Various departments in Apparel Industry

Introduction

Apparel or garment industry is the final stage of textile manufacturing where cloth is cut into different parts and sews to make various types of apparel. Here, different shapes and styles fabrics are made according to the buyer requirement.

Various departments in apparel industry and their function

Apparel industry consists of different departments. Every department is responsible for better production. The various departments in a garment industry include:

• ·         Merchandising department
• ·         Marketing department
• ·         Exports department
• ·         Finance department
• ·         Materials department
• ·         Production department
• ·         Finishing department
• ·         Sampling department
• ·         HR department
• ·         Quality control department
• ·         Production planning department
• ·         Maintenance department

The functions of these departments are described below:

Merchandising department:

The various job responsibilities of this department include receiving or making the purchase order sheet, tracking the order, making the time and action calendar, getting and giving approvals, cost finalisation, pricing finalisation, supervising sampling, sourcing, vendor development, vendor selection, communication and coordination etc.

Marketing department:

The major responsibilities of this department include sales and promotion, advertising, visual merchandising, organising special events, public relation etc.

Export department

The responsibility of this department include the making the export documentation, shipping the product, dealing with various government bodies, getting various licences, getting custom clearances etc.

Finance department

Credits, payments, inventory control is the major responsibility of this department.

Material department

The major job responsibility of this department includes material management, fabric ordering and receiving, trims ordering and receiving, keeping inventory record etc.

Production department

The responsibility of this  department include order processing, line balancing, production planning, setting production floor, ordering machine and equipment, maintaining optimum output, ready the production order time, getting the quality check done and shipping on time , control the cost etc.

Finishing department:

The function of the department includes pressing, tagging, packing, putting shipment stickers etc.

Sampling department:

The job responsibility of this department includes making samples on time, pattern making, marker making, calculating the consumption of material for various garments, new design development etc.

Quality control department:

The major job responsibilities of the department includes understand buyer’s quality specification, ensure the required quality is achieved and maintained, do the quality audits, quality inspection, shipment inspection, final inspection, online inspection, check size sets, check sealer samples, check the specification sheet etc.

Production planning department

The job responsibility of this department includes floor planning, line planning, order planning etc.

Maintenance department

The job responsibility of this department includes maintain various machines and equipment’s, plant maintenance, store maintenance, servicing, repairs etc.

HR department

Hiring new personnel, salaries, wages distribution, training of the workforce, record keeping etc. is done by this department.

Design department

The main objective of this department includes designing new product and developing the product.