Carton Consumption and Costing

The area of cardboard that is required to prepare a carton is called carton consumption usually express in Square Feet (SFT) or Square meters (SQM). Carton cost depends on carton consumption and other factors of cost including materials, ply, seaming, print, etc.

Poly Bag Consumption and Costing

Polybag or plastic bag is an essential packing accessories used for containing garments into it. Polybag is a thin flexible film made from polymerized distinct monomer unit. It is used to protect and or preserve garments during shipping and storage. It may also provide information about when garment goods are sold to consumers.

What is 3300 in Poly Bag Formula?

3300 is a factor used for quick calculation, which is the product of gauge per inch (1,00,000) and inverse value of two-fold mass(1/15.0760 X 2) per cubic inch of poly film in grams. This factor is applicable to LDPE only. 

Common Abbreviations for Trim & Accessories

Following abbreviation may be used for trim and accessories.

Swing Thread Quality

The major requirements of a good quality sewing threads are:

Sewing Thread Consumption

Sewing thread consumption refers to the requirement of thread per unit garment. Thread consumption is significant for cost constrain as well as uninterrupted production.

Labels

Label is a tag attached with garment. Garment cannot be sold without some kind of labels and it may be required by law of importing country. Labels are source of information for the apparel firm that manufactures them, retailers that distribute the garments and the consumer who select and use it.

Elastic

Elastic is expandable sewing material use as closure in garment. Elastic has two functions: to expand when stretch and to recover to its original size when released.

Button and Buttonhole

Button
Buttons are small knob or disk like devices that perform as closures when paired with buttonholes. Together, buttons and buttonholes form fastening unit or closures. Buttons can be produced in nearly any shape, color, and size.

All About Zipper

Zippers are mechanical slide fastener. A zipper closes a placket when two rows of interlocking element (teeth scoop or coil) are drown together by a slider. It accepts more seam stress than button, snaps, or other closures. Mainly it is used in Denim Pants, Jackets, Jogging suit, Bags. We use the zipper in knitted sweat shirt & sweater also.

Sewing Thread

Sewing threads are special kind of yarns that are engineered and designed to pass-through a sewing machine at high speed while forming a stitch. “There is no perfect thread for all applications, however there is a perfect thread for the specific application” (A & E).