List the 3 physical elements present in apparel production (AKA manufacturing)
What is Material, Machines and Human
100
Quantities manufactured based on anticipated demand or projected sales from previous years. i.e.jeans, staple blouses etc.
What is long-term production?
100
What are the names of the 6 stitch classes?
What is Simple chainstitches, Hand stitches, Lockstitches, Multithread chainstitches & cover-seaming stitch, Overedge stitches and safety stitches, Coverstitches
100
What is SPI?
What is Stitches per Inch?
100
What are the 4 seam classes?
What is
Superimposed seams (SS)
Lapped seams (LS)
Bound seams (BS)
Flat seams (FS)
200
The process of procuring resources to produce an item.
What is sourcing?
200
What is SAM?
Standard Allowed Minutes (SAM): Time in minutes and seconds required for a worker to finish one specific task
200
What is the most commonly used stitch in RTW?
What is 301?
200
What refers to how loosely or tightly the threads are held by the machine?
What is stitch tension?
200
What is the main disadvantage to Flat Felled LS?
What is difficult to alter?
300
This includes all the resources a company uses to manufacture a given product
What is a sourcing mix?
300
What type of production makes quantities manufactured based on consumer demand for an item?
What is short-term production?
300
What is seam grin?
What is when the fabric pulls away from the seam to expose the thread.
300
What is a lack of seam smoothness?
What is seam pucker?
300
What type of stitch is most commonly used on a FS?
What is a 600 class?
400
What is it called When a fashion forecaster predicts a trend and pushes it through production. i.e. Dior
What is a Push through production system?
400
What type of production system is based on consumer wants and needs? i.e. Forver21
What is a pull through production system?
400
Stitches affect what characteristics of garment performance?
What is Durability, Comfort, Attractiveness
400
What seam class is most commonly used and an EF?
What is a bound seam (BS)?
400
What is the seam tape/ stay called when used on the fashion side of the garment?
What is a seam strap?
500
Three factors of apparel quality?
What is aesthetics, durability and utility.
500
This type of manufacturing makes ‘fast fashion’ possible
What is Flexible manufacturing?
500
What is a seam within a seam?
What is a French Seam?
500
What seam class is commonly used on denim?
What is Lapped Seams!
500
What is the seam tape/stay called when used on the inside of the garment?