Quality is of prime importance in any aspect of a business. Customers demand and expect value for money. Quality and reputation are interlinked with each other; a low-quality product can lead to the damage to the brand image which will be an immeasurable loss for any company. So in that regard quality is the money. Since the popularity of knitted fabric is increasing consistently it is really important to maintain the quality of the supplied product (ex. Garment). Without maintaining high quality there is no other way to survive in this competitive market. In this study, the quality of the finished fabric of a knit factory was observed for the period of 12 months. The Frequencies of different faults on Different Types of finished knitted fabric i.e. Single jersey, Lycra Single jersey, Rib (1*1, 2*1, 2*2, 4*2 etc.), Lycra rib, Interlock, Terry, Fleece, Pique, Lactose, Mesh, Waffle etc. were analyzed. According to the Pareto chart, it was found that 90.10% of the defects were caused by only 4 types of defects i.e. Hole, Contamination, Dirty Spot, Oil Spot and lycra out among 20 types of defect. The root causes for all types of defects were analyzed and their improvement technique discussed.
Authors: Mohammad Shak Sadi, Nazmun Nahar, Md. Shakhawat Hossain, Sirajul Haque Sajib
Publish Year: 2018
