Introduction to Cutting Room

In the apparel industry, the cutting room has a significant role as garment production starts with the cutting process. In this process, the fabric is cut into components.
Fabric cutting on a large scale is very much relevant to industrial sewing, where garments are produced on a mass scale. Sewing quality and productivity depend upon the performance of the cutting section. Accuracy of cutting is of supreme importance, inaccurate cutting not only causes hold-ups in production but also means the costly re-cutting of components.

1. Cutting room objectives

1. To cut garment components accurately
2. To cut garment components economically
3. To ensure uninterrupted supply of piece goods to sewing floor

2. Importance of Cutting room

The cutting room is an extremely important section in the garment manufacturing process which has a major impact on the profitability of the business. Following are a few reasons which describe the importance of the efficient management of the cutting room in the garment manufacturing process:

• The cutting room is the feeding point of the factory and has a massive impact on all the further processes of garment manufacturing. In mass production, a large number of garments are being cut at a time.

• Efficient and well-planned operations in the cutting room ensure smooth flow of work to all further processes and can definitely lift up the utilization of the available resources.

• The cutting room controls the utilization of fabric which is the biggest contributor to the cost of any garment. Excessive use of fabric caused by lack of detailed planning together with inferior spreading and cutting techniques can cause serious losses to the company, as fabric cost is about 70% of total garment cost. Even small wastage or saving of the fabric will have a huge effect on the margins of the orders.

• Cutting being the first operation of garment manufacturing lays the foundation for the quality of the garment to be made. Any imperfection in the cutting process can result in non-conformance of the quality standards of all further processes.