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Cut Order Planning

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Cut order planning

Cut order planning is the activity of planning the order for


cutting, as an input into the marker making stage so that the cutting room
receives complete spreading and cutting instructions. The cut order
planning process is a dynamic function that must respond to the ever changing status of many critical factors such as sales, inventory levels,
raw materials, and availability of labour and equipment. The variety of
sizes, styles, fabrics and colours induces significant complexity into the
problem.
The cutting room has a greater effect on excessive manufacturing costs
than any other department concerned with the actual production of
garments. Current industry approaches for performing cut order planning
range from manual ad hoc procedures to customized proprietary software.
Today it is advisable to use CAD/CAM systems wherever it is economically
justified. Handmade markers are time consuming, and if you change your
mind about the layout you have to start over from the beginning. Making
patterns on a CAD system allows very precise drafting and measurements.
But the real advantage is that each pattern is stored on the computer and
adjustments can be made very quickly and easily. CAD systems allow the
marker maker to play with the pieces until it gets a good layout that
minimizes waste. Reduced labour costs and faster production are the
benefits.
Example
How to calculate size wise cutting quantity for 10000 pieces?
For example, suppose we have received a production order of 10000
pieces and the order size ratio is S:M:L:XL = 1:2:2:1.
Mathematical calculation is used to convert ratios into quantity. You can
use following steps to find size wise quantity.

Step#1. Calculate sum of all ratios. Here size ratio (1:2:2:1), 1+2+2+1
=6

Step#2. Divide total order quantity by sum of ratio (here 6)

Step#3. Multiply the result by ratio of a particular size


If we consider above data for example, size wise cutting quantity will be

Quantity in S = (10000 /6) x1 = 1666.66 = 1667


Quantity in M = (10000 /6) x2 = 3333.33 = 3333
Quantity in L = (10000 /6) x2 = 3333.33 = 3333
Quantity in XL = (10000 /6) x1 = 1666.66 = 1667

So we can write the formula as following


Quantity of a size = (order quantity X ratio of the particular size)/ (Sum of
ratio of all sizes)
The above calculation can be made easily by using excel sheet. You can
create a table with formula. Later when you get order and size ratios,
enter those on the specific cells; you will get actual cut quantity. For
reference I have shown you a simple cut order plan (for single colour) in
the following table.

Cut order plan sheet for single colour

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