Difference between Tailoring and Industrial System for Garment Manufacturing
Noor Ahmed Raaz Faculty Member, Dept. of Textile Engineering, Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology Email: raju.uttara105@gmail.com
Introduction: Tailoring and industrial system for garments manufacturing output is same thing but the working technique is different than other. In tailoring system maximum work is done by manual and in industrial system maximum work is done by machine.
Industrial System for Garment Manufacturing Industrial garment system is a system where garment is produced for mass people according to standard measurement chart. Large number of laborers and different types of machines are required for making dresses. Here, thousands of dresses are made by following an ideal body measurement where maximum of 15minutes is required to make a dress. In the case of industrial garments manufacturing, dress fitting is not perfect for all time and required a higher amount of capital.
Tailoring System for Garment Making: Tailoring system is a system where garment is made for a particular person according to the body measurement of the person. A small shop with few machines and 1-3 persons is required to run a tailoring process. No need huge investment. In tailoring garment become more perfect as required client.
Fig: Tailoring and industrial garment manufacturing
Difference between Tailoring and Industrial System for Garment Manufacturing A garment can be manufactured either or by the both tailoring and industrial systems but still there are some differences between them according to the following points:
FACTORS
INDUSTRIAL
TAILORING
Garments size
Standard body measurement
A particular body measurement
Product cost
Lower comparing with tailoring.
Incurs higher production cost.
Investment cost
A significant capital is required.
Lower capital is introduced comparing with industrial.
Time
Less time is required to make a complete garment (1 – 2 minutes approximately)
It takes more time (usually 1 – 2 hours)
Wastage
Less wastage due to efficient planning at every stage.
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