ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I’m highly indebted to Mr. Raj Sekhar ,( EXECUTIVE SECRETARY), Richa

Global pvt ltd , for having given opportunity to undertaken internship training
session at Richa Global.

It gives me immense pleasure to acknowledge with gratitude, the esteemed

guidance, constructive criticism, ever willing help and constant encouragement
of Mrs. Sneha (head designer), my industry mentor Mrs. Jasmeet Kaur (Sr
.Designer) and my guide Mr. Peeyush , Designer during the course of training
and in preparation of this document.

I also wish to thank everybody working in the design team and sampling
including department managers, merchandiser and other member and staff who
spared their time , and lent me technical support about their respective fields.

My vote of thanks to National Institute of Fashion Technology ,Shillong the

centre Coordinator , my Mentors and Richa Global Pvt Ltd for making my
internship such a wounderful learning experience.
 TABLE OF CONTENT
Richa Global

Mission and Vision

Inftastructure

Quality Initiative

Product range

Partner in growth

Workflow through origanisation structure

Design Department

Merchandising Department

Fabric store

Trims and accessory store

CAD Department

Value addition(machine , hand and triddle .embroidery)

Cutting Department

Stitching Department

Finishing Department
1. Washing & dyeing
2. Thread cutting
3. Spotting
4. Pressing

SWOT Analysis
My collection

Conclusion

RICHA GLOBAL PVT. LTD

Established in 1977, Richa Group is a name to reckon with in the

garment industry. Within a short span of time, it has positioned itself as a
global organization with a distinctive identity. The Group has a
remarkable presence in the readymade garments export industry
including woven, knitted and home furnishing.

Today, Richa Group is equipped with 10 fully integrated manufacturing

units in Delhi, Gurgaon, Manesar. It stands tall with US $ 90 million
turnover. Making use of the latest technologies through its competent
professionals, the Group is setting new benchmarks in the industry. It
fosters an organizational culture. A workforce comprising of 12000
professionals is leading the Group to newer heights. 

Richa Group aims to be a paradigm of perfection. It upholds the world-

class standards in all of its processes. The Group will leave no stone
unturned to achieve the best at all levels of its operations. The aspirations
of the Group attain fulfillment in its outstanding performance. It has
established strategic relations with the clients from all over the world.

Richa Group has been in the forefront of the industry complying with the
customer's requirements following government laws and regulations.
Today, it is seen as a hi-tech, customer friendly, eco-responsive corporate
citizen that is shaping a better tomorrow for everyone.
 Mission and Vision

• Mission

Richa Global aims to be most preferred name in the garment industry

world wide by manufacturing high quality and high street fashion
garments for the global market.

• Vision
Richa Global Envisions it’s horizon to expand beyond the current
confines and reach out to explore other international markets by
producing garments that excel in style and quality , the company yearns
to establish itself as the top manufacturing company worldwide.
INFRASTRUCTURE

Richa Group is equipped with more than 10 fully integrated

manufacturing units in Delhi, Gurgaon & Manesar. The Group is all set
to establish more and more manufacturing units. It will further enhance
the production capacity of the Group. A textile mill at Tiruthani near
Chennai is giving an extra dimension to the Group. Offices strategically
located all over India are operating with a commitment to excel.

The Group is equipped with state of the art machinery like Tunnel Cover
Seaming Machines, Heat Transferring Machines and Vertical Garments
processing with auto tilting to produce various types of high quality
knitted garments. Ultramodern technologies lead the Group ahead of the
competitors. It plays the key role in producing the products of superior
quality. The unique blend of modern technologies from all over the world
has enabled Richa Group to maximize its capability.
 Keeping an account of the changing needs of the customers the Group
equips itself with the latest technologies. It is determined to make use of
the most modern technologies for offering the finest product to the
clients. Technological superiority plays a crucial role in gaining an edge
in today’s competitive market. It also empowers the Group to achieve the
optimum production levels. The latest highlighted-tech machinery is used
at every stage, from - designing (CAD), Cutting (Digitizers, Plotters &
Automated Cutting Machines) to Fabric Testing (Fully Equipped
Laboratory) and Fusing

QUALITY INITIATIVE

• Quality plays the key role in the business expansion of any corporation.
It’s the core of a business for what it gets acceptance and credibility
amongst its clients. All possible measures are taken at Richa Group to
maintain the world-class quality. At Richa Group, we endeavor to
achieve the best quality from two points of view.

• One is from aesthetic point of view and another is service ability of the
product. The aesthetic value can be judged through inspection while the
service ability of the product can be determined through testing. It is
evident that without testing, it is not possible to evaluate the hidden
qualities of any commodity. In the age of cut throat competition, apparel
buyers specify their quality requirements. Quality is the most significant
factor behind the customer satisfaction that Richa Group has achieved
since its inception.
 PRODUCT RANGE

Through an exquisite range of products, Richa Group has positioned

itself as a premier manufacturer of woven, knitted leather garments and
home furnishing products.

The expertise that the Richa Group has achieved is expressed through its
exclusive ranges of products. Before manufacturing a range of products,
latest fashion trends, demands in the market, and the requirements of the
clients are thoroughly analysed.

• WOVENS

Richa Group presents an exclusive range of woven garments including

ladies shirts, tops, trousers, cargo pants, shorts, skirts etc. The
international trend are thoroughly analysed and new ranges of designs are
being introduced. The products are the embodiment of the quality that a
company carries. Through a magnificent range of products, Richa Group
is winning the hearts of its clients throughout the world

Women’s range

In order to offer a wide range of choice to the women of the new era, an attractive range of quality
garments are manufactured
Kide’s range

With a view to attracting the attention of the kids with colorfulness, various designs are introduced.
Special care has been taken to enhance the level of comfort .

Knitted garments

Richa Group offers a wide range of Knitted Garments for Men, Women and
Kids including T-Shirts, Collar-Shirts, Night Wear, Skirts, Frocks, Overcoats,
Jerkins, Jackets, Sports wear etc.

The division specializes in a variety of products including Allover Prints,

Placement Prints, Chunky Embellished Styles, Junior Tanks, Dressy Lace
Styles, Garment Dyed Styles, Tie Dyes and Ombray Dyes, etc. Various blends
of fabrics are used comprising of Cotton Jerseys, Rayon Spandex, Cotton
Spandex, 100% Rayon, Slub Jerseys, different Pique Structures, Fleece, Terry's,
Pointelles, Sherpas, Ribs etc

Women’s range

Utmost care has been taken to manufacture the finest garments to match the
gorgeousness of a woman. The product range symbolizes a sense of
exquisiteness.

Kide’s range

Catering to the rising needs of the kid's garments, we produce a special range of
knitted garments for the kids
Men’s range

Depending on the various fashion trends at different places across the globe,
newer designs are continuously introduced

PARTNERS IN GROWTH

Through a wide range of high fashion garments for men, women and
children, Richa Group has marked a distinguished presence in over
fifteen countries including USA, UK, Europe and Canada. In the leading
retail outlets around the world the products of Richa Group are flaunting
the latest fashions. With over two decades of presence as a major Indian
Government Recognized Trading House in the international fashion
apparel market, Richa Group has become a widely admired name.

The Richa Group has become a favoured supplier of High fashion

garments and has worked with the leading customers across the world
WORKFLOW THROUGH ORIGANIZATION STRUCTURE

The organisation structure comprises of various departments, Human Resource

Department, Purchasing Department, Production Department etc, all having
their own purposes and functioning.

However, the manufacturing or production process involves the flow of raw

materials and information between the Designs, Merchandise and Production
departments.

The design team comes up with a range and design samples, which may get
selected by the buyers as a part of their season range. The selected style then
goes the entire sampling procedures, carried out with a merchandiser unit it is
finally approved for production.

The pre-production sample sealed and sent off to production , planning, R&D
and further sampling is done to complete the shipment of the required order
quantity.

DESIGN DEPARTMENT

CREATION OF DESIGN SAMPLE

SECTION

MERCHANDISING

SAMPLING

APPROVED

PP SAMPLE

PRODUCTION

EXECUTION INTO GARMENT

DISPATCH OF SHIPMENT
 DESIGN DEPARTMENT

The design department of Richa Global is an extremely important component

of the whole company .The design department is responsible for reviewing
trends, studying forecasts, and developing proto and mock as per thr
requirement of the buyers.

The design team comprises of the head designer who is an in charge of

supervision, management ,delegation, of responsibilities and distribution of
work in which 4 designers are working on wovens garments , 4 on knit wear in
which one of the designer work is to make mocks and 1 designers is for kids
wear.

The main responsibility of the design department is to come up with new,

interesting and innovation designs to present to the buyers.
 WORK FLOW OF DESIGN PROCESS
 

• INSPIRATION OR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT – it can be in the

form of shihourttes or details from previous collection, runway style or
street style. It can also be in the form of mood boards or theme boards
mostly defining the color range as well as the fabric options.

• FORCAST ANALYSIS- it is done prior to range planning in order to tie

in a brand aesthetic with the current trends and forecast details like key
colours, shapes, prints etc.

• DEVELOPMENT OF RANGE PLANS- boards are setup displaying

the entire range along with the key details, features, graphics, fabric etc.
They are prepared to ease the creative process and actas guidelines
through the process of sampling.

• LINE SHEET- after a range plan is developed and the sihouettes and
shapes are defined, a line sheet is for each samples having all details
regarding that particular designs.

• SOURCING- the fabric and trims are sourced within the fabric and
accessory store and sometimes from market (Nehru place).

• PATTERN DREAFTING- The pattern for the design is created by a

pattern master based on the sketch made by the designer.

• CUTTING- Once the pattern is made , the fabric along with the pattern
are sent to the cutting department to the cutting master.

• STITCHING- The bundles of cut pattern sent to the stitching lines

where the pieces are constructed and sent off the finishing .

• FINISHING – In this section , washing , thread cutting , ironing has

been done

• VALUE ADDITION - value additions digital printing , surface

designing techniques, dyeing techniques , machine emborideries , hand
embellishment are decided before hands and then as per requirement the
piece is sent for the process either before or after cutting.
 • TRACE OR KHAKA- it is created by the CAD department digitally
depending upon the type, form and intricacy of the desired design for
machine embroidery. A similar trace is used after pinning for the adda
work.

• DYEING AND PRINTING – if the dyeing or printing needs to be done

uniformly , then the entire fabric is sent to the respective units

FLOW CHART OF WORK DONE IN DESIGNING

DEPARTMENT

Design inspirations received

Development of moodboard/ theme board

Development of range plan

Development of line sheets

Sourcing of fabric and trims

Pattern Drafting

Cutting

Stitching

Finishing (washing , thread cutting , pressing )

Attachment of sample tages

Hanger Cards

Presented to buyers

Selection by buyers

Sent to merchandiser
 MERCHANDISING DEPARTMENT

Merchandising- The process of planning , developing and presenting product

lines for identified target markets with regard to pricing , assorting styling and
timing is called merchandising. Merchandiser is a person who gets converted
inspiration into designs, use technology to conceptualize and address the
planning, production, promotion and distribution of products in the fashion
industry to meet the consumer needs and demands

MERCHANDISER

• Communicating with the buyers and buying agencies

• Doing costing

• Developing samples as per Buyers requirement

• Follow up the buyers comments at each and every sampling stages

• Co-ordinate with production department

• Dealing with vendors & suppliers

• Providing complete inputs according to the time & action plan

• Material management

In an export house a Merchandiser must have to fulfill the

following important tasks:
• Carry out sampling of products which have been sent by the buyers.

• Ensure each samples is sent on time to the buyers

• Follow up o the comments given by the buyers, and make changes

accordingly in the sample.
 • Once the sample is approved the merchandiser has to provide all the
costing details.

• Price negotiations between the merchandiser and the buyer.

• The merchandiser must order the bulk fabric and trims well in time for
production to take place.

• Merchandiser must meet the quality standards set up by the buyer and
submit all the test reports by a testing lab which is recognized by the
buyers.

• Merchandiser must send ‘Rack samples’ from the production floor to the
dyer and get the approval.

• The merchandiser must ensure the garment meets all the quality
standards set by the buyer

Finally, the merchandiser has to ensure that the order shipment reaches the
buyer in time, with all appropriate documents
PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL
Production planning and control department is one of the important
departments of the manufacturing organizations. It deals with organization,
management and supervision of all the process that are needed for efficient
production to take place.It deals with defining the prices and setting up layout
to ease the prices of production while ensuring that quality is maintained and
less wastage of time and effort.

Elements included in Production Planning

1. Optimum utlisation of capacity

2. Inventory management
3. Economy in production line
4. Ensure quality

SAMPLING- is one of the main process in garment manufacturing and

it plays vital role in attracting buyer and confirming the order, as the
buyer generally places the order once satisfied with the quality and
responsiveness of the sampling.
This department make samples on the basis of the specidication and
requirement by the buyer.Before placing any order to the factory is
capable of producing the styles with the desired quality level or not. The
buyer access the capabilities of the exporters only with the help of
samples.

Types of Sample

1. Fit sample: The comments are received regarding the shape, size and
fullness. The sample is checked for fit on body forms. It is made in exact
fabric, though print maybe different, since the drape and fit are to be
checked.
2. Counter sample: The sample that is prepared following another sample
received from buyer .This sample is made to see the workmanship and to
justify the factory skill.
 3. Mock up sample: Part of the garment ( sleeve, collar, front/back panel
etc) not full garment.
4. Salesman sample, promotional sample, photo-shoot sample: The sample
are prepared with actual color and yarn/fabric to be worn by the models
on the even of photo-shoot for catalogue.
5. Approcal sample: Sometime it is required to make approval samples
when first technical spec is revised. It is made to ensure that buyer’s
requirement conformed and to avoid any confusion /dispute at the time of
final production.

SAMPLE APPROVAL SEQUENCE

PROTO

SRS( Showroom sample)

FIT

PRE- PRODUCTION SAMPLE

SIZE SET

SEALER

SAMPLING PROCEDURE

The sampling procedure is a long process that deals with all the processes
from procurement of an order to the final shipment.
1. Procurement of order
 2. Tech pack
3. Development of proto
4. Fit sample

COMPANY WORKFLOW
Interaction with the buyers Costing and negotiation Sample and pre
production approvals on approval purchase order made by purchase department

Sample tested by testing lab

On approval bulk material received

Inspection and testing of raw material

Production Planning

Issue of raw materials to store according to the plan

Issue cutting department

Cutting procedure

Issue in production department

Packing

Dispatch

Order completion
FABRIC STORE
Richa Global unit 219 have its own fabric store.First fabric requistion sheet is
made in the department as per the order and consumption of the fabric in a
particular style as approved after sampling and specification given by the buyer.

After the fabric requisition sheet is sent for sourcing.

TRIMS AND ACCESSORY STORE

 Accessory store Thread
rack
 Button rack Lace
rack

This store is specifically for the sampling purpose. It is meant for the sampling
purposes.It is meant for use in the sampling Department by designes and
merchandisers who can access these by the means of requisition slips.A proper
record is maintained with the materials and their quantities.

This store is specifically stocked for the bulk production purpose and has, huge
quantity of all the raw materials.

CAD DEPARTMENT
The CAD department in the sampling unit deals with the creation and alteration
of patterns required for the sampling purposes of both the design and the
merchandising department

PATTERN MASTERS FOR DESIGN TEAM:

• There are separate pattern master catering to the design team and the
merchandiser.
 • The pattern master working with the design team work with a more
flexible approach. They only deal with pattern for development as there
are no specifications involved the patterns created.

• These are based on standard measurements and the details given by the
designers.

• Mostly the patterns is developed based on a reference image provided by

the designer.

• The patterns created contain information name of the designer, the buyer
unique style given by designer, size and name of piece and this way it is
to hit cut.

• A majority of pattern are created by using the basic measurements or blot

provided by the brands

PATTERN MASTER FOR MERCHANDISNG TEAM:

The pattern master assigned to particular buyers deal with not judt
pattern development but also the adjustment that need to be made into a
pattern asked on the feedback of the buyers.

The pattern is developed digitally in the base size or the medium size
based on the mesurment from the tech pack . These patterns require a lot
of precision.These patterns master is assigned 2-4 buyers.

All the patterns pieces are all listed with information like buyers , style
no ,site , season, pattern piece, cut instructions, etc.

The white patterns created for sending to the buyer are also plotted on the
same machinesusing a white paper instead

Another area covered by the CAD department is creation of marker plan

used to establish the effiency of the style by calculating the cutting
efficiency.The efficiency needs to be over 70% to ensure feasibility of
production. It is also used to calculate yard yield age and the determine
costing for a style at the sampling stage itself.
VALUE ADDITIONS
Value addition is an essential part of any export house.

Components of value addition are-

1. Machine/Computerised emboridery
2. Adda work/Triddle emboridery
3. Printing

MACHINE / COMPUTERISED
EMBROIDERY

Towel effect machine

 Sequence embroidery
machine

Simple embroidery machine

 Laser
cutting machine

Thread cutting area in machine

embroidery section

PROCESS

First the khaka is made manually or digitally from the CAD department and
then mailed to the CAD department in the embroidery floor.

They edit the khaka with the help of specific softwear, adds stitches and
embellishment on the trace diditally so as to estimate the rough amount of
thread, sequence and beads required for the job.
Once the detailing is done , the plan of action is directly mailed from the CAD
software to the machinery.

The machinery processes the plan of action and raw material are manually set
on the machine.

The fabric is first stitched with water soluble fusing so as to hold the fabric
properly under the embroidery and sequin attachment.

Adda / Hand Embroidery

 Adda room
Sequence rack
 Showcase of sequence

Triddle Embroidery

Triddle area
Triddle /pinning machine

Triddle embroidery

PREPARATION OF TRACE
It starts by preparing a khaka from the CAD room

PINNING

Once the khaka is made, it is sent for pinning It is a machine in which a pin
needle is attached so that when it is moved on the khaka it pierces through it
forming pierces line over the trace

CHAPAI

After the pinning cgapai is done on the fabric through the trace. The chapai is
done by rubbing a Colgate solution on the fabric
CUTTING DEPARTMENT
After making of pattern of the style then the program is made for cutting with
contain fabric, pattern and lace . Then cutting is done manually by the cutting
master.The cutting master have many things to understand while cutting the
fabric like, facing of the fabric, understanding of style pattern and where the
fabric send from the designer is sufficient for the style or not.
 Conveyer type fusing machine
Straight knife cutting machine
FUSING

Fusing is also carried out in the cutting room itself. The parts to be fused are
separated from the bundle. The fusing material (like interlining) is cut
according to size of the component to be fused. The component along with the
cut fusing material are kept between to paper sheets and the pack is passed
through the fusing machine by means of temperature and pressure fusing takes
place at particular speed and for a particular time.

Parameters affecting the fusing process:

• Pressure – Pressure applied to the fabric should be adequate so that even

contact between the interlining and cloth takes place and uniform heat is
supplied to the adhesive. Pressure should be adequate for the correct
penetration of resin among the fibers of fabric.
• Temperature – It is another important parameter. It depends upon the type of
resin used in fusing process. It should be high enough to change the dry
thermoplastic resin into a molten state so that it can flow properly between the
fabrics. If temperature is low it gives proper low of resin and if is high it gives
to much flow of resin and the resin will come out.

• Time – Time should also be adequate along with temperature and pressure. It
should be long enough so that melting and penetration of resin among the fibers
of fabric can takes place.

CUTTING IN MERCHANDISING PROCESS

CUTTING ORDER- is a part of the production file maintained by the
production merchandiser.Wastage measurement tilt eastage is included for
rejection caused after dyeing, washing , etc and 2% wastage is included for
cutting wastage. For basic styles, 3% wastage from dyeing, washing, sod 2%
from cutting

BUNDLING PROCESS-is very important aspect of production process.

IMPORTANCE OF BUNDLING

- Reduces shade varition problem

- Reduces size and mixing problems
- Maintain an easy tracking record .The piece can be tracked back to the
lot of fabric it was originally a part of.
- Helps in maintaining a smooth flow of work.
- Keep pieces from getting lost.
- It focuses not only to keep the bundles together but also ticket them
properly
- Bundles should operate neatly and should mention it all along the
production.
STITCHING DEPARTMENT
With its wide range of advanced machinery & Proficient labor capable of
producing stylized Garments with perfection & finesse, the sewing Section has
a hi- tech infrastructure. The production Lines are fully integrated and
operational with various

Types of powered sewing machines from Brother,

Juki, Pegasus, yamato & special machine , Belt loop

Attachment machines, and Multi needle kansai special

Machines, and Multi Needle kansai special machines & Tunnel cover seaming
machine.

Thread reeling machine

OTHER PROCESS USED DURING STITCHING

 Smoking machine Pin tucks
machine
 Fagotting machine Picot
machine
 Zizzag sweing machine

STITCHING IN MERCHANDISING PROCESS

After the bundling and stickering is done , the bundles reach the stitching or the
production lines.The production line is set by the 1E after careful assessment of
the critical operations, bottle necks and other factors.

The production line is set alternately across a long centre table over which the
pieces are moved from one operator to another the production line is set
alternately across a long centre table over which the pieces are moved from one
operator to another.

At the beginning of the production line, a complete sample is hung for

reference purposes along with all its details of the fabric, style, trims, tech pack,
etc.
Each production line is equipped with an appropriate no of pressing tables.At
the end of productin line a final checking is done before the completed piece is
sent for finishing.

CHECKPOINTS IN THE PRODUCTION LINE

Through every production line 2 checkpoint are maintained where the progress
of the piece constructed till that point is checked against the specified
measurement. The quality of the product , the corrects assembly of the product,
defects, sticker matching are all checked before the style.

At each point the following are placed for the checkers reference:

- OK SAMPLE
- NOT OK SAMPLE
- BUYERS MEASUREMENTS
- TAILOR MEASUREMENTS
- GUIDELINES AND SPECIFIC THINGS TO BE CHECKED
- TECH PACK
- FINAL CHECKING

FINISHING DEPARTMENT
It consist of three process

1. Washing /dyeing (if required)

2. Thread cutting
3. Spotting
4. Pressing

WASHING DEPARTMENT

Fabric and garments are passed through various handling processes, which may
them dirty or stained.

Washing ia also done before any procedure is started on to the fabric as

to avoid uneven shrinkage to lighter color shade , to improve hand, to
even out color shade , to remove printing smell or for dyeing.

Washing Process

 The piece are washed normally with detergents or NID so as to remove

the yellownessed dispersing agents from the fabric.
 The pieces are then dipped in a scouring agent which absorbs the stain
removing soil and dirt.
 The garments are also dipped in wetting agents, which allows the
garment for dyeing purposes and increases it’s absorbency.
 The garments can also be subjected to softener wash. It uses cationic
anionic agents
 White garments are washed in silicon and coloured are washed with
cationic agents.
DRYER WASHER
WASHING MACHINE

OTHER WASHES THAT CAN BE DONE ON THE GARMENTS

ARE:

Heavy enzyme or Vintage wash

Cloud wash
Acid wash
Spotting
DYEING DEPARTMENT

First most step of dyeing is the process to prepare the fabric to dye (ready for
dyeing ) or in common language called RFD. This is usually done to make the
fabric persistable of dyeing and to get the near about dye wanted as per demand
. To make it dyeing persistable the fabric undergoes some chemical processes .
Hydrogen (khara soda ) , liquid soap(tipole), castic soda , sirca are some of the
common chemicals used to prepare the fabric to dye .

The fabric undergoes some solid dyeing process to dye the fabric namely requid
dye , sulfuric dye , ramzol dye , nylon dye and poly dye .

REQUID DYE - in this process the water is heated from 40 to 100 degree
temperature first and then the color is diposited in the water and prepared for
fabric dyeing .

SULFURIC DYE- this process is for the demin fabric , usually done with the
hydro-caustic soda , this is the chemical used to make the fabric to dye .
Nylon DYEING- this is usually done to dye the zippers and buttons and the
zippers and buttons also undergo the rfd process to prepare it to dye .

POLY DYEING - It is usually done for the poly laces .

After the dyeing process the fabric usually undergoes the soaking process . the
fabric is put into hydro

THREAD CUTTING

Thread Cutting– pieces received from the washing department or from the
assembly line now come for thread trimming where trails of thread are cut off
from the seams, buttons etc. manually with the help of trimming scissor. Not
only this ladies working on hand work department they also make trims like
tassels , pom-pom, drawstrings and attatch on the garments. .
THESE ARE COME OF THE MACHINE REQUIRED DURISING
ATTACHING TRIMS:

Button hole machine

Button sewing machine

Snap fastening machine

SPOTTING ROOM
During the assembly, the garment may acquire stain and other objectionable
marks which must be removed. This is done either in washing department or
they are locally ‘sported off’. Objectionable stains like that of chalk are spotted
by means of spotting guns containing mild solvent. Harder and stubborn
stain(like that of tobacco, rust, dye, kerosene etc) are sent to the spotting room
where they are cleansed under the spotting machine in a protective
environment. If the spots still don’t go then they are sent for perc or dry
cleaning
Solvent Gun

Dimethyl formamide( pen,haldi stain remover)

PRESSING DEPARTMENT

– After done with thread cutting and attachment of trims the styles goes to
pressing area pressing in general is shaping the assemble material with
pressure, with heat and moisture, for further processing. In case of knits,
this is important but not as significant as in the case of woven because of
their property of excellent recovery and fit.
FINISHING IN MERCHANDISING PROCESS
During this step the garments are inspected for quality

They are properly checked for any loose ends and stitching quality

The garment are sent for steam pressing in the department where the garments
are properly ironed their sides and stitches are properly heat stetted.

Once the garments is ironed it is measured and checked according to the

specofications given by the buyers in the PO.

The garments are measured according to their Tech pack and size charts

The finishes mentioned are checked and the quality level is tallied.

After this the garments are folded properly and are tagged with labels and
descriptive tages.
FINISHING PROCEDURES
Finishing is done before packaging .It is either carried out before or after
washing as per the buyers requirement or depending on the nature of fabric.

GLOBAL CHECKING- First the unfinished garments come from the batch
auditing a quality check is done of the garments on a global checker. This help
in identifying any defects. It also helps to see if there are any holes or spots on
the garment. Then checking is also done for identifying loose ends from
stitching and any other seams or stitch related problems.

APPLICATION OF HEAT-SET LABELS- The garments are also sent for

the label marking in between if any heat set labels or stitching needs to be done
prior to steam pressing. This includes a thermoplastic stickers labels, which
gets printed on the inside of the garments on application of heat and pressure.
PRESSING- The garments are further sent to the ironing section where they
further sent to the ironing section where they are checked according to the
approved and stamped patterns. A pattern drawing of different sizes is drawn
onto the ironing tables and the garments are steamed pressed and ironed
according to the size.The size are set by stretching or manipulating the knit
fabric to set itself according to the pattern.

RECHECKING- After pressing the pieces are checked again against buyers
measurements.

ATTACHMENTS OF TAGS- The garments are further sent to the finalizing

unit where they are properly folded and tagged according to the buyer’s
specifications.This includes name tages, care labels, information tages etc.Also
all the extra tages on the garments are removed and size wise the garments are
bundled.

COLOR CODING –Each step and unit of finishing is allotted its own
coloured stickers and it is essential that once the pieces passes that step the
particular unit marks the garments with its pieces,hence this help to confirm
that the garment is moved across the step of finishing and if any error is there it
is easier to figure out which unit is being the bottle neck as it is a bilk
production and timely solving the issue is really important.

PACKAGING IN MERCHANDISING PROCESS

Packaging details are always pre-specified by buyers in the purchase
order.Every buyer has its own manual for packaging.

The colour and size of the carton quantity to be put in requirement of individual
poly bags placement of sticker, etc.

Everythings is decided by the buyer’s Quality assurance team.

The order reaches the packaging department after being properly finished and
packed in polybags.

NEEDLE DETECTOR MACHINE : All the pieces coming into packaging

are made to pass through a needle detector machine which ensure that no
needle which ensure that no needles or foreign objects get packed along with
the piece.

SORTING : First the order is sorted in sizes and it’s made sure that right
pieces are kept under the right buyer’s name.
STICKERIN AND CODING: They are bundled togeather and tagged with the
sticker containing the code number of the buyer and each piece is also tagged
with the country code they will be sent to.

Before packing the garments are checked for the folding technique
employed .As it is buyer specific it has to be tallied so as the buyer has no
problem after the shipment. The carton is made according to the number of
pieces the buyer wants in one carton hence there is no specific size allotted for
the cartons.

INDIVIDUAL PACKAGING METHOD: In bulk packing process this

method is followed.All the pieces of one size is packed in one cartoon. This
may vary if the buyer specifies his need for certain no of each size in one
packing carton.

QUALITY CHECKING

The quality assurance officer checks the packaging once before finalizing the
carton, checks if the packaging is according to the buyer specification.
SWOT Analysis
• STRENTHS

• STEADY CLIENT

• IN-HOUSE FACILITY

• GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP

• CAPACITY EXPANSION

• INFRASTRUCTURE

• STRONG PRESENCE AND HIGH REPUTATION WITHIN THE

MARKET

WEAKNESS

• DUE TO SHORTER LEAD TIME, THE QUALITY IS NOT UPTO

THE MARK COMPETITION FROM OTHER DOEMSTIC KNIT
INDUSTRY.

• COMPETITION FROM OTHER DOMESTIC KNIT INDUSTRY.

• NO T&A CHARTS

• ABSENCE OF PRODUCTION PLANNING DEPARTMENT

• LESS ATTENTION ON MANPOWER TRAINING

OPPORTUNITIES

• INCOME FROM GARMENTS, MADE FROM KNIT FABRICS

INCREASED BY 64%

• QUOTAS AR GONE NOW FOR 31 MONTHS AND INDIA HAS THE

OPPORTUNITY TO DERIVE THE MAXIMUM GAINS AS A
GARMENT EXPORTER CONSOLIDATION OF GLOBAL RETAIL
INDSUTRY

THREATS
 • RICHA GLOBAL will have to gear up to the global standards and
expectations of quality. Delivery schedules and still remain sharply cost
competitive.
• Indian export house face competition from bangladesh, indonesia etc. as
they are the lowest cost supplier in almost all categories

CONCLUSION
I hereby conclude our intern project document and like to thank Fashion Design
department of NIFT, Shillong and Richa global who gave me the opportunity to
work under their guidance and served with their fruitful experience and gave us
waste platform to explore my knowledge. It was great experience working first
time in a company with such a sense of responsibility.

During this project I learned how different departments of a company co-

ordinate with each other transforms a fabric into completely wearable and
aesthetic garments. Learning all the process together was a great value addition
to me and learning process of sampling allowed to experiment the better
possibilities of design. Knowing various surface techniques has opened up new
ideas and how to bring these ideas to more commercial use.