INVESTIGATION OF FABRIC WASTAGES IN KNIT T-SHIRT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

This work reported here is the investigation of fabric wastages in different sections of a knit T-shirt manufacturing industry. Fabric wastage of different styles and sizes of knit T-shirt occurred in different stages of manufacturing e.g. cutting, panel checking, sewing and finishing were recorded and expressed as percentage of original fabric weight. It was observed that on average more than 26.50 % waste is generated at various stages of which 13.57 % wastage is unavoidable in cutting section, 6.91% is wasted in panel checking, 4.31% is wasted in sewing section and 1.72% is wasted in the finishing section.