Production follow-up: planned, estimated, actual · SRM
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Production follow-up means regularly tracking the stage, delivery date and deviation of every production order placed. In SRM, the planned, estimated and actual date of each stage sit side by side; a delay becomes visible before the goods arrive. When the workshop updates the status from its own portal, the information lands in the record, not on a phone.
In this part
- You get to know the stages in order, such as fabric dispatch, trims dispatch, fit rounds, fit approval and start of cutting.
- You learn to read the difference between the planned, estimated and actual date, and the deviation in days.
- You see how a delay in one stage shifts all the work behind it, that is, the critical path.
- You learn what changes in follow-up between cut-make-trim (CMT) contract manufacturing and production where the supplier also provides the materials.
Terms in this part
- Contract manufacturing
- A brand having work such as cutting, sewing or pressing and packing done by outside workshops.
- CMT
- Cut, make, trim: a way of working in which the workshop takes on cutting, sewing and finishing, while the fabric and materials usually come from the party placing the order.
- Delivery date
- The date by which a task, material or order must be delivered.
- Critical path
- A chain of linked tasks where any delay directly pushes back the launch.
- Sample round
- Each sample stage in which a style is sewn again with corrections: 1st round, 2nd round and so on.
There are 3 questions at the end of the part; at least 2 correct answers open the next part. The questions open with your Academy account, after your Basic certificate.
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