Application of Computer in Textiles

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INTRODUCTION:
The apparel industry is one of the most important sectors of the economy with regard to investment, profits
and employment generation all over the world. The important segments covered in the textile industry
include home decor and furnishings along with clothing and fashion accessories for children, women and
men.
The time consumed in actual sewing is not even half of the total time required in assembling apparel. It’s a
series of steps involving procuring/outsourcing raw material, designing, re-designing as per customer need,
assembling, marketing, fit-in-sessions, and finally shipping to wholesalers/retailers that take the rest of the
time. Apparel is also short lived – changing weather and climatic conditions, fashion trends and geography
all affect the garment industry. So manufacturers’ responsiveness, coupled with shorter and quicker supply
chain movement, is a must. This vital time can be compressed using the novel, nimble and nifty Enterprise
Resource Planning, ERP solution that seamlessly integrates the complete fiber-to-textile-to-apparel-to-retail
operations and gives you the capability to operate more effectively, respond quicker and grow more
profitably.
PRE-SCENARIO OF E.R.P:

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What is ERP?
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is revolutionary concept in the contemporary world. All the information
of an enterprise under one roof for assisting planning & implementing decisions having complete visibility -
that is the main object of ERP .
Now-a-days, it has been proved that ERP is an obligation for any manufacturing industry, specifically it can
be mentioned with no doubt that ERP is necessary in the apparel & garments industry, as in this sector
finished apparels are outcomes of many interlinked processes in the supply chain handled by different
factory types and a good number of people are involved in this process. In order to meet on time delivery
dates of customer orders, entire supply chain management should be well practiced by the correspondents.
ERP software in textile
When lots of information are moving in the air i.e. all information is tracked manually, then it is almost
impossible to find out the exact situation of customer order, then it is almost impossible to find out the exact
situation of customer orders, which steps is the blockage, therefore often delay occurs in specific decision
making due to lack of the visibility.
Production control system for garment industry:
What type of equipments and investment do we need to use the system?
To start using the ERP Garment Kontrollis system You don’t need any major investment. You need a
personal computer or laptop, a laser printer, a cod bar reader – scanner (optional – it increases the speed
and the precision of working with data) and a stable internet connection (at least 4Mbps). We offer the
server, You don’t have to pay anything for setting the system, no licenses to buy. Everything works based
on a monthly fee after 30 days of free testing.

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Do we have the opportunity to test the system before signing a contract?
Yes, with the Kontrollis online production control system our customers have the possibility of a 30 day free
testing. We can subscribe any time for a risk free testing, no credit card info needed or contract in testing
period.
How much time do we need to process the data about production?
Using the digital data scanner (bar code reader) the data regarding a one day work of one employee can
be input in less than 1 minute. So, at a firm with 50 workers one person can process all the production data
in less than 1 hour.
Which is the effect of this production control system on the company’s activity and
results?
After subscribing to the Kontrollis production control system our customers had a significant increase of
productivity, from 10 to 30%. These effects, at a medium sized firm (50-250 employees) could mean a
production growth of a few hundred thousand dollars in one year. That means that the earning is a few time
more than actual costs (monthly fee + costs of paper). So You are going to have extra profit from the first
months of using the Kontrollis online production controlling software.
Is the Kontrollis System good for lohn production systems?
Kontrollis is ready for both main production systems in lohn (using raw materials of contracted customers)
or under own label production. For both systems Kontrollis can control the worker’s productivity and
material using efficiency. We have customers from both system and others who produce in both way in the
same time and have positive results with our cloud based production control system.
Do we need to hire an IT man to use the system?
No, we don’t need IT specialist for using the system. Is it enough to have a footwear (footwear etc.)
specialist who has basic computer user skills and knows your production pro cesses.
Is my data safe with Kontrollis?
Kontrollis uses high performance servers and security systems to keep our data safe. And on the other
hand we pay to this aspect a very high attention, because we know that we depend on long term on
customers’ trust and success. As we don’t use prepaying, we only survive and develop business if
customers are satisfied on long term with our services. We plan to have a long term partnership with us so
we focus on your trust.

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Our company is also responsible for data security, meaning, your main account administrator has to set the
access limits for every other user according to their skills, responsibilities and trust.
Implementing this system presumes a lot of extra work?
As any innovation or new project implementing the Kontrollis online production control software for garment
industry also needs extra effort in the beginning. According to the complexity of your production process,
the number of employees, the existing production controlling methods (other implemented software, excel
tabels or handwritten accounting), the available time etc. it presumes one to a few months of harder work.
After implementing the software your company will save lot of work using the system. After existing
experiences at other customers the first year after starting to use the system had a productivity growth of
10-25% with the same number of employees.
What happens if it is too complicate for me?
When our account is set we’ll get user’s manual and some tutorial videos. Also there are contact forms and
e-mail addresses if we need help.
Also after subscribing we’ll get detailed flow charts and tutorial video of the production control system.
No investments required:
Any textile factory can have an effective controlling system without any investment. We do not have to
invest in servers, network equipments and software license; we just have to subscribe and pay a monthly
fee for using it after 30 days free testing. All of us need a laser printer, a broadband internet connection and
a bar code scanner.

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We can control the production costs in factory:
The production controlling system for textile industry offers exact and detailed information about the
production costs (material and salary) for all the orders and styles. We know precisely how much it costs us
to produce a product. We can check the estimated and the real costs, where are differences and where can
we have some savings.
We can know the work efficiency of each employee:
We can know exactly the daily and monthly work efficiency of each employee, based on which we can
achieve a better organization of the production and we can implement motivation systems that will increase
our productivity.
Pay our employees based on their productivity:
The system allows you to implement a payroll system based on individual productivity of each
employee. Employees know that they earn exactly as much as they work. You know exactly what and how
much each employee works and the system also calculates their wages. Linking the salaries directly to the
individual productivity is an important motivational factor for the employees and leads to high productivity
rate.

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Control the quality deficiencies:
With this system our managers can easily identify the persons who make mistakes in the manufacturing
process that lead to quality deficiencies. Every operation is linked to the worker who did it with the bar code
system. Having this information, we can implement a strict quality control and significantly reduce the costs
related to quality defects. Employees will pay more attention to quality and also quantity.
Pre-calculations and production planning:
When we receive an order, the system immediately calculates the expected manufacturing costs, giving us
the necessary information for a price calculation. The system also offers important information that can help
us in organizing the production more efficiently.

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We can control what is happening at the factory, wherever we are in the world:
All of us need is an internet connection, and we know exactly the status of the orders, the daily production
and all the important production data even if we are in other countries to deal with customers.
Kontrollis ERP Garment Industry offers now the production controlling system free testing for 30 days.
Example of ERP Software:
AIMS 360 Apparel ERP Software-AIMS Remote Link:
The latest update of the AIMS Remote Link’ iPad app includes a useful shopping cart feature that allows for
easier order tracking. As you add orders using the AIMS Remote Link order taking app, you will see a
number at the top right corner of “Cart”, which will indicate the number of items that are being
ordered. Simply scroll through your look book, select an item, add it to your cart, swipe to scroll to the
next color

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or new item you want and select “Add to Order”, and you will see the number increase in your cart. The
good thing is that you can select the quantities for each item in the cart after you are done selecting what
the customer would like to order.
Benefits of ERP in Apparel Industry:
Supplier
benefit
Management
benefit
Employee
benefit
Customer
benefit
Information in
time about
material to be
provided.
Cost savings,
improvement in
savings. Good
customer
relationships.
Satisfaction in
working and
achieving
goals with
good team
work.
Good
services.
Good quality
at cheaper
price.
Reduction in cycle time:
As of now, allocation of material to specific customer order is not possible with the current system. Such
allocations are useful for making deliveries as planned, as there is no possibility of the mate rial, which is
required by one order, getting consumed for different order. In such cases earlier order would get delayed if
material were not available in the stock while production time is spent on other order, which could have
waited without causing any problem.

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Cost savings:
Company losses 2% of its sales value in discounts, which are the result of surplus production,
implementing quality management system can help to bring down excess production, as management will
be assured of the quality right from the raw material itself. Supplier developer module would be useful in
proper selection of suppliers, which can focus on quality, cost and delivery aspects of supplier.
Reduction in machinery downtime:
5 % machinery downtime is attributed to non-availability of raw material in the stores. This is due to
absence of proper planning system and due to communication delays at every place because of
information recompiling. Prompt communication coupled with effective supplier selection module and
planning system would be useful in bringing down the machinery downtime.
Improvement in sales:
75 % customers place repeat orders. Three factors-price, order and delivery affect orders. Integrated
system will definitely be useful on this account. Price is one of the causes of losing customers; there is
ample scope for cost reduction and therefore company can offer lower prices and incentives to attract
customers through integrated information management solution.
Customer satisfaction:
Current system is ineffective in tracking problems related to customers. The response regarding
effectiveness falls in unsatisfactory category. Capacity planning for received order also falls in average
category. Efficient capacity management system can bring down the delivery time for execution of the order
and improve customer satisfaction. This management scheme can be very useful in maintaining better
customer relations with prompt response and by knowing their past history. Well formulated procedures for
customer dialog will be useful in having better customer relations. It takes approximately 3 days to answer
any of customers queries. This period can be brought down to a day, which will have very good impact on
customers perception of the oganisation.
Conclusion:
Thus, due to the globalisation information Technology has become a very important asset to the textile
industry. With the development of the data management system for production and on-line data monitoring
systems on the latest machines, the textile industry will flourish with all the glory to it.

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REFERENCES:-
 Enterprise Resource Planning by ALEXIS LEON published by TATA McGraw HILL, 1999 Edition
 E.R.P by PARAGDIWAN and SUNILSHARMA published by PENTAGON PRESS, 2000 Edition
 E.R.P A Managerial Perspective by SADAGOPAN published by TATA McGraw HILL, 1999 Edition
 www.erpinform.com
 www.google.com
 ERP Garment Industry.htm