About Aditya Mahapatra
A post-graduate of MFT Program from NIFT, Delhi, Aditya accomplished his Bachelor’s degree (B.Tech.) in 'Apparel Production Management' from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) and earned the Gold Medal for exhibiting the highest academic excellence during his bachelor's. He is an expert in PMTS & MTM and he is India’s first & youngest certified SSD Trainer at the same time. Aditya has experience of 5+ years in the province of production in India and abroad and is currently working as Industrial Engineering Section Head in Alpha Omega Egypt. His main interest areas include Industrial Engineering, PMTS, Ergonomics, Circular Economy, Application of Social Science & Innovation concepts in the garment industry.
Contributed Articles:
Quality Circle: An Approach for Incorporating Quality into the System
Product quality is one of the top criteria for customers when they close a purchase. In the manufacturing sector, the quality management system plays an important role in achieving process quality and product quality. The quality circle is one component of the quality management system. The concept of the quality circle is applicable in all kinds of businesses, whether it is the manufacturing or service industry. The quality circle can also be included in the quality management system in garment manufacturing with other quality control tools.
Why do garment manufacturers plan efficiency at 75 and not 100 percent?
Labor-intensive manufacturing industries are highly dependent on individual performance what eventually leads to the overall factory capacity. So, to talk about factory efficiency we essentially need to understand the individual contribution towards the productivity of manufacturing lines as well.
Non-Value-Added Activities Done by Industrial Engineers in the Garment Industry
If we consider the widely accepted definition of value added activity as the work that physically transforms the product and most importantly, that the customer willing to pay for- none of the works that an IE does can be justifiably considered in this category. Because, neither an IE puts his/her direct labour into transforming the goods into finished product nor is the customer/buyer actually willing to pay the money for any activity rather than the ones which have direct impact on the desired finished product. An IE activity can be NNVA or completely NVA- based on the kind of work he is performing or asked for following the facility’s operational strategy, from customer’s point of view of willingness to pay.
Camel Fibre | Types of Camel Fibre | End Uses
Camel fibre or camel hair is a kind of specialty hair fibre obtained from the camel and belongs to the group called specialty hair fibres. So, to know about camel fibre we first should know what speciality fibre actually is. Any of the textile fibres obtained from certain animals of the goat and camel families, rarer than the more commonly used fibres and valued for such desirable properties as fine diameter, natural lustre, warmth, and ability to impart a pleasing hand (characteristics perceived by handling) to fabrics, known as Specialty Hair Fibre.