharafath Ullah
(e-mail: sharafath@fourhgroup.com)
Shakil Ahmed

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 (e-mail: shakil@fourhgroup.com)
Social compliance monitor Shahed Iqbal
dept. (e-mail: iqbal@fourhgroup.com)

Accounts & finance Sahadat Uddin Sa'dat

(e-mail: sahadat@fourhgroup.com)
Md. Shahidul Islam
(e-mail: accounts@fourhgroup.com)
Commercial Jasim Uddin Ahamed
(email: jashim@fourhgroup.com)
Md. Shahed Ali
(email: import@fourhgroup.com)
Nowshad Chowdhury
(email: mitu@fourhgroup.com)

Technical (sample & Md. Abdur Razzak

pattern) (email: razzak@fourhgroup.com)
Md. Azad Bhuiya
(email: azad@fourhgroup.com)
Hr & admin Md. Mahbubur Rahman
(email: mahbub@fourhgroup.com)
Ms. Naina Islam
(email: naina-hr@fourhgroup.com)

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2.5 Products of Four H Apparels Ltd:

User Item product picture

Men Boxer,t-shirt

Women Bra,Panty,Sleepware

Boys T-shirt, Sleepware

Girls Sleepware, Lingerie

Baby Babyware/Body Suit

Figure 01: Products of Four H Apparels Ltd

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 2.6 Current Client of Four H Apparels Ltd:

CLIENT NAME LOGO

C&A

CALVIN CLAIN

CELIO

ETAM

H&M

LAMOUR INTERNATIONAL

LINDEX

LOBLAW’S

NEXT

OVIESSE

PRIMARK

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CLIENT NAME LOGO

PVH

TESCO

WM

Figure 02: Current Client of Four H Apparels Ltd

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 2.7 Organigram of Four H Apparels Ltd:

Source: https://www.fourhgroup.com

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2.8 Working environment that found:

Visiting at four h group was a great experience for me. I have learnt many things from
them. From my little knowledge what i have observed and some recommendations are as
follows:
It was very interesting working at a garments industry. The people there are really nice
and talented. The things that i have noticed and observed are:

 Work environment is very friendly and employees are co-operative.

 Employees are active and sincere to their assigned job responsibilities.
 Work is never left pending for the next day unless it is absolutely necessary.
 The work process could be made faster with better computers and operating
systems.
 There is always a rush of customers so there is no standard on what the
employees do throughout the day. The work activities of an employee are set, but
what to do when varies along the day.
 The work activities are always set and divided for each of the employees. This is
the way it should be, but when i saw it firsthand it was remarkable. Each and
every employee has a certain set of responsibilities. He/she carries out those
responsibilities throughout the day. It is also easy to assign duties that way. Even
though this is the case, I often saw other staff members helping each other out.
 There is less coordination between casual staffs like tea boy, peon and cleaner

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 Chapter: 03

Findings, Discussion and Analysis

3.1 Fabric inspection section of four h apparels limited

4 point system for fabric inspection is widely used in apparel industry for fabric quality
inspection. Four h apparels limited are using 4 system of fabric inspection. To use this
system it has to know following things.
I. Fabric inspection method or preparation
II. Criteria of giving penalty points based on defects and defect length.
III. Calculation method of total penalty points for total defects found in a fabric roll
or than.
IV. A check sheet or format for recording data
V. Knowledge of different types of defects (how a defect looks and its appearance)

Four h apparels ltd has a fabric inspection department. Its function is given below:

Figure 03: General function of fabric inspection

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It is used 4 points system of fabric inspection system. It checks defect cutting, shade,
syntax etc. The flow chart of function is:

Fabric Received

Fabric Invertor (100%)

Fabric Inspection 10% with 4 point

system

Inspection area

Visual Check
GSM Roll to Roll

3.2 RQS check list (Requirements for Quality Standard)

Color evaluation- visual method

 Is all matching done in a light box with grey non-shiny walls and possibility of
total darkness?
 Are 2 persons checking together in all 3 lights, evaluating against standard
throughout the whole production?
 Are the lamp changed after 1300 hours/12 months, whichever the sooner?
Result(yes/no) Responsible(signature)
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No

Color continuity record:

 Are colors/shades controlled by color continuity records w. Shades/families of
shades sorted and marked into planned country , after checking dye lot to dye,
within a dye lot and within a roll?
 Are all workers (ask 3) clear how/why to make the routine, and is information
written or in flow charts easy to find?
 Are the records marked with n/o, date, fabric supplier, fabric description, color
descript, roll on, shade family .total length?
 For washed garments, are swatches stitched as a patchwork, marked w. Roll,

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 washed according to speciation and shade-band created after wash sorted into
countries?
 For heavy/fine knit are different dye lots knitted into swatches, shades sorted into
families in shade-band prior to knitting?
 Are color continuity records available for H&M during 6 months?
Result(yes/no) Responsible(signature)

Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No

Recommended lux values

 Is the lux value in fabric/accessory checking inspection/quality control 1000lux?
Result(yes/no)
Yes No

Fabric inspection:
 Is the fabric checked Acc. To fabric inspection guideline 4-point system or
similar (by 2 persons max. 2 hours without break w. Records kept?
 Does the supplier visually inspect a minimum of 10% of the bulk fabric,
min.1000m, representing all colors and dye lots?
 Are all workers (ask 3)clear how/why is information written or in flow charts
easy to find?(fabric inspection + how to act when fail)
 Does supplier have a fabric inspection machine?
 Are fabric inspection records available for H&M and kept for minimum 6
months?
Result(yes/no) Responsible(signature)

Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No

Fabric and yarn shrinkage control:

 Are wash test (shrinkage/twisting) acc. To H&M lab manual of bust fabric/yarn,
rep. All colors and all lots, done prior to cutting/knitting?
 Are workers (ask 3) clear how and why, is information written/in flow chart easy
to find?(shrinkage tests/adjusting patterns for production)

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 Result(yes/no) Responsible(signature)

Yes No
Yes No

Figure 04: fabric inspection machine

Figure 05: RQS check list of Four H Apparels Limited

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International organization for standardization (ISO) methods may be ordered through
www.iso.org.

ISO 105-a01, “textiles—tests for color fastness—part a01: general principles of testing,”
provides general information about the various ISO methods for testing color fastness of
textiles and dyes. This method may help you select an ISO test method for textiles if
none of the ones listed below (not a complete list) is applicable.

ISO 105-a02, “textiles—tests for color fastness—part a02: grey scale for assessing
change in color,” describes the gray scale for color changes that occur during color
fastness tests. The method includes a colorimetric specification for the scale.

Four H Apparels Ltd. has maintained the ISO 105-a01, ISO 105-a02 standard.

3.3 Store Room (Ware House)

 After inspection of fabric, that’s mean at the end of all kinds of quality check of
fabric, the fabric roles are stored in the fabric store room. It has different store
divisions. Every fabric roles are stored according to clients.
 For identification of fabric roles it use bin card. In bin card it contains the
supplier code number, role number, its length, and coding the fabric role.
 It has a dying room where the fabric or other accessories are stored for recycling
these accessories means it try to reuse that accessories.
 It has a left over zone store area where the fabric are stored which basically
rejected by fabric inspection section. It’s also called fabric reject zone.
 It has a special storage room where stored the fabric for the clients whom volume
of order is large that means every clients have a great opportunity for getting
fabric which they prefer. The temperature of the room is controlled so that the
quality of fabric could well.

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 Four H Apparels limited

Dying Room (Recycling

product)

Store Room (Ware House)

Using BIN Card for individual
client Left Over Zone (Rejected
from Fabric inspection)

Reserve room (for huge

volume fabric buyers )

Figure 06: Ware House of Four H Apparels Ltd

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3.4 Accessories department of Four H Apparels Limited

Function of accessories department:

 First received accessories from the supplier. Then accessories keep in quarantine
area.
 From quarantine area, check quantity as per invoice/packing list. If find any kinds
of problem, the department report to supplier.
 Then it time to quality inspection AQL 2.5 if all thing is good, then it proceeds
for lab testing as per test requirements.
 Then it prepare MRR check list and keep green marked area.
 As per production requirement make issue slip.
 Then keep goods to the sub store as per issue slip and keep record to the budget
sheet.
 At last the goods deliver to floor for cutting and so on.

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 Received accessories from the supplier

Report to Keep in quarantine Area Return to

Supplier supplier

Check quantity as per

invoice/packing list
Reject zone

Not ok Ok

Quality
Inspection
AQL 2.5

Good Defect Reject

Get approval
from IE

Ok Not ok

Proceed for lab

testing as per test
requirements

Ok Not ok

Prepare MRR check list As per production requirement

and keep green marked make issue slip
area

Keep goods to the sub

Delivery to floor 28
store as per issue slip
and keep record to
3.5 Working process of cutting department in Four H Apparels Limited

Cutting is one of the major process in garments manufacturing. At four h apparels ltd
garments (fabric) are cutting according to the pattern. At the cutting department, a
process flow chart maintained to send the right measurement parts in the next process for
making quality garments. As its importance in manufacturing, a process flow chart for
cutting department is presented in following.

Pattern received from pattern department

↓
cutting ratio received from merchandiser

↓
marker making(cad)

↓
fabric received from the store

↓
fabric checking

↓
fabric spreading

↓
marker placing on to the lay

↓
cutting the fabric

↓
numbering

↓
checking

↓
sorting and bundling

↓
send to the sewing department

Figure 07: cutting process flowchart

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Four h apparels limited has the following function of cutting departments

S/l Process Job

At first it has to received different sizes pattern for each
Pattern received from style garments from the pattern department. Four h
01 pattern department apparels limited has a pattern making department.
Garments cutting ratio Cutting ratio for each style, workers should be received
02 received from merchandiser from merchandiser
To complete cutting process in easy way it makes marker
03 Marker making for each style by using cad.
Fabric received from the At the mean time it receives fabrics from the store for each
04 store style of garments.
Here, fabrics are checked and confirm the shade variation
05 Fabric checking free fabrics in cutting table.
When the above process is completed, then workers are
spreading the fabric with correct lay height and ply
tension. It has automatic fabric spreading machine and
06 Fabric spreading manual system also.
07 Marker placing on to the lay After that, marker has to place on the top layer of the lay.
Here, fabrics have to cut by maintaining marker. It has km
08 Cutting the fabric machine and also a automatic fabric cutting machine.
After cutting the fabrics, each parts of different style
fabrics are numbered to avoid mixing with the others style
09 Numbering fabric parts.
Some workers are checking the cutting fabrics accurately
10 Checking by comparing with its marker.
Cutting parts are sorting and bundling on a large table to
11 Sorting and bundling send easy into the next process.
Cutting fabric parts are sending into next process (where
12 Send to the next process. required) like printing, embroidery, sewing etc.

Figure 08: different function of cutting department

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3.6 Cutting devices:

Cutting devices/equipment should be selected and used with maximum accuracy. A

slight change in cut results in huge fitting problems. These tools must be selected and
maintained properly in order to use them effectively. There are several devices prevailing
in four apparels limited are following:

1. Cutting table and cutting board: A cutting table is 6′ long, 4′ wide and 3′ height.
People working in a standing position use the table and people who work sitting use a
cutting board. It has 30 cutting tables and 10 cutting board

2. Cad machine: It has a different room for making marker, where two automated
computer design machines are using for making marker which decreases the wastage of
fabric, very simple lay out within short time.

3. Band knife cutting machine & automated cutting machine: It has 10 band knife
machines. Which are very useful such as:
 Suitable for any types of line.
 Very large productivity for limited products, such as collars, cuff, placket, etc.
 Automatic grinder grinds the knife instantly.
 Possible to cut 90° angle of the lay.
 Intensity of accident is low

It has a automated cutting machine, which decreases time consuming, cost of labor,
increases efficiency and following:
 Suitable for large component
 Work load is low
 Running cost is low
 Do not require fix space.
 Possible to cut fabric directly.
 Possible to cut fabric directly from lay.

4. Stationary rack: It has 3 stationary rack. This machine has basically two uprights
fixed at the end of the table. A steel bar is passed through the fabric roll and two
spreaders, one on each side of the table, pulls the fabric from one end of the table to the
end of the spread length. After the fabric ply is aligned and weighted at the end, the
spreaders then smooth out any ridges or wrinkles in the fabric.

5. Automatic rolling rack: It has 1 automatic rolling rack which has a drive motor and
end switches that allow the machine to automatically drive itself from beginning to the
end of the table and back. The machine can be fitted with an end cutter that would also
automatically cut off the end for fabric spreading.

6. Fabric relaxing machine: It has a fabric relaxing machine which is used for
eliminating the tension of knit fabrics, it keeps fabric tidy for storage. Every fabric has to
rest at least 24 hours, and it used as a calendar system.

It seen that, every workers of these area are using face mask and there are several
workers are selected for fire man, rescuer who wearied different color apron. Those who

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are using band knife machine, they have hand gloves for self-safeness.

Here are cutting devices of four h apparels limited at a frame:

Cutting devices Image

Cutting table and cutting board

Cad machine

Band knife cutting machine

Stationary rack

Automatic rolling rack

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Automated cutting machine

Fabric relaxing machine

Figure 09: Cutting devices of Four H Apparels Limited

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 Chapter: 04

Challenges and Recommendations

4.1 Challenges faced by Four H Apparels Limited

The major problems that are confronted by this company in case of fabric inspection,
storage and cutting department are given below-

 Rent of land is too high. As day by day the demand for land is increasing
specially in Chittagong city, it increases the rental cost of factory which
decreases the area that needed for production as well as storage.

 High cost of heavy machineries. As all automated machine are purchasing

from abroad, the cost of machine is too high. That’s why capital investment
is too high that influence to take decision for new technology.

 Sometimes after delivering the final product from factory, the CEPZ or
merchandiser authority do not clearance the permit for shipment. When we
visited that factory, director of the Four H Group were come to that factory
because two truck of delivered product were back to the factory.

 Occasionally the company faces problems after collection of raw materials.

For example, fabric quality doesn’t match with quality. That’s why it has to
back that raw material to that origin country which increases purchasing cost
of raw materials.

 Unskilled workers and supervisors can’t run high tech machines. New
technology can hamper their routine work due to lack experience at that
technology.

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 In order to improve the quality consistency and integration, proper training

and development is required for production floor workers, fabric inspection
area workers and management staffs. This will increase the moral and
improve efficiency and productivity of the total workforce of the
organization.

 To meet the increasing international demand for this company’s

undergarments products, four h apparels limited must have to expand its
production capacity and storage capacity.

 The company must have to maintain and develop the quality standard to
retain the buyers in today’s economic rescission period. For doing this
technological improvement and R &D is a must.

 The factory storage capacity can increase by making new storied building.

 To collect raw materials from abroad and for merchandising, it should make
a strong supply chain management team so that it works more efficiently and
effectively.

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Conclusion

After doing all the analysis and strategic plan from various aspects it can believe that it
will go and sustain competitively in the market. It believes that the company has good
aspect in the future just it needed to catch up in some points where it can improve further
more. As day by day the sales quantity of the company increased it can offer better
product with a competitive price to the mass also. Furthermore day by day this company
is looking forward to hire some expert employee who can really turn out the company as
number one in the country. It gives value in a good customer service, trustworthy,
honesty and quick feedback and believes that can push this company in a place where it
wants to see after a certain period.

The organization is maintaining a high quality environment in accordance with the labor
act of Bangladesh. Workers get adequate wages and they get their wages timely. So the
workers are satisfied and there are no industrial disputes or labor unrest.

There is no doubt that Four H Apparels Ltd has created a better image in the
international market by is quality product and services. Using advanced technology, the
firm should maintain the growth trend through satisfying valued clients at all times.

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References:

Official website: http://fourhgroup.com

Other sites:
https://www.onlineclothingstudy.com/2012/08/how-to-use-4-point-system-in-fabric.html
https://clothingindustry.blogspot.com/2018/01/cutting-department-garment-industry.html
https://clothingindustry.blogspot.com/2018/01/marker-making-garment-industry.html
http://textilemerchandising.com/fabric-spreading-process-in-garments/
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es60001a008
https://www.scribd.com/doc/80603501/1-Fabric-Inspection-Format

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