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Applications of RFID in fashion manufacturing
Published in Rajkishore Nayak, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology and Application in Fashion and Textile Supply Chain, 2019
Sewing is a major step in garment manufacturing, which involves joining of different cut components of a garment by using a variety of sewing machines. Depending on the type of fabric (knit or woven), the sewing machines will be slightly varied. Skilled workers join different cut components in a specific sequence and perform other activities such as attaching the labels and trims (buttons, zippers and other closures) and trim the unnecessary threads.
Intellectual Support with Machine Learning for Decision-making in Garment Manufacturing Industry: A Review
Published in Kim Phuc Tran, Machine Learning and Probabilistic Graphical Models for Decision Support Systems, 2023
The sewing process is the core of the garment manufacturing, assembling cut-pieces into a garment. It is the most critical and intricacy section of the whole garment manufacturing process, dealing with various operations, along with the corresponding materials, operators, and machines 10. The sewing operation is guided by the sewing production planning, which consists of sewing order planning and sewing assembly line design.
Prediction of work productivity outcomes by identifying critical risk factors among garment industry workers
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2022
Iqra Javed, Siti Zawiah Md Dawal, Yusoff Nukman, Ashfaq Ahmad
Workstation design is also a key risk factor that has a high impact on work productivity. In sewing units of garment industries, the workers use different types of machines, i.e., single needle lock stitch machine (65.6%), overlock machine (19.2%), flatlock machine (4.9%) and any other machine or tool like scissors, cutter, thread and needle (10.3%) as presented in Table 3.