ENGLISH FOR GARMENT TECHNOLOGY - Lesson 2 - Career in Apparel Industry

Nguyen Tuan Anh Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education Faculty of Garment Technology and Fashion January 2015 Unit 2 Career in Apparel Industry... - consider who is like

English for Garment Technology

Dr Nguyen Tuan Anh

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education

Faculty of Garment Technology and Fashion

January 2015

Unit 2

Career in Apparel Industry

Personnel in Garment Industry

Organization in garment industry

+ Chairman (of board)

+ Managing director (MD)

+ Executive director (ED)

+ Director (administration, finance,

merchandising)

+ General manager (production quality)

+ Manager (production, quality,

merchandising)

+ Assistant manager (production, quality,

merchandising)

+ Line chief (LC)

+ Supervisors and inspectors

+ Operators and workers

Some job positions in fashion company

+ Fashion designer + Pattern maker + Public relations + Fashion journalist + Production manager + Factory manager + Quality control manager (QC) + Quality assurance manager (QA) + Line supervisor

+ Technician + Merchandiser + Worker and operator

JOB DESCRIPTIONS

IN FASHION CAREER

Fashion design is the art of the application of

design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and

accessories that is influenced by cultural and social

latitudes, and has varied over time and place

Fashion designers

- work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories such as bracelets

and necklace, because of the time required to bring a garment onto the market,

must at times anticipate changing consumer tastes

- attempt to design clothes which are functional as well as aesthetically pleasing

- consider who is likely to wear a garment and the situations

- have a wide range and combinations of materials to work with and a wide range

of colors, patterns and styles to choose from

Coco Chanel

Donna Karan

Donatella Versace

ITA

Christian Dior (FRA)

Tom Ford (USA) Pierre Cardin

Yves Saint Laurent

(FRA)

(ITA)

Pattern Maker

pattern A patternmaker typically employs one of two methods to

create a pattern:

(1) Flat-pattern method: the entire pattern is drafted on a

flat surface from measurements, using rulers, curves and straight-edges

(2) Draping method: a muslin mock-up pattern is created

by pinning fabric directly on a form, then transferring the muslin outline and markings onto a paper pattern

Public Relation

Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing the spread of

information between an individual or an organization (such as a business,

government agency, or a nonprofit organization) and the public

Merchandiser

Market Knowledge

Product Development Production Authorization Interface with

Manufacturing

Planning and Control Materials Management

Merchandiser

Merchandising is about planning

and developing a strategy to

enable a company to sell a range

of products that delivers sales and

profit targets

Fashion merchandising is a

broad range of activities that

contribute to the retailer's process

of getting clothes, shoes and

accessories from the original

design to the end consumer

SOME JOB DESCRIPTIONS

IN APPAREL COMPANY

Chairman and CEO

Chairman of the board (COB) is the most

powerful member on the board of directors

who provides leadership to the firm's

officers and executives

Chief executive officer

(CEO) generally the most senior corporate officer (executive) or administrator in charge

of managing a for-profit organization (a company or a corporation)

Chairman leads the company

CEO guides the board

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the executives overrule

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Board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who

jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization

Director is a person from a group of managers who leads or

supervises a particular area of a company, program, or project

(e.g director of human resources, managing director, executive

director, company director, finance director…)

Executive is a person responsible for running an organization

igˈzekətiv

General manager is any executive who has overall responsibility for

managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income

statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility

Line supervisor - Line chief

This person is responsible for the daily operation of the sewing

department, ensuring production to customer quality standards in a

timely manner and for the supervision of all sewing operators

Sewing supervisor

Sewing machine operator

Worker

A sewing machine operator is

generally responsible for

selecting all of the equipment

needed for the sewing

process, which includes

setting up the machine and its

peripherals, and using the

tools correctly.

QA/QC is the combination of quality assurance, the

process or set of processes used to measure and assure

the quality of a product, and quality control, the

process of meeting products and services to consumer

expectations QA is process oriented and focuses on

defect prevention, while QC is product oriented and

focuses on defect identification

AQL (Acceptable Quality Level) GSM (grams per square metre)

SOME PROCESSES

IN APPAREL INDUSTRY

Overall production flow chart of garment

Assembly section

Layout of stitching section

BASIC VOCABULARIES

Terminologies in Apparel Industry (1)

line

CAD

computer-aid design

Size table

pieces (of clothing)

pattern making

Terminologies in Apparel Industry (2)

shipment

export turnover waybill

Terminologies in Apparel Industry (3)

packing list

technical details

(design)

tech-pack

cutting room

Terminologies in Apparel Industry (4)

(resume)

personnel management

kəˈrikələm ˈvaiti

Packing list: Bảng qui cách bao gói

Shipment table: Bảng giao hàng

Assemble = construct = fit: Lắp ráp

Finished product: Thành phẩm

Order: Đơn hàng

Pattern: Rập

Piece (PCS): Sản phẩm

Trimmings = garment accessories: Phụ liệu

REPORTS AND SHEETS

Measurement Specification Sheet

tech pack, measurement details

P/L

Delivery Order - Shipment

EXW Ex Work - Giao tại xưởng

FCA Free Carrier - Giao cho người chuyên

chở

FAS Free Alongside Ship - Giao dọc mạn tàu

FOB Free On Board - Giao lên tàu

CFR Cost and Freight - Cước phí

CIF Cost, Insurant and Freight - Tiền hàng,

bảo hiểm và cước phí

CPT Carriage Paid To - Cước phí trả tới

CIP Carriage and Insurance Paid to - Cước

phí và phí bảo hiểm trả tới

DAF Delivered At Place - Giao tại biên giới

DES Delivered At Ship - Giao tại tàu

DEQ Deliver At Quay - Giao tại cầu cảng

DDU Delivered Duty Unpaid - Giao hàng

chưa nộp thuế

DDP Delivered Duty Paid - Giao hàng đã

nộp thuế

International Chamber of Commerce

ICC

Incoterm

2010

Export

customs

declaratio

n

Carriage

to port of

export

Unloading

of truck in port of export

Loading

on vessel

in port of export

Carriage (Sea/Air)

to port of import Insurance Unloading

in port of import

Loading

on truck

in port of import

Carriage

to place of destinatio n

Import customs clearance Import taxes

er Buyer/Sell

MACHINERY LIST

MACHINE NAME BRAND NAME Number of equipment

SILINDER BET FLAT

LOCK PEGASUS 23

FLAT BET FLAT LOCK 6

SILINDER BET FLAT

LOCK

BROTHER

4 SING LAND FLAT BET

FLAT LOCK 2

FLAT BET FLAT LOCK YEAMATA 3

OVER LOCK FOUR

THREAD

PEGASUS 65 BROTHER 9

PLAIN MACHINE

BROTHER 20 YEAMATA 16 HONDY 10 FAWE 2 JACK 14 P.M.D. KANCHA 2

BACK TAPE 2

BUTTON HOLE BROTHER 1

BUTTON STICHE 1

RIB CUTTER HONDY 4

G.S.M Weight

Machine SHIMADZU 1

G.S.M Cutter 2